It’s rare to get a really good first installment in an urban fantasy series—too much stuff has to happen. You’ve got world-building, laying the foundation for the series arc while telling an individual story that’s compelling by itself, character development, etc. All preferably in 40k words or less. On occasion, it does happen, but most […]
Meet Celia Graves, a 100% human independent security consultant (BODYGUARD), in a world full of creatures. You: How’s that work? o.O Me: Someone wise once told her that no human is a match for the monsters, magic or no magic, and the important things are “brains and good equipment.” You: She got those things? Me: […]
So . . . I debated long and hard about how to rate THE PATH OF DAGGERS, book 8 in Robert Jordan’s WHEEL OF TIME . . . I think by now it’s pretty obvious that I love this series, but . . . 1. No Mat. Like NONE. About halfway through, I got super […]
Apologies in advance for the length, but it couldn’t be helped. I LOVED and HATED parts of this book equally . . . and that means long. Our story opens with a horrific prologue in which a bunch of immortal Vulcans-on-steroids (meaning they don’t respect other lifeforms) are exterminating their “diseased” children b/c they’re: 1. […]