Onward with Temeraire, this time into the depths of the African continent! Today I’m writing four reviews, covering Books 4-7, so it’s all a little overlap-y, but one of the wonderful thing about what Naomi Novik is doing with this series is that she’s truly writing stand-alone books that also happen to build on each other. So, this one, Empire of Ivory, which is Book 4 of currently 8 in the series, takes our heroes, Will Laurence the human and Temeraire the wonderful dragon on […]
Escapist Highlanders
This review is for the audiobook versions of the Dark Sword series by Donna Grant. I listened to the six novels (I would assume more audiobooks are on the way) consecutively over a couple of weeks. I needed something light and escapist, and historical-paranormal-romance seemed like a good fit. I wouldn’t recommend listening to several books by the same author this quickly, as pet phrases will begin to grate, and you might notice small, annoyingly repetitive details more than you would otherwise. As you […]
Magic Times in the Cajun Swamp
Bayou Moon is the follow up to On the Edge. It’s not a direct sequel, and can be read on its own, but it does star some characters from that novel. It is again, light, easy to read fare. This time we go to a part of the Edge which exists between the state (here in our mundane world) of Louisiana and the Magical country of Louisiana. It’s magic times in the Cajun swamp is what I’m saying. If I’m perfectly honest, I don’t really […]
Beetle Badass
“You refuse all help, reject all hope, and seem intent on living the most abject existence possible. If anyone is punishing you, look inward, not upward.” Abomination – Review at KatsCannon Preface in the name of transparency – I won this book as part of a GoodReads giveaway, courtesy of Inkshares. Free books in any capacity, be they giveaways, ARCs, or what have you, are awesome and I try not to let that influence my review, but I always like to be upfront about […]