One of the things I’m discovering that I love about graphic novels, is the way they hit the ground running. The creators don’t toy with you the way writers of traditional books sometimes do—they don’t have the time to draw out anything beyond the most important Secrets. MONSTRESS, for example, opens with a slave auction, […]
THE TRANSFERENCE ENGINE did a lot of things right with its Steampunk inspired machinery, and its eccentric heroine with a big heart. The necromancy aspect was a definite hook for me, and Julia Verne St. John’s writing style fit the alternate 1830s London time period. The area in which this book didn’t perform was unfortunately […]
In any given series readers can realistically expect there to be a couple of knockout installments, any more than that, and you KNOW that you’ve found a primo author. So, needless to say, Kristen Callihan’s impeccable record with her DARKEST LONDON books is beyond impressive. FOREVERMORE was the first and ONLY title that came in […]
SO. The good news is that it only took an afternoon to read REVENGE AND THE WILD by Michelle Modesto. The other news is . . . meh. In all fairness, several of the contributing factors to the MEH are personal preference issues. Like I find too few gadgets just as annoying as too many […]