Posted by Kat Hooper | Oct 25, 2021 | SFF Reviews | 2
Stay Out of the Basement by R.L. Stine One of my kids loves Halloween – she starts celebrating in September – and, since she wanted to read some horror for children during October, we listened to a few of R.L. Stine’s GOOSEBUMPS books together. Each is a standalone short novel with a pretty hefty scare […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | Aug 10, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 4
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge A Fire Upon the Deep was a big success for Vernor Vinge, winning the 1993 Hugo Award. Seven years later, he followed up with A Deepness in the Sky, set 20,000 years earlier in the same universe, and this captured the 2000 Hugo Award and John W. […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Aug 5, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 7
Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson It took me about 200 pages to get into Kim Stanley Robinson’s Green Mars (1994), the first sequel to Red Mars, and even after I connected with it I found myself working through slow patches. Although the inside cover of the edition I read describes KSR’s novels as “thrilling,” I […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | Mar 25, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 0
Sin City (Vol. 2): A Dame To Kill For by Frank Miller Frank Miller’s SIN CITY series is famous for its hard-boiled crime noir stories, characters and black-and-white artwork. In the second volume, A Dame To Kill For, Miller gleefully tackles that most classic of noir tropes, the seductive and deadly femme fatale. Ava is […]
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Posted by Sarah Chorn | Jan 30, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 1
A Different Kingdom by Paul Kearney A Different Kingdom is a reprint of one of Paul Kearney’s first novels, first published in 1993. The good news is that this doesn’t read like an early novel in an illustrious career: it actually reads like something a well-practiced author would produce after a lot of hard work. […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Feb 19, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
Reflex by Steven Gould Reflex is the second book in Steven Gould’s JUMPER series. Ten years have passed since we left Davy and Millie. Now they’re married and Davy works occasionally for the National Security Agency. On one of his trips to Washington D.C. to meet with his contact there, he gets drugged and kidnapped […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Dec 16, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Singing Sword by Jack Whyte In some ways, The Singing Sword, second in Jack Whyte’s A Dream of Eagles (Camulod Chronicles in America) series, is just like The Skystone. The Roman Empire is in retreat and soldier/ blacksmith Publius Varrus chronicles the early days of Caius Britannicus’ Roman villa. Arthur is still nowhere in […]
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Posted by Amanda Rutter (guest) | Apr 23, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Captive by L.J. Smith The Captive is the second book in the Secret Circle trilogy by L.J. Smith. In this book Faye tightens her hold around Cassie, blackmailing her over her love for Adam and forcing her to betray Diana. At the same time the Circle learns that a dark power is on the […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Jun 29, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
Wolf Speaker by Tamora Pierce Wolf Speaker is the second of Tamora Pierce’s “Immortals Quartet” concerning fourteen-year-old Daine, a young woman who possesses “Wild Magic,” giving her the ability to communicate with animals, heal any animal wound, and in this book, to gradually change her form into any animal she wishes. Pierce jumps straight into […]
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