Book related posts (from a reader’s point of view – see ‘Writer’s Life’ for writing posts).
I love this series. I love the Harker siblings. I especially love Botheration, our lovable Hellhound companion. This second volume is filled to the brim with a low-level anxiety that is the result of the complications the siblings encountered in the first book. They’re keeping an apocalyptic level secret, even from their own superiors. Everyone…
While I admire Lackey’s willingness to let others play in her sandbox, I have to say that I prefer the original. These stories of inconsequential characters from throughout the universe of Valdemar are smaller stories that don’t impact any of the main story lines or any of the main characters we have met before. That…
This book wasn’t at all what I expected, based on the title and the cover. I expected it to be high fantasy steeped in Thai mythology. Instead, this book is set in Seattle — I know, I know, it’s on the back cover, but I received an ARC and the back cover copy wasn’t available…
This book was released a couple of weeks ago, which is lucky for you because you’ll be able to run – not walk – to your local book shop and get this book. And you should, because this one is probably my favorite new author that I’ve read this year. Considering the fact that I…
I’ll admit to not having read this entire series. I began with my review of book #4, The Serpent in Heaven. This series is an alternate history Western where the United States has been broken into pieces after a second civil war and the west coast has come under the control of Russian royalty. I’ll…