Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Jan 19, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 1
Citadel by Kate Mosse I have a strange relationship with books by Kate Mosse. On the one hand, I love the atmosphere and descriptive qualities of her work — it transports you to the south of France in vivid prose; filled with the sights, sounds and smells of another time and place. She clearly loves […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Oct 19, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Last Colony by John Scalzi The Last Colony, the third book in John Scalzi’s OLD MAN’S WAR series, returns us to the perspective of John Perry, the “old man” hero of the first novel in the series, Old Man’s War. John Perry is only mentioned in the second novel, The Ghost Brigades, which told […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jul 13, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Icebound Land by John Flanagan I’m surprised by how much I’m enjoying John Flanagan’s RANGER’S APPRENTICE series for middle grade / young adult readers. The Icebound Land is the third book and it’s just as charming as the previous books, The Ruins of Gorlan and The Burning Bridge. You need to read those books […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Mar 6, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 1
The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale I just adore Shannon Hale’s PRINCESS ACADEMY books for young readers. The Forgotten Sisters, released earlier this week, is the third and final installment. This review will contain spoilers for the previous books. In book one, Princess Academy, the first school was built in Mount Eskel, an uneducated rural […]
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Posted by Marion Deeds | Apr 11, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 2
Grandville, Bete Noire by Bryan Talbot Grandville, Bete Noire, Bryan Talbot’s third steam-punk themed graphic novel, has the same lavish detail and striking use of color as the first two. English Badger D.I. Archie LeBrock is back, as rough-and-tumble as ever, and in this book we spend a bit more time with Quayle or “Q,” […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Sep 4, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
Vortex by Robert Charles Wilson Turk Findley has been returned to Equatoria ten thousand years after the Hypotheticals took him and Isaac. Things have changed. The Ring of Worlds that was connected by the Arches remains, but the societies that once traveled between these interplanetary portals have died away and been replaced. The Earth, sadly, […]
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Posted by Sarah Chorn | Mar 3, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Escapement by K.J. Parker The Escapement picks up where Evil for Evil left off. It’s shorter than the previous two books in The Engineer Trilogy, but for all its brevity, it’s still packed with surprises. After reading two books without fully knowing what is being manipulated and planned, readers are presented with nearly constant […]
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Posted by Robert Thompson (RETIRED) | Nov 19, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 2
Surrender to the Will of the Night by Glen Cook PLOT SUMMARY: Piper Hecht’s first and greatest secret is that he knows how to kill gods. It is knowledge that makes him dangerous, but also puts him in danger — from his enemies, who fear what he might do, or who want revenge for what […]
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Posted by Robert Thompson (RETIRED) | Sep 8, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Golden City by John Twelve Hawks PLOT SUMMARY: The Golden City delivers the climax to the epic FOURTH REALM TRILOGY, a story that began “off the Grid” in Los Angeles and has taken readers on a wild ride from the underground tunnels of New York to the secret ruins buried beneath the streets of […]
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Posted by Guest | Jul 9, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Twilight Lord by Bertrice Small Lara, Domina of Terah has been extremely happy caring for her family and husband. She has been reunited with her other children in Terah and they are learning to love their mother again. Nothing could be better. But over in the Dark Lands, the Twilight Lord is planning her […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | May 12, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Trouble With Witches by Shirley Damsgaard After reading Witch Way to Murder, I found myself craving another Ophelia and Abby mystery and went to the library for my “fix.” They didn’t have book two, Charmed to Death, but they did have book three, The Trouble With Witches. I decided, what the heck, you can […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Dec 8, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan To briefly bring you up to date: the five-part Percy Jackson series revolves around updated versions of the Greek gods and their half-blood children. With Olympus currently situated in New York, many of the gods’ children (who often don’t know who their godly parent is, having been raised by […]
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Posted by Charles Tan (GUEST) | Jul 11, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
The New World by Michael A. Stackpole Retaining the suspense and excitement of the previous book, The New World brings to a close the epic The Age of Discovery series. Michael A. Stackpole’s characterization and sense of timing remain his strengths, as well as his ability to deliver the unexpected to readers. The New World […]
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Posted by Bill Capossere | Apr 29, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
Renegade’s Magic by Robin Hobb Robin Hobb has just concluded her Soldier Son trilogy with the third book — Renegade’s Magic. There doesn’t seem to be much point in reviewing solely Renegade’s Magic, however, as anyone who has read the first two is likely to pick up the conclusion, so instead I’ll simply review the […]
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Posted by John Ottinger (guest) | Mar 15, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
Dragon Outcast by E.E. Knight As always, E.E. Knight brings us an action/adventure story filled with everybody’s favorite fantasy creature: dragons. One thing I have especially enjoyed about The Age of Fire is that you can pick up any of the novels and completely enjoy it as a stand-alone novel. Each of the books begins at […]
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Posted by Robert Thompson (RETIRED) | Jan 3, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
Half the Blood of Brooklyn by Charlie Huston So far Joe Pitt has had some pretty wild adventures and along the way he’s proven time and again to be one tough SOB. Still, even a tough SOB has a breaking point and in Half the Blood of Brooklyn we get to learn first-hand just what […]
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Posted by Beth Johnson Sonderby (guest) | Jan 1, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
Queen of Dragons by Shana Abe So here we are in the third book. The plot has something to do with the mysterious Drakon princess, Maricara, who was introduced in The Dream Thief and Kimba the White Lion — I mean, Kimber, the son of Kit and Rue from The Smoke Thief. There’s something to […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Sep 7, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
Physik by Angie Sage I gave this book’s predecessors rather lukewarm reviews, finding them a little too simplistic and reliant on the success of Harry Potter, with rather weak villains and too many periphery characters to keep track of. However, all that changes with the third installment in the series, which has a sophisticated plot […]
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Posted by Guest | Aug 21, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
Specials by Scott Westerfeld Tally has changed since she was caught by Special Circumstances. She has become one of them: a Special. Her body and mind have been altered and she is now an elite fighting machine with super-fast reflexes and a hardened body that can withstand almost anything…but none of this can really make […]
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