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Gods, Goddesses, Mortals, Action!

The Red Pyramid book one of The Kane Chronicles by Orpheus Collar

May 28, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Rick Riordan is a popular author. I have not had the pleasure of reading his novels, but I have meet him once and have read two of his books adapted for the graphic novel format. The Red Pyramid book one of The Kane Chronicles was adapted by Orpheus Collar. And while it is a good story (we are following Egyptian mythology this time), it is also a slow story in places. It took me several days to finish it, as I was only able to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: adventures, Brothers and sisters, egypt, Egyptian gods & goddesses, Fables, family, family secrets, fathers, legends, magic, myths, Orpheus Collar, Rick Riordan, secret societies, uncles

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:183 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adventures, Brothers and sisters, egypt, Egyptian gods & goddesses, Fables, family, family secrets, fathers, legends, magic, myths, Orpheus Collar, Rick Riordan, secret societies, uncles ·
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Potential, buried under a few layers of meh

December 28, 2016 by Bothari43 8 Comments

The friend who recommended this sold it as a ‘scary book.’ It was not scary. Or else I am awesomely brave. Yeah, I’m sure that’s it. Sweeney, Angelica, and Oliver are freshmen at a college called St. John the Divine. Grey’s Anatomy-style crushes crop up immediately, with our heroine Sweeney in love with Angelica and Oliver, and Angelica and Oliver in love with each other, but also happy to flirt with Sweeney. Things get weird pretty fast when Sweeney sees an angel in her dorm […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Elizabeth Hand, moon goddess, secret societies

Bothari43's CBR8 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Elizabeth Hand, moon goddess, secret societies ·
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