Coming off the heels of the stupendous Dread Nation, I was pumped for this YA novel. The setup: children travel through magical portals to alternate worlds, only to become distraught upon their return to their tedious old lives. (Postmodern Wonderland or Narnia!) Though this book won all the awards—Hugo, Alex, Locus Nebula—it utterly failed to enchant me. I suppose my heart is a closed door. Or maybe an inky void. Nancy (the sixth most interesting character, maybe) lands at Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children […]
These books are almost custom-made for me
I always understand and work to remember that everyone has different tastes, but I have to admit I was absolutely baffled when it came to my attention that there are folks out there who don’t enjoy the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire. And then I remembered that not everyone is me, and while I don’t get it, I accept it. That being said, as I said in the title, these books are practically custom-made for me. Every kid who finds a world in these […]
Me? I’d be a Sleeping Beauty. 1000 years of sleep sounds fantastic.
Not yet able to get my hands on Night and Silence but jonesing for more Seanan McGuire, I plumped for Indexing, a book that appears to have initially been written in serialised form in which fairytales meet the X-Files. In a world where fairytales are constantly trying to force their way into real life, twisting people’s lives into forms that fit the narrative with often deadly results, it’s up to the ATI Management Bureau to step in before the ‘mimetic incursions’ can run amok. Each […]
Some more of Toby’s rather complicated family relationships are revealed
Spoiler warning! This is book 12 in an ongoing series, it is NOT the place to start. There will be minor spoilers for previous books in the series, as it’s impossible to discuss this book without mentioning things that have happened in earlier books. If you’re interested (and you should be, this is one of the best urban/paranormal fantasy series out there right now), start with book 1, Rosemary and Rue. Faerie knight and champion, and former private investigator October “Toby” Daye is not doing so well. […]