Cherie Priest has written ghost stories, monster stories, tales of the Elder Gods, urban fantasy and steampunk, but she is probably best known for the EDEN MOORE series, and for Boneshaker and the subsequent books in her CLOCKWORK CENTURY series. The Inexplicables, the fifth book in that series, was released earlier this fall. In addition to […]
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Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest If you’re a reader who can’t get enough of crumbling antebellum mansions, dark family secrets, and muggy Southern weather, you’ll enjoy Four and Twenty Blackbirds (2003). This Southern Gothic ghost story was Cherie Priest’s first novel, and while it’s imperfect, it’s quite readable and shows a lot of promise. […]
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Fathom by Cherie Priest Fathom is an entertaining horror novel once it gets going. Cherie Priest spends the first 100 pages of Fathom setting a scene, complete with pages upon pages of infodumps. One character will tell another character a story about a third character, for instance, or a character will have a prolonged recollection […]
Read MoreTerry Weyna and Marion Deeds´s rating: 3 | Cherie Priest | Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
Those Who Went Remain There Still by Cherie Priest Those Who Went Remain There Still is a short Southern Gothic horror novel by Cherie Priest which I listened to in audio format. The story follows two plotlines told in alternating chapters. One is excerpts from Daniel Boone’s Reflections Upon the Wilderness Road which he wrote […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Cherie Priest | Audio, Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest CLASSIFICATION: Set in an alternate history Seattle, sometime around the year 1880, Boneshaker is a steampunk-flavored adventure that incorporates elements of zombie horror, pulp fiction and post-apocalyptic retrofuturism. Think The Wild Wild West meets Fallout (a videogame series) meets George Romero… FORMAT/INFO: Page count is 416 pages divided over 28 numbered […]
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Clementine by Cherie Priest One of the most entertaining novels I read in 2009 was Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker. Full of exciting cross-genre adventure (zombies, steampunk, post-apocalyptic retrofuturism), memorable characters and a cool twist on American history, Boneshaker was a blast to read. I couldn’t wait to see what else Cherie Priest’s CLOCKWORK CENTURY had to […]
Read MoreRobert Thompson (RETIRED) and Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5, 4 | Cherie Priest | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
Dreadnought by Cherie Priest CLASSIFICATION: The CLOCKWORK CENTURY series is set in an alternate history America, circa 1880, flavored with steampunk, western, intrigue, and horror. FORMAT/INFO: Dreadnought is 400 pages long divided over twenty-two numbered chapters. Narration is in the third-person, exclusively via the nurse, Mercy Lynch. Dreadnought is self-contained, but loosely connected to Boneshaker and […]
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Ganymede by Cherie Priest When Hollywood makes a movie of Ganymede — and they have to — I hope they subtitle it “The Battle of Barataria Bay.” That sequence comes near the end of Cherie Priest’s latest CLOCKWORK CENTURY novel, and is fasten-your-seatbelt, grip-the-arms-of-your-chair exciting. Priest’s books always feature strong women, and in Ganymede, the main […]
Read MoreMarion Deeds and Robert Thompson (RETIRED)´s rating: 4 | Cherie Priest | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
The Inexplicables by Cherie Priest The Inexplicables is the fifth book in Cherie Priest’s CLOCKWORK CENTURY series. This one returns to its roots, the walled, Blight-ridden city of Seattle. It’s 1881, and the American Civil War is still going on. Eighteen years earlier, a powerful mining device tapped into a vein of gas deep into the […]
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Fiddlehead by Cherie Priest In the North America of 1879, the American Civil War is still going on. A deadly drug from the Pacific Northwest is killing people, then converting them into undead monsters. While technological advances burgeoned during the war, both sides are depleted of soldiers, revenue and hope. This conflict can’t continue, especially […]
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Jacaranda by Cherie Priest Jacaranda is a horror novella set in Cheris Priest’s CLOCKWORK CENTURY universe. This story, set after the end of the USA’s long civil war, is a shivery tale that focuses on supernatural evil rather than the sap-infected zombies of the series. Priest brings three characters to the Texan island of Galveston, […]
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Bloodshot by Cherie Priest I was pretty excited to read Bloodshot. I first encountered Cherie Priest by way of her Southern Gothic novel Four and Twenty Blackbirds several years ago. Since then, her name keeps popping back up in my consciousness, both as a writer of several acclaimed steampunk novels I haven’t had the chance […]
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Hellbent by Cherie Priest Cherie Priest gets Big Imagination points for the potent magical artifacts she conjures up in Hellbent, the second Cheshire Red Reports novel. I’m not going to spoil the fun for you by telling you what they are; you’ll know by the end of the first chapter. Priest introduced vampire thief Raylene […]
