I’m not sure what I expected from this. I’m…at a loss. The title alone made me think this was a comedy. But there were no real funny parts. This book makes me think of The Theory of Attraction by Delphine Dryden BUT this is not even on the same planet…let… Read more »
Pia is a young half-wyr (were) who had been trained by her deceased mother to always stay aloof from others and to run and hide. Due to a combination of loneliness and slacking off on her mother’s teachings, Pia made the mistake of telling an ex-boyfriend of some of her… Read more »
I was very excited to read Swords & Dark Magic. When I first heard about the book, I instantly thought of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword and Sorceress series so I bought it based on nostalgia alone. It started very promising – “Goats of Glory” by Steven Erikson is full of… Read more »
The Black Company – an elite mercenary company – is narrated by Croaker, the Company annalist and only fully trained doctor. The book starts with the Company in a contract with a country named Beryl. The country is going to hell in a handbasket due to the weakness of the… Read more »
***NOTE*** All stars for this book have been removed due to Mr. Correia’s attempts to destroy the Hugos. If you haven’t read Monster Hunter International, I thought I should let you know…there will be spoilers ahead! “Them monsters ain’t gonna to kill themselves! You a Monster Hunter, or not?” -Monster… Read more »
This book…is pretty bad. On all accounts. The humor is not really there. The world-building is close to non-existent and the attitudes toward women is…disgusting. Its hard to imagine that two best selling novelists managed to put out this dreck and not have mud all over their faces. Mazonia is… Read more »
NOTE: When in Rio and Xmas Spark were originally published by Ellora’s Cave. Neither book is currently available for sale at this time but rights have been reverted from the publisher to Ms Dryden (yaaaaay!!!!!). Hopefully the books will be available in the near future. So, I think I… Read more »
3 stars with major reservations I’m starting to think that Carolyn Faulkner is the Queen of Great Blurbs…because this is the 3rd book of hers that I’ve read that sucked me in via the blurb. She should give lessons, lol. I’m not sure how this keeps happening. I have to… Read more »
I’m rather sad about this book. It had a lot more promise that it delivered. Rating: I started with 5 stars for this book but a humongous editing error required an automatic 1 star deduction. The highest rating I could give this book was 4 stars. So, to start with… Read more »
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