The nitty-gritty: A fast-paced adventure, back in the exciting world of the quasing, with some new characters, old friends, and plenty of cons, deals and double-crosses. “I’m surprised a man of your qualities managed to find a woman to produce an offspring.” “For every ugly and desperate man, there is an equally ugly and desperate […]
The nitty-gritty: An odd and magical story based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in modern times. This is my second Keith Donohue book, and I loved it just as much as The Boy Who Drew Monsters. I have to admit when I first read the blurb for The Motion of Puppets, I […]
The nitty-gritty: A fun and quirky look into some very creative minds, with an abundance of unusual monsters, both scary and ridiculous. I’m taking a break from my usual novel reviews today in order to tell you about a fantastic new book out tomorrow from Apex Books! Author Shawn Pryor has joined forces with artists […]
The nitty-gritty: A luminous story filled with magic, friendship, love and diversity, beautifully written. The idea of being called Miss or Ms. or, worse, Mrs. The thought of being grouped in when someone called out girls or ladies. The endless, echoing use of she and her, miss and ma’am. Yes, they were words. They were […]
The nitty-gritty: A strange and thought-provoking story about loneliness and what it means to be human. For me, memory is not only at times flawed and corrupted but also overlapped and confused, one personality hiding parts of another, blending too, so that the selves within my head sometimes seem many-headed and monstrous or deformed and […]
The nitty-gritty: An eerie and heart-stopping ghost story, with unexpected depth. If you love haunted house stories, and especially if you love old houses, you won’t want to miss this one. She took the stairs slower than she could have, stalling the inevitable every step of the way. She didn’t want to let them in. […]
The nitty-gritty: A big, raucous tale of masked wrestlers and crime fighters, steeped in family tradition, with all the humor you’d expect from Matt Wallace. “You don’t know anything about being a villain. You’re just a bad guy.” I’m a huge fan of Matt Wallace’s Sin du Jour series, so when the author asked me […]
The nitty-gritty: A laugh-out-loud spoof of super stores and inter-dimensional invasion, with surprising human moments intertwined with the humor. Nothing ever changes here, she thought as she removed her shirt, again dreaming of the day she would be allowed to cast off this place. She would take Kevin and together the two of them would […]
The nitty-gritty: A story with lots of potential that fell short with a less-than-interesting plot and awkward writing. (Apologies for this longer-than-normal review, but apparently I have a lot to say about this book!) There’s always going to be the “next” book after you read something amazing, and for me, Behind the Throne will always […]
The nitty-gritty: More stunning world-building, the return of some beloved characters, and even greater mysteries. The Fifth Season was one of my top ten books of 2015, and so I was beyond excited to start reading the second book in the series, The Obelisk Gate. I’m happy to say it was a more than worthy […]