Time for the final book in Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles (and obviously not the place to start the series!). This contemporary urban fantasy series has evolved from it’s initial roots as “2000 year old druid who looks like a twenty-something slacker hangs out in Arizona” to “every mythos is true and most of them are out to kill you or at least badly mess up your day”. Following the earlier books we’re now at the point where our protagonist has to face up to […]
Good to meet you, now gimme more.
The October Daye series was one of a number of recommendations netted back along when I came to the Cannonball group begging for urban fantasy recommendations. And while I haven’t fallen quite so in love with this one as the Kate Daniels series, it’s early days yet – with all of the urban fantasy I’ve read, it always takes at least a book or two for the series to get into its stride and Rosemary and Rue is a good starter for ten, introducing us […]
Who is more human and who is the monster?
After giving glowing reviews to several other books by Victoria (V.E.) Schwab, multiple people have recommended her “Monsters of Verity” series. I recently picked up This Savage Song as a treat to celebrate the 25th birthday of my favorite independent bookstore. Considering how much I’ve enjoyed every other book by Schwab, I should have known better and gotten the second book in the duology, Our Dark Duet right away instead of foolishly only getting book one. I had the great pleasure of seeing Victoria Schwab’s panel at Wonder […]
Can You Rewrite Your History and Change Your Future?
Not sure why it has taken me this long to getting around to reviewing this one. I quite liked it and actually thought this novel felt more cohesive as one story compared to its predecessor, even though both were Kindle Serials. As the novel starts, Elise Walton, a minor villain introduced in Indexing and a Wicked Stepsister archetype, escapes from the high security magical prison where the characters are kept. Some of the prisoners have committed horrible crimes, but others are innocent but can’t be […]