Last year I read the first book in the Magic 2.0 series, Off to be the Wizard and I loved it. It was clever, funny, snarky, full of nerdy, geeky jokes and references, and time travellers being confused by other time travellers. It was a lot of fun and even though I never got around to writing a CBR6 review for it, I remember recommending it to some people. With good memories of the previous book, I picked this one up and saved it for […]
Who knew assassins and magic could get boring?
Sworn in Steel is the second of the Tales of the Kin by Douglas Hulick. The first was a brilliant tale of a Nose (basic level criminal who seeks out secrets for money) who is smuggling a book full of magic, which turns out to be more important than he had expected. It’s engrossing, full of fascinating details about the criminal underworld he lives in, and comes to a good ending, not cliffhanger-y, but makes you want to read more. I promptly sought out book […]
The space opera you didn’t know you were waiting for
Realistically, most people have heard of, read about or enjoyed Saga already. All those raves you already heard about are absolutely merited – this is one of best graphic novel series I have ever read, and I am including Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series in my assessment. Brian K. Vaughn, who wrote the excellent Y: The Last Man Standing series, and artist Fiona Staples, have created a pretty much perfect series. It is a space opera, in the best sense of the phrase, filled with intergalactic […]
I would do anything for you, but I won’t do that
Actually, the title of this review is a complete misnomer. The Song of the Lioness Quartet is a series of four books about a girl named Alanna and her friends and family who work towards helping her become the first lady knight in the Kingdom of Tortall. A few of them know she’s a girl, most just believe her to be a really small boy. No one cuts her any slack. The first of the books is (quite originally!) Alanna: The First Adventure. It’s about the time Alanna spends […]