Book Review: Elegy Beach by Steven R. Boyett
Elegy Beach Steven R. Boyett Ace Books ISBN 0441017959 Hardcover Thirty years ago, at 4:30 PM all over the world everything changed. Technology stopped working and magic began. Creatures like unicorns, centaurs, and werewolves walked the world. And the old cities fell apart as looters ‘libbed’ what they needed to survive from business establishments and [...]
January 21, 2010
Tags: Ace, dark fantasy, post-apocalyptic, supernatural creatures, wizard Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny by Simon R. Green
The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny Simon R. Green Ace Books ISBN 0441018165 Hardcover According to sources as reliable as they get in the Nightside, Excalibur is coming back to town. John Taylor is hot on the artifact’s trail because in the Nightside something that sounds good here is often lethal. Meanwhile, the Undead [...]
January 17, 2010
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Book Review: Sins & Shadows by Lyn Benedict
Sins & Shadows Lyn Benedict Ace Books, 2009 ISBN 0441017118 Mass Market When I first picked up the book “Sins & Shadows,” I believed the volume to be from a freshman fantasy author; however, I was only part correct. Â In actuality, Lyn Benedict is a pseudonym. Â The author also writes political intrigue under the name [...]
January 10, 2010
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Book Review: Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is one of my favorite contemporary fantasy authors because she’s taken a lot of time with her world-building and her characters develop instead of devolving. Add to that, every few pages I am laughing at some snarky remark one of her characters makes, and you have a winning combination to keep my attention. [...]
January 6, 2010
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Book Review: Deadtown by Nancy Holzner
Deadtown Nancy Holzner Ace Books, December 2009 ISBN 0441018130 Mass Market (ARC) Victory Vaughn is a demi-human, active. This bureaucratese translates to a shapeshifter, who also fights demons, or a Ceriddorian, who is literally a Welsh descendent of Ceridwen.  All this classification became necessary after the Plague hit Boston three years ago and turned many [...]
January 3, 2010
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Book Review: Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is one of my favorite contemporary fantasy authors because she’s taken a lot of time with her world-building and her characters develop instead of devolving. Add to that, every few pages I am laughing at some snarky remark one of her characters makes, and you have a winning combination to keep my attention. [...]
December 30, 2009
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Book Review: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is one of my favorite contemporary fantasy authors because she’s taken a lot of time with her world-building and her characters develop instead of devolving. Add to that, every few pages I am laughing at some snarky remark one of her characters makes, and you have a winning combination to keep my attention. [...]
December 23, 2009
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