Pros: Deeper and deeper into the worldbuilding… Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Chuck Wendig’s Thunderbird (Miriam Black 4) picks up about a year after The Cormorant left off. Miriam is trying to find Mary Stitch, also known as…
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Review: “The Cormorant,” Chuck Wendig
Pros: A fascinating bloody mess! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Chuck Wendig’s The Cormorant (3) (Miriam Black) is book three after Blackbirds and Mockingbird. In book one, we discovered that Miriam Black has an unusual power: the first…
Review: “Mockingbird,” Chuck Wendig
Pros: The world has gotten so much stranger! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Chuck Wendig’s Mockingbird (Miriam Black Book 2) is the follow-on to the wonderful Blackbirds. Miriam Black is a psychic with one, very obnoxious ability: the…
Review: “Blackbirds,” Chuck Wendig
Pros: Raucous, whirlwind adventure Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Chuck Wendig brings us Blackbirds (1) (Miriam Black), book one of a six-book series. Miriam Black has a unique ability: when she touches someone skin-to-skin, she sees how that…
Review: “Wanderers,” Chuck Wendig
Pros: Spellbinding! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Chuck Wendig’s Wanderers: A Novel blew me away. 17-year-old Shana wakes up one morning to find that her 15-year-old sister, Nessie, has started walking off down the road for no apparent…
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Review: “The Harvest,” Chuck Wendig
Pros: Plenty of plot twists, tragedies, and excitement Cons: … Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Chuck Wendig’s The Harvest (The Heartland Trilogy Book 3) takes place roughly one year after the Saranyu flotilla fell to the corn. Lane is now…
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Review: “Blightborn,” Chuck Wendig
Pros: Very tense; the Blight is fascinating Cons: Stereotypes of various kinds Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Chuck Wendig’s Blightborn (The Heartland Trilogy Book 2) is the sequel to Under the Empyrean Sky. Be sure to read this trilogy in…
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Review: “Under the Empyrean Sky,” Chuck Wendig
Pros: Fascinating world-building Cons: My pet peeve cliche is back; shallow characters; some logic holes Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Chuck Wendig’s Under the Empyrean Sky (The Heartland Trilogy Book 1) is a fascinating exercise in dystopian world-building. In the…
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"Double Dead," Chuck Wendig
Pros: Absolutely loved this no-holds-barred wild tale of a vampire forced to protect humans from zombies in order to preserve his food supply Cons: Some zombie apocalypse tropes, but they’re given enough good window-dressing that I really didn’t mind Rating:…
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"Irregular Creatures," Chuck Wendig
Pros: Strong & unique authorial voice; wild and creative stories Cons: Strong language and unflinching use of sex and violence won’t appeal to all; I have trouble reading stories where a person hurts an animal; “Radioactive Monkey” used some trite…
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