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Maplecroft by Cherie Priest There is a special joy when a dedicated reader finds a book, written by a gifted writer at the peak of her powers, who journeys into slightly different territory and completely masters it. That joy is what I felt as I finished Maplecroft by Cherie Priest. Priest has written a lot […]
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Chapelwood by Cherie Priest Maplecroft, the first book in Cherie Priest’s Lovecraftian series THE BORDEN DISPATCHES, was one of the best books of 2014. With Chapelwood, the sequel, Priest delivers again with an intricate, frightening story written in a completely different tone. Many familiar characters are back, and we meet some new ones, including some […]
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I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest My 14 year-old daughter (Tali) and I recently listened to the audiobook version of Cherie Priest’s I Am Princess X. We took a look at the print version, too, since the story is part novel, part comic. It’s about a slightly awkward girl named May who, back in […]
Read MoreKat Hooper and Marion Deeds´s rating: 3 | Cherie Priest | Audio, Stand-Alone, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The Family Plot by Cherie Priest With The Family Plot, Cherie Priest takes a break from steampunk and Lovecraftiana to tackle a tried-and-true convention, the haunted-house story. The book, filled with atmospherics, family feuds and long-buried secrets, is a spooky read that will leave you side-eyeing bathrooms and showers for days after you’ve finished. The […]
Read MoreMarion Deeds and Jana Nyman´s rating: 4 | Cherie Priest | Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
Brimstone by Cherie Priest Brimstone (2017) is a throwback to some of Cherie Priest’s earlier work in theme and in setting. The story takes place in Florida, this time in Cassadaga, a real town which, like Lily Dale in northern New York, was founded by spiritualists. Cassadaga still exists and still draws the public for […]
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The Agony House by Cherie Priest When she was too young to remember, Denise Farber’s father and grandmother died in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. She and her mother fled to Houston. Now, with Denise about to enter her senior year in high school, her mother has just remarried and their new little family is […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Cherie Priest | Stand-Alone, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The Toll by Cherie Priest Cherie Priest’s 2019 Southern Gothic novel The Toll delivers the creeping terror, the strangeness and the surprises I’ve come to expect from her, since she is the queen of this subgenre. From the weird, dying little town of Staywater, Georgia, to a house haunted by dolls, to “granny women” and […]
Read MoreMarion Deeds´s rating: 4.5 | Cherie Priest | Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest Leda Foley is trying to keep her single-person travel agency afloat. Grady Merritt is a Seattle PD detective away at a conference. When Leda changes his return flight plans without notice or explanation, she saves his life — and outs herself as a psychic. Back home in Seattle, Grady hires […]
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Fort Freak by George R.R. Martin Fort Freak is the twenty-first entry in the WILD CARDS universe, a long running series of mosaic novels edited by George R.R. Martin. It is not necessary to have read the previous twenty volumes to read this one; Fort Freak works fine as a standalone. There are numerous references […]
Read MoreRob Weber´s rating: 4 | Cherie Priest, David Anthony Durham, George R.R. Martin, Melinda Snodgrass, Paul Cornell, Victor Milan | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Mythic II edited by Mike Allen Much like its predecessor Mythic, Mythic 2 feels compact and precise. Both the prose and poetry (and everything else in between) are easy to read and have a lyrical tonality. The anthology is even and consistent, with no sudden drops or spikes in the quality. Editor Mike Allen also […]
Read MoreCharles Tan (GUEST)´s rating: 3 | Catherynne M. Valente, Cherie Priest, Jo Walton | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded is the second steampunk anthology edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, following 2008’s first installment. It contains about twice as many stories as its predecessor, but unlike the first collection the quality is more uneven here, resulting in a less impressive […]
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Rogues edited by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois Rogues, a short-story anthology by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, is a marvelously diverse collection of stories and genres, tied together by those scoundrels, those tricksters, those rascals, those rogues that you can’t help but love. I listened to it on audiobook and loved the experience, especially […]
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Our second article in the ongoing feature Why You Should Read… is by Adam Christopher, published author and blogger. He can be found on Twitter as @ghostfinder. He has chosen to talk about Cherie Priest. (Pic courtesy of Caitlin Kittredge) As a writer, reading the work of others elicits one of two reactions. As John […]
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