Early September Book Reviews
Spellbook of the Lost and Found - Moïra Fowley-Doyle's debut, The Accident Season, was a quiet roar of a book that used suspenseful magic to get at some extremely heavy issues, and her second…
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Author: Christina Ladd
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Godsgrave Review: Are You Not Entertained?
How do you top Nevernight, a book that's basically Harry Potter for assassins, complete with magical, stairway-shifting school accessible only by diving through something that really shouldn't be dived though? Well, actually the second installment…
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Mask of Shadows Review: Assassin’s Read
Assassins are popular these days. His Fair Assassin trilogy, which I thought was going to be stupid but which was a dazzlingly well-researched historical and religious drama, and Godsgrave, which was a crazy-cool assassin…
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The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion Review: A Diversion
There's a quote from Angela Carter's "The Tiger's Bride" that I particularly like: "The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn…
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Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2017
We've survived half a year beyond 2016! What an accomplishment, and what better way to celebrate than to look yet further forward. Deliberately without an order of preference and in order of release, here…
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Five Daughters of the Moon Review: Caught Between the Moon and Old Mother Russia
There was a spate of SFF Westerns a year or so ago, but now YA SFF has turned its attention to Russia. We already had the Grisha trilogy by Leigh Bardugo, but with Crooked…
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The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter Review: Sisters in Science
Before I begin reviewing the book, I must first review the title. At least enough to say: it sucks. It sucks! It sucks, it sucks, it sucks. Rather than intriguing me, it actively put…
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Want Review: The Smog Represents My Heart
(Look, if Cindy Pon can reference Jay Chou, I can reference Jay Chou, okay?) Taiwan of the future is a great place to be--if you're rich. In fact, the world is a pretty great…
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For Your Consideration: Books
In no particular order, some of the books I have read this year or am reading and feel like talking about. 1. Frogkisser! - It's so cute and absolutely trademark Garth Nix. He's like…
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The Refrigerator Monologues Review: We Don’t Tiptoe
The minute I saw the name for this book, I exclaimed—ostensibly to my husband, but my cat or the open air would have sufficed—"of course this needs to be a book. Why has no…
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