Bingo Square (Round 2): Birthday! I was going to use Stephen King this time around but I wasn’t in the mood. I wasn’t actually that interested in reading the rest of the Bill Hodges trilogy after Mr. Mercedes but I heard there was a connection to his latest, The Outsider, so I added them to my TBR list! Unfortunately, they kind of feel like homework right now rather than something I really want to read. When I started googling authors of the books I am more interested […]
Bittersweet end to soap opera like urban fantasy
I say “soap opera like” in the best possible way. A disinherited heir trying to regain power, siblings facing the potential of having to duel one another to the death, a surprise twin, a scheming patriarch manipulating others to further his agenda, and everyone is trying to gain power and raise themselves in the hierarchy. All this is set amidst a magical tournament to determine which House will lead the Unseen World, the world of magicians kept secret from the mundane. Every twenty years or […]
Faerie Tale Noir Still Going Strong
‘Night and Silence’ is the twelfth book in the October Daye series, and I’m going to be clear up front – while I will try as hard as possible avoid around any explicit spoilers from this particular book, I will be referencing previous books in the series. I am not so super-skilled at review-ballet that I can cunningly dance around everything. So mild spoilers ahead. The October Daye series has been going strong for a few years now, and I felt that the 11th […]
And You Thought Your Family Was Bad at Sharing Information
This novel is pretty far into the Ocotober Daye series so spoilers abound for the previous novels. If you have finished Kate Daniels and need a new fix, I definitely recommend this series, just give it two or three books to find its groove (basically seems like a standard warning for urban fantasy at this point). One thing I appreciate about the October Daye novels is that Seanan McGuire tends to make her characters have to deal with the aftermath of events. After Toby’s mom held […]