Posted by Kat Hooper | May 16, 2019 | SFF Reviews | 0
Aerie by Mercedes Lackey Aerie is the fourth and final book in Mercedes Lackey’s DRAGON JOUSTERS series. This review will spoil some of the plot for the previous three books, Joust, Alta, and Sanctuary, so it’d be best to not read further in this review if you haven’t read those books yet. I’m convinced that […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Feb 13, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 3
The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau When the Roamer, Maggs, drives her carriage into the small town of Sparks, she finds a desperate people with nothing to trade. Sparks used to be reasonably flush for a post-apocalyptic society, but absorbing the refugees from Ember just before winter has used up almost all of its resources. […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Nov 10, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 0
Forest Born by Shannon Hale Everyone thinks of Rin as her mother’s shadow. She belongs to a large extended family that all live near each other in the forest and, until recently, Rin has always been her hard-working mother’s helper. She cooks, cleans, fetches the water, helps take care of all the kids, etc. When […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | May 22, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
Hex and the City by Simon R. Green Hex and the City is the fourth novel in Simon R. Green’s NIGHTSIDE series. I’ve been listening to NIGHTSIDE on audio lately because I’ve been doing a lot of home improvements, especially painting, and NIGHTSIDE is such an easy read that I don’t ever have to stop […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Mar 14, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 1
Command Decision by Elizabeth Moon Command Decision is the fourth installment in Elizabeth Moon’s VATTA’S WAR series. Things are starting to look up for Kylara Vatta, her cousin Stella, and their Aunt Grace. Ky, who has proven herself a skilled military commander and is gaining respect, still has to deal with a lot of bureaucratic […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jan 7, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Mischief Monster by Bruce Coville The Mischief Monster is the fourth book in Bruce Coville’s delightful MOONGOBBLE AND ME series for ages 9-12. I’ve been listening to this series of short books on audio with my girls who are 6 and 9 years old. Each book is about an hour long and dramatized by […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Dec 24, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
Odysseus by Geraldine McCaughrean This, the forth and final book in Geraldine McCaughrean’s stories of Greek heroes, (preceded by Perseus, Hercules and Theseus) is the only one based on actual literature: Homer’s Odyssey. As such, McCaughrean does not have to pick and choose aspects of convoluted and often contradictory myths; her source material has already […]
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Posted by Bill Capossere | Nov 11, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud Fans of Jonathan Stroud’s fantastic Bartimaeus Trilogy, which began with The Amulet of Samarkand and ended with Ptolemy’s Gate, will be happy to know that the title character — the wise-cracking fourth-level djinn who has long-standing issues with authority — is back and funny as ever in The […]
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Posted by Bill Capossere | Mar 3, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
Alector’s Choice by L.E. Modesitt Jr There’s no longer any doubt — Modesitt has fallen into the “shampoo” mode of series writing: rinse-shampoo-repeat. Alector’s Choice, while not a bad book if read on its own (which it can be), is, for fans or former fans of Modesitt’s other work, merely a rehash of the same old […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Oct 4, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
Sir Thursday by Garth Nix By now the basic premise of Garth Nix’s seven-part The Keys to the Kingdom series is well established. Arthur Penhaligon has been thrown into an extraordinary world: the epicenter of the universe, known as “the House”. Ruled by the treacherous Morrow Days (named after the days of the week and […]
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