I don’t usually read romance, and I don’t usually like conspiracies. This book is smoking hot and the conspiracy doesn’t intrude too much. The series had to potential to trip one of do-not-finish wires: The wise yet hot guy guides the completely ignorant girl, and ends up taking her to bed – shades of teacher … More Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
Fun story. Gods coming to life is the stuff of comic books, and while this story had no pictures, the descriptions were absolutely wonderful. No Spoiler Story-line: Sam and Dean are 2 brothers who battle the Monster of the Week and win. Nice story technique: Sam’s flashback seems like spacing out and going to a … More Mythmaker by Tim Waggoner
If the gods are both Greek & Roman, then their separate halves have to stay separate or they get confused. OK. I like the ‘Greco-Roman gods are cos-playing’ explanation better, but this makes for a better plot. We follow Percy, Leo, and Annabeth as they work their way through various trials, monsters, and tricky clues. … More The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
The hero is dead, long live the hero? Percy Jackson is missing, and Jason has no memory of how he got here. Who are the girlfriend and jokester-buddy who claim they’ve known him for months? Travel by dragon! Also, flame-hero meeting snow-hero = bad news. Very bad. Lots of adventure, solid back-stories on each of … More The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
First of all, the cover: is it eldritch abomination with tentacles hanging down, or is it pointy white hoods coming up in the night? Yes. It is. If you read Lovecraft, you probably know Mr. Braithwaite. I didn’t, so I met the sorcerer in this book. It took a while to realize he was a … More Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
Air is full of radiation poison. Water has little bitey things that want to chew threw your clothes and your skin and burn your blood. Food is basically paste in a tube. Miners have to mine the Miracle Metal to keep the Silver City safe… though they will never get to safety, barring a miracle. … More Flashfall by Jenny Moyer
Lovely, lovely pictures. The Lady of Night is big and sparkly and beautiful. Also, not inclined to help Morpheus out. Lord Time is miffed at him, too – ooh, we get to see a cameo of Daniel (the new Dream) fixing that up. Lord Time changes age every panel he’s in, did the artist take … More The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman
Romeo and Juliette would never have made it. There are 2 R&J couples in this YA novel, death all around. Our Hero, Donavan Reyes, is the son of the Prime Liason, AKA the main collaborator with our not-so-new alien overlords. Donavan has a good life, and he’s a soldier on patrol. For maximum drama, he … More Exo by Fonda Lee
In this Sandman story, Morpheus has a story & the new Dream has only a bit part in only one story. * Death’s story is amazing: she’s waiting for Death to be allowed onto an island so people can die. * Desire – if you want someone really, really badly, don’t settle for a one … More The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore My rating: 4 of 5 stars Who taught Superman about his superpowers? “John Smith” (he changed his name so often that this is all that was left) is a teenager on earth, from another planet, waiting for his powers to kick in. The bad guys, from a different … More I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1) by Pittacus Lore
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