Cannonball Read 11

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Loving the IAD Series Reread

No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole

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The Immortals After Dark series was part of my onramp to romance that I read mumbles incoherently years ago. They aren’t perfect but they are fun although they haven’t been generally well received by some Cannonballers due to various issues including a tendency to feature ThunderSex™ . I mostly forgot about them before stumbling across Fated Mates, the delightful podcast by romance writer Sarah MacLean and romance critic Jen Prokop THAT I CANNOT RECOMMEND HIGHLY ENOUGH. (While the emphasis of the podcast is the IAD series it swerves into loads of genres like rockstar romance, fake engagements, and more.) Fated […]

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4/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:4 |

Good Smolder and Original Urban Fantasy

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

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My strategy for surviving the Trump presidency is to hide exclusively in fun escapist books and Rhapsodic, involving a fey king and a human siren, fit the bill. Callypso is a siren who can use her voice to compel humans to do/say whatever she wants, a power she utilizes to coerce bad people to admit their crimes, stop stealing from the innocent, etc. When she was younger she bought favors from the Bargainer, a dark fey. Not just a few favors, HUNDREDS OF FAVORS. She wears a mystical beaded bracelet and each bead is a favor owed that the Bargainer […]

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4/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:3 |

The telepathic dog is still the best part.

Hexed (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #2) by Kevin Hearne

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I bought the first six books of this series several years ago in paperback, but I wish I hadn’t. I think if I read this by audio instead of hard copy, I would have enjoyed it more. (I really enjoyed my audio re-read of the first book a couple of months ago. Luke Daniels is one of my favorite narrators.) But I feel like it would be wasting all that money I spent, so I’m committed to do hard copies at least through book six. All of that to say, this book was fun, but I wasn’t wowed by it […]

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3/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:28 |

Wonderful Look at Magic in Germany

The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch

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Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not affect my reviews or rating. This book will be released on March 31, 2019.  So this was pretty cool. Instead of following Peter or Nightingale (why???) we follow another magic practitioner named Tobias Winter. Tobias is the equivalent to our Peter Grant in England, only Tobias operates in Germany. Tobias is working on a case that seems to involve wine, ghosts, and magic. Tobias’s family seemed very interesting and I wanted to know more about his dad, mother, and the family’s history with policing. I did love the introduction […]

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3/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:64 |

Peter’s Adventure Continues

Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

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So this was okay, I just thought that parts of the book didn’t land. Lesley has always seemed jealous and angry to me and I am honestly sick of the whole thing with her and The Faceless Man. Parts of the book dragged though to me. When Peter is captured (I swear this happened in another book) you just want the story to get moving because you are tired of him being shown as being a moron when it comes to Lesley. Maybe I am too murderous because I would have dusted her by now. “Lies Sleeping” is the 7th […]

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2/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:47 |

A Nice Peek at Peter & Nightingale

The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch

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Well this was a nice look into Peter and Nightingale that for once did not involve The Faceless Man or Lesley. There is still something hovering over this book though that makes me think they may be trying to turn or did turn another character to their side and that’s getting a bit old to me. We do have Bev appearing in this one, but not center stage. We actually have Peter investigating mostly and worrying about his cousin Abigail who keeps pushing to learn magic. “The Furthest Station” has Peter investigating when people start calling in about ghosts attacking […]

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2/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:45 |

London is drowning and I live by the river

Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London #7) by Peter Aaronovitch

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When pressed, I’ll tell people I don’t like fantasy. This claim is usually followed by a list of exceptions. I like Neil Gaiman. I like Harry Potter. I also like the Rivers of London-series by Ben Aaronovitch. The rest of the genre is, as they say, not my cup of tea. No offense to you fantasy lovers, but it just doesn’t do much for me. The suspension of disbelief required is, apparently, too big a leap. One of the reasons I do like these books, though, is that Aaronovitch is very good at making the incredible, credible. Lies Sleeping is […]

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1/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:6 |

Too early for Worst Line of 2019? “My boobs looked nice and moundy.”

Spectre by Phaedra Weldon

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I bought this book at a going-out-of-business sale at a used bookstore, which is sad thing #1, and then the book itself was sad thing #2. It is TERRIBLE. It’s one of those urban fantasy series that are all the rage, and it has a nonsensical plot, unlikeable and derivative characters, and the dreadful writing. I had to put it down in December so I could finish it in January, just so I could tell y’all about it. Zoe is a wraith: she can astrally project herself out of her body, and uses this skill as a (very whiny) private […]

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1/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |


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