Pros: Delightful Magic Ex Libris tale Cons: Would have loved a longer tale! Rating: 5 out of 5 Jim C. Hines’s Magic Ex Libris stories are absolutely wonderful. In them, some people can work magic by tapping into the consensual…
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Review: “Revisionary,” Jim C. Hines
Pros: Fantastic wrap-up for the series Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 There’s really no way to talk about Jim C. Hines’s Revisionary: Magic Ex Libris: Book Four without spoilers for the previous books, so go read them first.…
Short Take: “Chupacabra’s Song,” Jim C. Hines
Pros: Brought me to tears Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Chupacabra’s Song is a short story set in the backstory of Jim Hines’s wonderful “Magic Ex Libris” world (roughly 20 years earlier). It details the introduction of Nicola…
Review: “Unbound,” Jim C. Hines
Pros: Love libriomancy as a concept. Wonderful characters and relationships. Touching look at depression. Cons: … Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Unbound is book three of the Magic Ex Libris series by Jim C. Hines. This is totally different from…
Review: “Codex Born,” Jim C. Hines
Pros: Funny as hell and incredibly moving Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Visit Jim C. Hines online. Isaac Vainio is a libriomancer–a sorcerer whose magic consists of bringing the contents of books to life. He’s also in…
Review: “Libriomancer,” Jim C. Hines
Pros: Hilarious, magical, and incredibly quotable Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Visit Jim C. Hines online. Isaac Vainio is a libriomancer–a sorcerer whose magic consists of bringing the contents of books to life. This just happens to…