Soarer’s Choice by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
The second trilogy in L. E. Modesitt, Jr.’s COREAN CHRONICLES closes with Soarer’s Choice. While this book is better than the previous novel, Cadmian’s Choice, that’s mostly because (1) It closes out this overly-long trilogy and (2) It gives the background that helps explain the world Alucius lives in in the first three COREAN CHRONICLES books, Legacies, Darknesses, and Scepters.
April 30th, 2015. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | L.E. Modesitt_Jr | Audio | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth by Simon R. Green
In Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth, the sixth novel in Simon R. Green’s NIGHTSIDE series, John Taylor and Suzie Shooter have just returned from the past where they discovered the origin of John’s mother, Lilith, and witnessed the birth of the Nightside. Now that they’re back in the present, they are determined to stop Lilith from destroying what she created and remaking the Nightside in her own image.
First they must rescue John’s secretary,
May 28th, 2013. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Simon R. Green | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The System of the World by Neal Stephenson
The System of the World combines the final three “novels” — Solomon’s Gold, Currency, and The System of the World — of Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle. The novel’s title refers to the third volume of Sir Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica.
Most people remember Isaac Newton today because of the Principia Mathematica. In it,
September 6th, 2012. Ryan Skardal´s rating: 4 | Neal Stephenson | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Superior Saturday by Garth Nix
The longest week of Arthur Penhaligon’s life is drawing to a close in this, the penultimate installment in Garth Nix’s The Keys to the Kingdom seven book series. Although he has managed to win five Keys from the immortal Trustees that rule over the House (the epicentre of the universe) and free five parts of the Will (the embodiment of the legislation left behind by the mysterious Architect) he still has the two most dangerous challenges left to defeat: the powerful Superior Saturday and the enigmatic Lord Sunday.
August 3rd, 2009. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 4 | Garth Nix | Children | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Nixie’s Song by Holly Black
After the five-part The Spiderwick Chronicles ended with a promise that there would be more to follow in the Spiderwick world, it was only a matter of time before there was another installment in the series. Now we pick up in the first book of a proposed trilogy that features a new set of children (two step-siblings) and a different location (the mangrove swamps of Florida as opposed to the old world charm of New England), but with plenty of new faerie lore incorporated into the story.
October 31st, 2007. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 4 | Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi | Children | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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Pretty challenging book. Cut by half, speed up the cadence. Trying to figure out the plot, the main point of…
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
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