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The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout
Fans of vampire novels should check out The Turning, the first novel in Jennifer Armintrout‘s Blood Ties series, an exciting and sexy addition to the genre.
Our heroine, Carrie, is a young doctor whose sire accidentally turns her into one of his kind during a fight in the hospital morgue. Carrie has little to leave behind in her mortal life. Her parents were cold in life and are now deceased, and she has no friends,
June 9th, 2007. Kelly Lasiter and John Hulet´s rating: 3.5 | Jennifer Armintrout | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Kushiel’s Chosen by Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline Carey returns to the lush and decadent world of Terre d’Ange in Kushiel’s Chosen, sequel to the strange but beautiful Kushiel’s Dart, and produces a sequel that unfortunately doesn’t quite live up to its predecessor.
Our masochistic heroine, Phèdre, leaves behind her comfortable new life as a country countess when she begins to suspect that all is not well in Terre d’Ange. She believes that Melisande Shahrizai, from her hiding place in La Serenissima (Venice),
June 8th, 2007. Kelly Lasiter and Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5, 4 | Jacqueline Carey | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
I was a fan of Brandon Sanderson’s first novel, Elantris, though the novel had some pretty clear flaws. I’m an even bigger fan of his follow-up, Mistborn, a book that has all the plusses of Elantris without the problems.
Mistborn takes places in an ashen, devastated world where the “Skaa” are a brutally downtrodden majority who do all the work for the aristocratic minority of the Great Houses,
June 7th, 2007. Bill Capossere, Kat Hooper and Marion Deeds´s rating: 3.5, 4, 5 | Brandon Sanderson | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Hades’ Daughter by Sara Douglass
I got annoyed with Hades’ Daughter the first time I tried to read it, and didn’t finish it. Mostly I was irritated with the three main characters, all of whom are less than sympathetic. Cornelia is childish and weepy and naive — though she does have the excuse of being fifteen, and of constantly having to make major life decisions even though the people around her are manipulating and deceiving her. Brutus doesn’t have the excuse of being a teenager — he’s a brute and a wife-beater and a rapist and a cad,
June 2nd, 2007. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 3.5 | Sara Douglass | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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