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The Vampire’s Assistant: Tense, exciting, gross

The Vampire’s Assistant by Darren Shan Warning: This is the second book in the CIRQUE DU FREAK series, so this review necessarily contains spoilers for Book 1. Darren Shan’s life is officially a mess after several monumental screw-ups which were detailed in the previous appropriately named book, A Living Nightmare. He has left home and joined the Cirque […]

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Darkest Hour: Dark and thrilling

Darkest Hour by Mark Chadbourn Darkest Hour is the second book in Mark Chadbourn‘s AGE OF MISRULE trilogy. As often is the case, the middle book in the trilogy is the darkest one, and if the title didn’t give it away, Darkest Hour is no exception. Thankfully, the novel contains enough excitement to make it […]

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Noonshade: Hectic, shallow, entertaining

Noonshade by James Barclay Noonshade is the second book in the CHRONICLES OF THE RAVEN series by British fantasy author James Barclay. At the end of trilogy opener Dawnthief, the legendary group of mercenaries known as the Raven managed to destroy the Wytchlords and save the world of Balaia by casting the powerful Dawnthief spell, […]

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Deadhouse Gates: What the heck is going on?

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson The only words that I can think of to sum up Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen series are “Wow.” and “What the heck is going on here?!?” (I would have used stronger language, but this is a family website). Erikson appears to be doing something big and shiny, […]

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Page: Deeper and better than First Test

Page by Tamora Pierce Keladry of Mindelin (or “Kel” to her friends ) has completed her first year of training to be a knight, and conquered the unfair probation that the training-master Wyldon inflicted on her. Now she hopes she can finally get on with her life-long dream of following in Lady-Knight Alanna’s footsteps, and […]

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Leopard in Exile: Zzzzzzz….

Leopard in Exile by Andre Norton & Rosemary Edghill Is it a bad sign that I just finished Leopard in Exile the night before last, and now I’m hard-pressed to remember much of the plot? This book’s predecessor, Shadow of Albion, was fun in a light sort of way, with the promise of sequels that […]

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