FANGS AND FENNEL was a slight improvement on book 1. And, by slight, I mean half a star. With the mammoth jump from plain Jane to diva Lena out of the way, the rest of the protagonist’s flaws paled in comparison which made this installment easier to swallow. The plot was more streamlined, the villain […]
I’m not going to lie, I was initially put off by the POV shift from Verity to her brother Alex. Verity is the quintessential urban fantasy heroine that I’ve come to know and love, and if it isn’t Verity, I’d be much happier if it was Antimony (my favorite roller derby goddess, thank you freebie […]
SO. Every ninety years a bunch of gods take over the bodies of a bunch of teenagers to live as pop stars for two years before they die. Riiiiight. B/c gods have nothing better to do than become Taylor Swift. Fame is everything. Worship. Adulation. Whatever, I’m bored. Know what else is boring? They don’t […]
Silvio Sanchez is a fairly recent addition to The Spider clan. He originally stepped onto the scene in BLACK WIDOW, book #12, so I was a little surprised that Jennifer Estep picked him as the next novella candidate over longer standing characters like Bria, Jo-Jo, or Sophia. Although, admittedly readers do already know a great […]