I hadn’t read the Dragonkin books when I started this series, which was fine initially. But now that those characters have been dragged into this series, you probably need to have read those to fully get any of the future books. (I’ve now read the first three of the Dragonkin books, so I at least […]
The Heretic Royal – G. A. Aiken Read More »
This is a nice, cozy story. Fin is the new cook at the royal palace – he’s incredibly prickly and chases pretty much everyone out of the kitchen on day one. As we follow along the story, we find out it’s because he’s a house witch – and regular witches consider him defective. So, he’s
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It’s funny – I recently happened upon a post on Reddit talking about the Rivers of London books, and asking if it was worth continuing, because they were finding Peter to be so immature in the early books. Which reminded me that I still needed to finish the last book (so far) in the series.
Amongst Our Weapons – Ben Aaronovitch Read More »
This is the (currently) last of the Sherlock books in the Elemental Masters series. Sherlock is officially still dead, as is Mary Watson, but John Watson and Sarah and Nan are trying to carry on some of Sherlock’s investigations where they can. This story ends up being a mash up of “Hansel and Gretel” and
The Case of the Spellbound Child – Mercedes Lackey Read More »
We pick up Zinnia’s story after A Spindle Splintered. She’s gotten a bit of a remission from her terminal diagnosis, and is using her newly opened up time to rescue other Sleeping Beautys from their fates across the fairy tale multiverse. And then one day, she finds herself in a Snow White story instead. I
A Mirror Mended – Alix E. Harrow Read More »
This is a fun regency monster story. It has a really interesting twist on zombies. The French decided to go the route of getting to the English army through their wives. Some poisoned face powder was put out in London, and several hundred gentlewomen (and a few unlucky servants) died – and then woke back
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This is the second book in the trilogy that follows the founding of the Kingdom of Valdemar. Kordas’ people have escaped the empire, and are now journeying through the wild lands to the west. There are people there, and they’ve resolved to not overwhelm anyone that’s already settled, so they need to move on from
Into the West – Mercedes Lackey Read More »
This is a fun, regency set, but fantasy oriented, book. Gussie is the only non-magical member of the Werth family, a family infamous for their powers. But, when she’s kidnapped, she finds that she might be the most magical of them all. The story’s fairly basic, and you’ll get no real surprises out of it,
Wyrde and Wayward – Charlotte E. English Read More »
Sherlock Holmes is dead – but Sarah, Nan and the Watsons know that that’s not true. He’s had to go to ground to defeat Moriarty. Moriarty is actually dead, but because he has a necromancer in his employ, that necromancer is doing his best to bring Moriarty back – which goes straight into rather grizzly
The Bartered Brides – Mercedes Lackey Read More »
In this book, fairy tale narratives exist in our real world, ready to send a person down a certain path, just because they were unlucky enough to be born with just the right characteristics to a fit a particular story. That’s where the ATI Management Bureau comes in – they’re a hidden government agency tasked
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