Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Apr 10, 2020 | SFF Reviews | 1
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz The ALEX RIDER books have always veered on the side of realism (as opposed to other teen-targeted spy stories such as Spy Kids and Kim Possible) but even I was surprised by just how dark the third book in Anthony Horowitz‘s series actually got. Having been recruited and trained by […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | Oct 19, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 0
Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds Redemption Ark (2002) is the follow-up to Revelation Space, Alastair Reynolds’ debut novel and the second book in his REVELATION SPACE series of hard SF space opera in which highly-augmented human factions encounter implacable killer machines bent on exterminating sentient life. The first entry had elements of Bruce Sterling’s Schismatrix, Frank […]
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Posted by Marion Deeds | May 16, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 1
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher Someone is torturing the ghosts of Chicago, driving them mad and juicing up their power. Harry Dresden, wizard, is the best person to handle this, but even a wizard needs back-up sometimes. In Grave Peril, the third book of The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher introduces Michael Carpenter, a Knight of […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | May 27, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
Night Shade by Lynne Ewing I’ll put it bluntly: I don’t recommend this series. Granted, I’m no longer in the demographic that Daughters of the Moon is targeted toward, but I was when I first read Nightshade and I wasn’t impressed even then. The premise of Daughters of the Moon is that young girls who […]
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Posted by John Hulet | Sep 11, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 0
The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers Walter Moers’s young adult novel The City of Dreaming Books is a wonderful combination of fantasy and farce. Moers leads the reader on a highly entertaining, and sometimes tense, journey through an imaginary world where literature is life. Following the death of a beloved mentor, aspiring author […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | Mar 29, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier While, like Son of the Shadows, Child of the Prophecy is never quite as wonderful as Daughter of the Forest, it is nevertheless a good book, and worth reading if you liked the first two. This one is darker in tone. In Daughter of the Forest, the heroes […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Dec 12, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
Cold Fire by Tamora Pierce The Circle Opens quartet deals with the ongoing adventures of the four Winding Circle students as they themselves become the teachers to new (and even younger) apprentices. Sadly, one of the prerequisites of this teaching experience is that the four friends are separated, as became clear in Magic Steps, in […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Dec 10, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
Harshini by Jennifer Fallon Up till now I’ve enjoyed Jennifer Fallon‘s Demon Child trilogy; her writing is competent (not beautiful, but competent), her characters intriguing, and the story was interesting enough. But I always had this feeling… the same feeling I get when I watch my 2 year old daughter constructing a tower of blocks […]
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Posted by Bill Capossere | Jul 11, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
Iron Council by China Mieville Iron Council is Miéville’s third book set in his created world. While not really a trilogy as is normally thought of, since each book can stand independent of the others, it’s probably best to have at least read Perdido Street Station since that book gives the most full description of […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Jun 19, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
Reunion by Meg Cabot Reunion is the third book in the Mediator series by Meg Cabot/Jenny Carroll, centering around a young woman named Susannah ‘Suze’ Simon, who is a Mediator: someone who guides unquiet spirits to their eternal rest (whether they like it or not!) Having recently moved from New York to California to live […]
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