First you wonder: Is she real? Then you realize she is. But do the people who come and see the “fish girl” in the show on the boardwalk believe it? Second, you wonder will she be able to escape? And finally, you realize Donna Jo Napoli and David Wiesner are both geniuses. Napoli and Wiesner have created a coming-of-age tale with a tail. She is a real mermaid. The man who claims to be her father, has her in his ocean show and will do […]
“There are one or two things that I do not fancy the looks of in this torture-chamber.”
I have to start this review with a confession. I picked it up at a library book sale specifically because I thought it would make me mad, and ranting about sexist asshats has led to some of my favorite reviews. It was written in 1921, and the back of the book talks all about how “remarkable women helped [the hero] along the road in their unique and pleasurable ways.” I thought it would be ridiculous and horrible and I could rip it to shreds in […]
Not the direction I expected the sequel to take but fantastic regardless
While I wish the first book hadn’t sat in my TBR for so long, I wish I had been able to pick up the second book sooner but life and logistics got in the way. I’m going to attempt a spoiler free review that, when combined with the first review, will hopefully encourage you to pick up the series. The Reluctant Queen picks up about a month after the events of The Queen of Blood. In my last review I wondered if each book in the series would focus […]
Don’t pick up that bad penny, it could ruin your life
I picked up this collection of short stories because Seanan McGuire had a story in it. Specifically one from her Sparrow Hill Road series, which is connected to the InCryptid series. And since I will read just about everything she puts out into the universe, I picked it up. I wasn’t disappointed by her story, it was fabulous. The rest were, meh, ok. I found this to be a middling collection of short stories, but I’ll be honest it was the framing device that really […]