Pros: Fascinating world-building; excellent characters Cons: Part of the ending comes out of nowhere Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Nora Roberts’s Of Blood and Bone: Chronicles of The One, Book 2 picks up a handful of years after Year One…
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Review: “Of Blood and Bone,” Nora Roberts
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: Chronicles of The One, horror, magic, Nora Roberts, paranormal, post-apocalyptic, urban fantasy
Review: “Year One,” Nora Roberts
Pros: Combines several now-popular end-days structures and takes them further Cons: Jonah should have seen an attack coming Rating: 5 out of 5 When Ross MacLeod pulled the trigger and brought down the pheasant, he had no way of knowing…
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: bio-thriller, Chronicles of The One, fairies, magic, Nora Roberts, post-apocalyptic, prepper, survivalism, witches
Review: “Labyrinth Lost,” Zoraida Cordova
Pros: Fascinating Cons: Powers become generic Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas), by Zoraida Cordova, is billed as a young adult book (not surprising, given the themes of finding oneself and growing into our power), but it’s…
Review: “Age of Myth,” Michael J. Sullivan
Pros: Fascinating world-building; good characters Cons: Some blatant unanswered questions Rating: 3.5 out of 5 In Michael J. Sullivan’s Age of Myth: Book One of The Legends of the First Empire, Raithe’s father Herkimer is slain by one of the…
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.…
Review: “Goblin Hero,” Jim C. Hines
Pros: Clever plotting Cons: … Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Jim C. Hines’s Goblin Hero (Goblin Series) brings us back to the tale of Jig, a hapless goblin who ended up an accidental hero in Goblin Quest. Even though he…
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Review: “The Shattered Court,” M.J. Scott
Pros: Sexy, intriguing, and compelling Cons: A character or two lacking in depth Rating: 5 out of 5 Review ebook provided free by publisher via NetGalley. Expected publication date: April 28, 2015. M.J. Scott’s The Shattered Court: A Novel…
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: “Bound by Ink,” Marcella Burnard
Pros: Very interesting world Cons: Confusing Rating: 4 out of 5 Review ebook provided free by Penguin Group via NetGalley. Marcella Burnard’s Bound by Ink (A Living Ink Novel) is not the first book in the series (that distinction…
Review: “Grave Peril,” Jim Butcher
Pros: Great ups and downs! Cons: Thought I’d missed an installment or two… Rating: 4.5 out of 5 The ghosts of Chicago are up in arms, and Harry and his friend Michael can barely keep up. Harry tries to help…
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: Dresden Files, faeries, Harry Dresden, Jim Butcher, magic, paranormal, urban fantasy, vampires, wizards