This definitely wasn’t as good as the first one. It was too straightforward, and the parts that were supposed to be a surprise were pretty obviously telegraphed. Still, it’s a great example of well-written, character based young adult fantasy. It’s just that I expect more from Abercrombie, particularly since he delivered it in Half a King. Half a World is the second book in Abercrombie’s first ever YA series, Shattered Sea, which takes place in a Nordic/Viking type fantasy environment, a post-magic society with verrrrry […]
Ourselves, part of a Cannonball giveaway
I received the book Ourselves as part of a giveaway through Cannonball and agreed to do a review. Unfortunately, I probably wasn’t the right person to read this book. I wanted to try something else but it was a bit too outside of my norm. The Nahan are a secret race of people who resemble vampires, they are actually responsible for the myth of vampires to ward of suspicion of themselves. Tomas was born into a family of Nahan who are well positioned in the […]
In which I haphazardly scatter a bunch of feels to the wind
I’m afraid I’m not going to be very succinct here. My love for the Fever series has been documented in Cannonballs past, as well as my skepticism about the direction taken of the last book. I’m not going to spoil Burned in this review, but I’ll be talking about trends and events throughout the previous books so consider yourself warned on that score. Here’s one thing right off the bat I feel like I should mention: sometimes that even in 4- or 5- star reviews (so, books I […]
Claire and Jamie grow up
Voyager (1994) is Diana Gabaldon’s third book in her Outlander series with Claire and Jamie. I flew through Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber even as I realized they had some problems, but this one finally slowed me down. I started reading it back in December and skipped around to many other books while I was pushing through it. Like all of Gabaldon’s books, a lot happens in this one. For all intents and purposes, it is impossible to review Voyager without spoilers to the first […]