Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand
I’m on either my third or fourth copy of Waking the Moon, I can’t remember which. I first read it eleven years ago, loaned it to everyone I thought might be remotely interested, sometimes didn’t get it back, and never felt quite right when I didn’t have it on my shelf. This is one of my Desert Island Books.
The plot revolves around Sweeney Cassidy, an insecure college freshman who goes wild in her first semester away from home.
April 13th, 2010. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 5 | Elizabeth Hand | Mythopoeic Award, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Primavera by Francesca Lia Block
Francesca Lia Block’s novel Primavera is the sequel to an earlier novel Ecstasia, which should probably be read before continuing with this one. I hadn’t read Ecstasia, and though this didn’t prevent me from grasping what was going on here, I couldn’t help but feel that some of the action that takes place would have been better understood and more poignant had I previously read Ecstasia.
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April 10th, 2010. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 4 | Francesca Lia Block | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Here There Be Witches by Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen’s anthology is centered around the topic of witches and holds a wide range of writing styles, whether it be poetry, short stories, retelling of legends or dialogue. This variety of these stories and their tones sometimes makes a rather mish-mashed collection; the serious stories don’t quite fit with the light-hearted ones and you feel as if they should be in separate books. On the other hand, the range means that there’s something for everyone and one gets to see the many sides of witches and their crafts.
January 3rd, 2010. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 3 | Jane Yolen | Short Fiction, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Bast: Bell, Book, and Murder by Rosemary Edghill
Speak Daggers to Her, The Book of Moons, and The Bowl of Night are some of the best fiction about modern witches I’ve seen yet. And the main reason why is the heroine — Bast. In Bast, Rosemary Edghill creates a delightful heroine with a deep belief in the Goddess and magic — and also with a barbed tongue that deftly skewers the politics and foibles of the Pagan community.
June 16th, 2008. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 4 | Rosemary Edghill | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Storm at the Edge of Time by Pamela F. Service
Storm at the Edge of Time is a good idea, and nicely presented, but on reading it one realises it could have been a lot better with a little more length and time, as well as depth into the characters and circumstances.
Jamie is a young American girl holidaying in Scotland, Arni is a young Viking living on the coast, and Tyaak is a half-human, half-alien boy who is going through with his rite-of-passage stay on Earth’s island of Britain.
June 7th, 2008. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 2 | Pamela F. Service | Children, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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