The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross
In my review of the LAUNDRY FILES book before this one, The Annihilation Score, I noted that there was a lot I liked and a few things I disliked. Unfortunately for me, my experience with The Nightmare Stacks (2016) was the reverse. There were a number of things I enjoyed, but overall I didn’t like this book very much. Charles Stross is a smart, funny, inventive writer, and it distresses me to give this book two and half stars,
October 18th, 2016. Marion Deeds´s rating: 2.5 | Charles Stross | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Rise of the Huntress by Joseph Delaney
Rise of the Huntress is the seventh of Joseph Delaney’s LAST APPRENTICE / WARDSTONE CHRONICLES popular horror series for children. The series deservedly has legions of young fans and it’s likely that nothing I, a jaded adult, has to say about a seventh book will mean anything to anybody, so I’ll make this short.
Rise of the Huntress delivers exactly what we expect. The formula has become clear by now.
April 8th, 2016. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Joseph Delaney | Audio, Children, Horror | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
White Witch, Black Curse is the seventh installment in Kim Harrison’s Hollows series featuring witch Rachel Morgan and her companions Ivy (vampire) and Jenks (pixy).
I enjoyed White Witch, Black Curse, but felt that there were certain elements of the plot that dragged a little bit. The whole banshee story feels tacked on. They are a cool addition to the Inderlanders that inhabit the series, but, since there has been no mention of banshees in any of the other books,
May 25th, 2010. Amanda Rutter (guest)´s rating: 4 | Kim Harrison | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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