Opus 63 in Three Parts: Hop, Joker and High. Trixie: We are banging these out (no pun intended) in a single review and finishing this crazy ride that has been the Chaos Series. Kitty may or may not ever speak to me again. I may or may not ever speak to myself again. C’mon, Baby, Light My Fire Kitty: Fire Inside, like Kristen Ashley’s other novels, features a lack of interpersonal communication on every level, a deep-seated conviction that all problems […]
Still bummed that it’s not Alice in Wonderland-related
I borrowed this one from the library because I’ve seen it on tons of “best of” lists lately (I think Goodreads was the final push for me). While I can see how this could develop into a successful series a la Hunger Games (and isn’t that every YA author’s dream right now?), it didn’t quite live up to my expectations. “In the fairy tales, the poor girl smiles when she becomes a princess. Right now, I don’t know if I’ll ever smile again.” Mare Barrow is a Red […]
…and they lived happily(ish) ever after.
The final volume of Fables wraps up several plotlines and serves as a conclusion but not an ending. After all, the Fables are quasi-immortal beings and there will always be more stories for them, even if they won’t be told in the series Fables. Farewell wastes no time in quickly dispatching two of the primary antagonists of the recent storyline in order to quickly put the pieces in place for the apocalyptic Rose Red vs. Snow White showdown. The reappearance of Bigby Wolf in New […]
Shaky start, terrible wardrobe, but a promising series
This was a fun start to a graphic series and I’ll probably check out the second volume just to see where the story goes and if the writing continues to get stronger. I almost put this one down after a couple of pages, but I’m glad I stuck with it because it definitely improved. The Rat Queens are a group of 4 women working as for-hire monster killers. They’re a diverse group. There’s Hannah the slightly unhinged Elven mage, Dee the human who left a […]