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First things first: This one’s more serious.
Oh, there’s still humor here — and to butcher the nursery rhyme, when Kevin Hearne is funny, he’s very, very funny. I cackled madly as Atticus geeked out over his favorite author and demonstrated his knowledge of Internet memes. On the whole, though, Hammered is a much more serious story than either Hounded or Hexed. While giving us two books’ worth of side-splitting entertainment,
June 27th, 2011. Kelly Lasiter and Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5, 4.5 | Kevin Hearne | Audio | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
Green-Eyed Envy by Kasey MacKenzie
Riss’s friend Harper Cruz, a Cat shapeshifter, is marrying Pennington Banoub, a Hound shifter and the cousin of Riss’s boyfriend Scott. But as the wedding date approaches, someone is knocking off Harper’s old boyfriends. Not only is this troubling in itself, but Riss has a very personal reason to be worried as the murder spree continues: Scott had a fling with Harper while he and Riss were broken up, and if the killer knows, Scott could be the next target.
Green-Eyed Envy is rife with red herrings.
June 26th, 2011. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 3.5 | Kasey MacKenzie | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Isle of Glass by Judith Tarr
I’ve gone back and forth on this text quite a bit, unsure how generous I’m willing to be. The facts are these: Judith Tarr’s prose is better than expected, the story flows well, and the pacing is great, but on the other hand, this is not a book that beyond its style really seems to have a lot to do. The Isle of Glass is the kind of novel that readers will finish with a nod and a shrug rather than a smile or tears.
June 21st, 2011. Tim Scheidler´s rating: 3.5 | Judith Tarr | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
The Boy at the End of the World by Greg van Eekhout
The Boy at the End of the World is a new children’s fantasy by Greg van Eekhout, author of Kid vs. Squid. Like his first children’s book, The Boy at the End of the World is aimed squarely at the 9-12 age group. In that vein, it speeds quickly along a pretty straightforward plotline, with few twists or diversions into details of setting or character.
June 20th, 2011. Bill Capossere´s rating: 3.5 | Greg Van_Eekhout | Children, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Harry Dresden never knew his mother Margaret. He knows that she was a wizard, that she used the last name LaFey, and that before she married Harry’s father she hung out with some shady characters. In Blood Rites, he discovers something about Margaret that changes everything he believes about himself.
In the sixth Dresden Files novel, Jim Butcher shakes up Harry’s world. In addition to shocking new information about his mother, Harry has to deal with a revelation about Ebenezar,
June 10th, 2011. Marion Deeds, Kat Hooper and Justin Blazier´s rating: 3.5 | Jim Butcher | Audio | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
News coverage of military conflicts changed forever when journalists were allowed to travel along with combat units and report right from the front line, providing dramatic real life images of what life is like for soldiers and civilians in a war zone. Dan Abnett effectively takes this concept of the “embedded reporter” into futuristic territory with his new military science fiction novel, Embedded.
Lex Falk is an acclaimed but cynical and war-weary journalist who has visited and written about several newly colonized planets throughout his career.
June 3rd, 2011. Stefan Raets´s rating: 3.5 | Dan Abnett | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Someone is torturing the ghosts of Chicago, driving them mad and juicing up their power. Harry Dresden, wizard, is the best person to handle this, but even a wizard needs back-up sometimes. In Grave Peril, the third book of The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher introduces Michael Carpenter, a Knight of the Cross.
Michael wields a sword given to him by an angel. He has pledged his life to serving God, vanquishing evil and freeing the victims of evil.
May 16th, 2011. Marion Deeds and Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Jim Butcher | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Cold Kiss of Death by Suzanne McLeod
Sidhe fae Genevieve Taylor is in trouble again. Hannah Ashby, whom Genny met in the last book, has shown up again — this time wielding powerful magic and demanding the priceless Fabergé egg Genny received from the Earl. Genny’s also being haunted by the ghost of a young girl. Worst of all, she finds a friend murdered and is framed for the crime. Now she needs the help of the manipulative vampire Malik al-Khan, which never comes for free.
Much like the first Spellcrackers book,
May 7th, 2011. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 3.5 | Suzanne McLeod | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Haven is the fourth and final book in Joel Shepherd’s excellent A Trial of Blood and Steel fantasy series. If you’re not familiar with the series yet, please take a look at my reviews about the first three novels above, as well as my article about them over at tor.com. If an excellent fantasy series that’s low on magic and high on morally ambiguous characters and complex politics in the vein of George R.R. Martin’s A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE (to which this series has been compared by many reviewers) sounds good to you,
May 3rd, 2011. Stefan Raets´s rating: 3.5 | Joel Shepherd | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
The year is 1890. Lia and her twin sister Alice have just been orphaned by the death of their father, and in the aftermath, Lia discovers that she and Alice have roles to play in an ominous prophecy. The prophecy pits the two against each other: one is the Gate, who has the potential to open the doors between the underworld and Earth; and the other is the Guardian, who is supposed to make sure that doesn’t happen. But while Lia just learned about the prophecy,
May 2nd, 2011. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 3.5 | Michelle Zink | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
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