Paper Girls (Vol 3) by Brian K Vaughan (writer) and Cliff Chiang (artist)
This is the third volume of Brian K. Vaughan’s Paper Girls, and if you thought you were starting to get a handle on where the story was headed, think again…
[SPOILER TERRITORY AHEAD – DON’T READ UNLESS YOU’VE READ VOLUMES ONE AND TWO]
The four paper girls are reunited in a completely new place somewhere far off in the future or past,
March 24th, 2018. Stuart Starosta´s rating: 4 | Brian K. Vaughan | Comics | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer
Unlike winter in George R.R. Martin’s SONG OF ICE AND FIRE series, the long-dreaded war in Ada Palmer’s TERRA IGNOTA finally does show up, or appears to, at the end of Book Three, 2017’s The Will to Battle. The war starts in the final six or seven pages of the book.
This doesn’t mean nothing happens in the 344 pages leading up to the war. In The Will to Battle,
March 9th, 2018. Marion Deeds´s rating: 4 | Ada Palmer | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
In Beneath the Sugar Sky (2018), the third book in Seanan McGuire’s WAYWARD CHILDREN series, we return to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children, that haven for children and teens who once found their way through portals to other, magical worlds but have been involuntarily returned to ours. At Eleanor West’s boarding school, at least they find others who believe them and empathize, and desperately hope with them for a way to return to a magic world where they truly felt they belonged.
January 10th, 2018. Tadiana Jones´s rating: 4 | Seanan McGuire | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor
Dennis E. Taylor’s BOBIVERSE series has turned out to be a real winner, starting with We Are Legion (We Are Bob) in September 2016 and continuing with For We Are Many in May 2017. Usually I tend to read fairly serious, literary, and ambitious SFF books, but after going through not one, but two long episodes dealing with a debilitating herniated disc this year and being confined to lying on my back for weeks,
December 22nd, 2017. Stuart Starosta and Kat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Dennis E. Taylor | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Unconquered Mage by Melissa McShane
The CONVERGENCE fantasy trilogy wraps up in The Unconquered Mage (2017), as Melissa McShane continues to explore the repercussions of the magical merging of two different worlds, with different language and cultures. Balaen and Castavir were split apart centuries ago by a complex magical spell that went awry. Now the two countries are reunited physically, as are our main characters, the Balean mage Sesskia, who narrates the story through her diary entries, and her husband Cederic,
October 9th, 2017. Tadiana Jones´s rating: 3 | Melissa McShane | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Lord of the Darkwood by Lian Hearn
This is Book Three in a quartet and this review may contain spoilers for earlier books.
In the third installment of Lian Hearn’s THE TALES OF SHIKANOKO, the story moves to the next generation, with the true emperor and the son of Shika and the Autumn Princess. In Lord of the Darkwood (2016), characters who previously played supporting roles take center stage, and for the first time in the series we meet a tengu,
September 5th, 2016. Marion Deeds´s rating: 3.5 | Lian Hearn | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…