By Raven, on March 15th, 2010
Soulless
By Gail Carriger (website)
Orbit
Mass market paperback, $7.99
Reviewed by Raven
Soulless was a fun novel. Mix Victorian England with vampires and werewolves and a coy sense of humor, and this book is the result. I think I can safely recommend it for fans of urban fantasy and Jane Austen (I know, Jane Austen is Regency, but still).
The [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on March 11th, 2010
The River Kings’ Road
by Liane Merciel
Gallery Books
Hardcover – $26
I was excited to hear about Liane Merciel’s The River Kings’ Road because it has been a while since I’ve seen any debut epic fantasies by women.
The River Kings’ Road centers around a handful of characters. Brys is a mercenary, mostly motivated by his own self-interest, but [...]
By superwench83, on March 10th, 2010
Spellwright
by Blake Charlton
Tor Books
Hardcover – $24.99 (discounted at Amazon and elsewhere)
Reviewed by Superwench83
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Not so in Blake Charlton’s world. In his novel Spellwright, not only can words break your bones, but they can chop off your limbs, stab your heart, and create all [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on March 2nd, 2010
I’ve read two ebooks recently. This isn’t something I usually do, but I did want to try out the experience. Neither of these authors expected a review when I began reading. I don’t normally do reviews of ebooks, and that hasn’t changed, for now, because I still don’t have an ideal reader.
Here are short reviews [...]
By superwench83, on February 25th, 2010
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
by Ben H. Winters
Quirk Books
Trade Paperback – $12.95
Author Article – “How I Wrote Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters”
Reviewed by Superwench83
“The family of Dashwood had been settled in Sussex since before the Alteration, when the waters of the world grew cold and hateful to the sons of man, and darkness [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on February 23rd, 2010
The Manual of Detection
by Jedediah Berry (blog)
Penguin
Hardcover and Trade Paperback
The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berrywill probably end up in my year end “Best Of” list. It was just about perfectly conceived, perfectly executed, perfectly written, and perfectly charming. I’m hard pressed to think of any critiques. It’s that good.
With that said, it’s not for [...]
By superwench83, on February 18th, 2010
The Swordbearer
by Glen Cook (Wiki)
Night Shade Books
Trade Paperback – $14.95
Genre: High Fantasy
Publisher’s Blurb:
A young man’s dreams of warfare and glory turn into a bitter nightmare when an invading army, led by the Dark Champion Nevenka Nieroda and his twelve Dead Captains, the Toal, besieges his father’s feudal fortress. Nieroda and the Toal demand the surrender [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on January 25th, 2010
Spider’s Bite
by Jennifer Estep
Pocket Books – $7.99
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Jennifer Estep was one of the first authors I reviewed, and she has been a longterm reader of this blog ever since. This is quite flattering, but it makes me a less-than-partial reviewer. However, I do have my usual mix of things to say about Spider’s Bite.
Ms. [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on January 18th, 2010
Deadtown
by Nancy Holzner
Penguin/Ace Fantasy
Paperback – $7.99
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Reviewed by Deborah Blake
Victory Vaughn is Boston’s only professional demon slayer, in a city where the vampires, werewolves and zombies are confined to a quarantined section called Deadtown. Not only is she dealing with a workaholic werewolf sort-of boyfriend, a rash teenage zombie apprentice, and a demanding, demon-ridden [...]
By superwench83, on January 13th, 2010
Reviewed by Superwench83.
Blurb:
The story of Rhi Bran y Hud concludes as Abbot Hugo and the Norman invaders attempt to wipe out King Raven and his flock once and for all. Their merciless attack, the first of many to come, heralds a dark and desperate day for the realm of Elfael. Bran [...]
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