Let’s be real, I had no idea what this book was about before I started reading it. I wasn’t even aware that it was the beginning of a series! I just noticed the title when I was at the used book store, picking up some mysteries for my mum. And then I took a peek at the cover and thought, “why not!?” It looked like a medieval-ish adventure tale, and that is exactly what I got! And it was slightly confusing at times, perhaps due […]
Not Everything in the Teen Paranormal Romance Section is a Lost Cause
Have you started the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy? No? Then don’t read this, because it will be Spoiler City as this is the last book in the series. (Although I wouldn’t be surprised if this world of angels and chimera and Karou makes a reappearance at some point, considering how this one ended.) Karou is leading the chimera army, or what’s left of it, through deception. A sacrifice from the previous book let her with a puppet regime, with her at the strings. […]
Grow Wings Little Angel.
Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday tooo meeeee. I got me some Richard Kadrey! As I demonstrated back in March and April, I love Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim series. Killing Pretty was released a few weeks ago, but at a higher price point than my budget will tolerate, so I decided to save it for my birthday. And yes, I woke up this morning at 6:30, bought it and began listening to the audio narration. Now I’ve written an off the […]
What could possibly go wrong?
Delirium gets it in her spoinky rainbow-colored head that she needs to find her long lost brother Destruction. After going to see her sisters Desire and Despair, who turn her down when she asks for their help, she has little choice but to put her fervent request to her brother Dream. Three hundred years ago, Destruction gave up his realm and asked his siblings to consider the same, but if not, to at least respect his wishes. Dream reminds Del of this fact, but she […]