Thirteen Years Later by Jasper Kent
CLASSIFICATION: Like its predecessor Twelve, Thirteen Years Later is a “vibrant blend of detailed historical fiction” and vampire horror. Think Bernard Cornwell meets Bram Stoker meets Anne Rice’s THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES meets Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire.
FORMAT/INFO: Thirteen Years Later is 500 pages long divided over three Parts,
March 5th, 2010. Robert Thompson´s rating: 5 | Jasper Kent | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Seventh Witch by Shirley Damsgaard
In The Seventh Witch (2010), Ophelia and Abby travel to the Appalachians to visit family, and learn that events of decades ago continue to echo through the present. Along the way, Ophelia learns a lot about herself and the future she wants to build.
Unlike previous Ophelia and Abby books, The Seventh Witch is not primarily focused on the “whodunit” aspect. There’s a murder, but the question is not so much who committed the crime but how and why.
March 5th, 2010. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 4 | Shirley Damsgaard | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Except the Queen by Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder
In Except the Queen, two faerie sisters, Serana and Meteora, accidentally learn a scandalous secret about the faerie queen and let it slip. For their transgression, the two women are separated and banished to mortal Earth to live among humans. They are completely adrift in this new world, and if that weren’t bad enough, their new human bodies are old and overweight.
I think Except the Queen is meant — at least in part — as an exploration of aging.
March 5th, 2010. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 0.1 | Jane Yolen, Midori Snyder | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Agree! And a perfect ending, too.
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