In my last review, I mentioned that sometimes I avoid big pop culture touchstones for no readily apparent reason. Just like I had never read Harry Potter until this summer, I had never read The Hobbit. One of my very good friends has been talking Tolkein for a month, so I decided to take the Middle-Earth plunge. Just as I enjoyed Harry Potter for the amazing world that the author built, I enjoyed The Hobbit because of the amazing world that Tolkein built. For those […]
Mugglicious Definition Make Them Wizards Crazy
In a semi-intentional act of cultural heresy*, I have largely avoided the Harry Potter craze. I have never read any of the books, visited The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, taken online quizzes to see which house I would be in, or watched all of the movies. I am, by all accounts, a muggle. But, since I was able to pick up the book for free, I decided it was time to see what all the buzz was about. I am happy to report that […]
Unopposed, I enter Hell
“To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists, may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.” Destiny calls the family together, the first time they have all been together in a long while. Pretty soon Death is needling on Dream about his abhorrent behavior towards Nada. She tells him he must make this right. You remember: Nada rejected him, saying she didn’t want to be his queen, so he banished her to hell. And that was […]
Based on the Title and Cover, I Assumed Vampires, Not Werewolves
Another one from the pile my friend handed to me when I asked for book recommendations! And a pretty enjoyable read, too, given how much I like werewolves these days (*cough* Teen Wolf). But I once again fall into this problem that I’ve been having lately in regards to protagonists: they just aren’t connecting with me. That is not to say that I like nothing about Elena, the main character in Bitten. But, she just seems to flip flop a bit to the point where […]