Another great Penric and Desdemona story. Pen and Des are summoned to the healer’s house over a most unusual illness. What they find is even more unusual than the healer had suspected. A man who was fished out of the harbor is actually dead, but appears to be alive because he’s being inhabited by another […]
Knot of Shadows – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
I’ve been cycling through books recently – I’ve actually got three open books on the Kindle at the moment that I haven’t been able to keep attention on long enough to finish. (I’ll probably nope out on one by the end of the year, and another is a short story anthology that I’m really enjoying,
The Hermit of Eyton Forest – Ellis Peters Read More »
This is a fun anthology of darker turning fairy tale interpretations. The darkness is pretty variable – in some cases, it’s just using themes that are considered dark. And like most anthologies, some of the stories are definitely better than others. There were two different interpretations of the Morrigan that I enjoyed, and “Magic After
I know I’ve mentioned before that I get a really stubborn streak about not reading books that get crazy popular, and this book definitely fits that definition. As time went on, I started to see more “this really isn’t what the hype makes it out to be” reviews, and one of my friends (whose taste
Gideon the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir Read More »
In the world of this series, humans live in what we would call North America at the sufferance of the terre indigenene – the Others who lived here before humans ever found the land. Their treaties give them full control of the lands they have shared with humans, and humans occasionally need to be reminded
Vision in Silver – Anne Bishop Read More »
This is a lovely fairy tale, told in a very specific narrative style that might take a little getting used to if you’re not used to it, but gives the story a lot of richness. Paama has returned home because her marriage has failed. The local gods take this as an opportunity – they take
Redemption in Indigo – Karen Lord Read More »
This story is set in Elizabethan England, among the stationers and artists in London – the people that are able to see the fairy court when it comes to London to fight a battle that’s been long in the making. We have Alice, a widowed stationer – the only woman belonging to the guild. Her
Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon – Lisa Goldstein Read More »
In this second book of this series, the focus shifts a bit from Princess Alyrra, to her attendant, Rae. Rae ended up in the capital city to see her cousin through her pregnancy, but her cousin and cousin’s husband quickly realize that Rae would make an excellent attendant to the new Princess. The princess ends
The Theft of Sunlight – Intisar Khanani Read More »
This was a fun story – novella sized. Miss Mnemosyne Seabourne is on the older end of the marriage market in the Tea Cup Isles (in a Regency-ish alternate version of England with more islands and magic), but she’s rich enough that she can afford to wait for the right husband. She’s been invited to
Tea and Sympathetic Magic – Tansy Rayner Roberts Read More »
I really enjoyed this – the last story in Catalina’s arc. There’s a terrible attack on a government figure, and the Warden of Texas ends up out of commission as well, which puts Catalina in charge of the investigation. Turns out Alessandro’s enemy Arkan is behind it all, and a Russian prince manages to get
Ruby Fever – Ilona Andrews Read More »
