Deborah Coates skyrocketed to the list of authors I will always read when I read her debut novel, Wide Open, in 2013. A western Urban Fantasy managed to perfectly capture the feeling of the American Northwest. My dad’s side are ranchers in Montana, and I spent a lot of time there on my grandparent’s ranch when I was growing up. Reading Wide Open was just a little bit like being back on the ranch, despite being set in South Dakota. Since that time, I have […]
Sherlock Holmes meets *insert your favorite fantasy story* here
I really enjoyed this book. I also forgot I read it almost the moment that I finished it. I track my reading in both a spreadsheet and Goodreads and I forgot to list this book in either place until several weeks later when I heard it mentioned on a podcast and I suddenly remembered that I had read it. That probably sounds harsh, but I genuinely did enjoy the book and would recommend it to people. The book takes place in the late 19th century […]
The Good, the Bad, and the Lumberjane
The good: returning to a main storyline about trying to figure out the supernatural goings-on at summer camp. I was feeling let down by the last volume, because of its use of a series of short stories that had little direct connection to the main storyline. Now we’re back to the unusual happenings and trying to figure out what they all mean. It also worked to re-arrange the team for a little while, with Molly and Ripley working on one part of the problem in […]
A Romping Fowl Time
Whew! Finally in the double digits for reviews! Last CBR I reviewed the first of the Artemis Fowl books, and I loved it so much I went hunting for the rest of the series. All of our favorite characters are back! Holly, Root, everyone’s favorite pre-teen mastermind, and excitingly, Mulch Diggums, who is my personal squee character. While this installment started out a little rocky, it finds its footing about a quarter of the way though and becomes the romping fun adventure we were all […]