Jen reads: Shadow of Time
Shadow of Time by Jen Minkman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Look out, it’s a self-published book! SHADOW OF TIME avoids most of the worst of self-pub, but it […]
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Jen reads: Children of Fire
CHILDREN OF FIRE, by Drew Karpyshyn, is a dark fantasy with many characters, so it has somewhat in common with the Song of Ice and Fire series. In both series, […]
Jen reads: Poison Princess
Poison Princess by Kresley Cole My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m not quite sure what to think about POISON PRINCESS. On one hand, it has an interesting premise (people […]
Jen reads: The Light Ages
The Light Ages by Ian R. MacLeod My rating: 4 of 5 stars THE LIGHT AGES is at once a brilliant, hectic, confusing book. It hews to the “insert strange […]
Jen reads: Once Upon a Curse: Stories and Fairy Tales for Adult Readers
Once Upon a Curse: Stories and Fairy Tales for Adult Readers by Anna Kashina My rating: 4 of 5 stars I requested this short story collection because Peter S. Beagle […]
Jen reads: The Grim Company
The Grim Company by Luke Scull My rating: 3 of 5 stars THE GRIM COMPANY certainly lives up to its name. There are moments of levity, but the brutality and […]
Jen reads: Quintessence
Quintessence by David Walton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Despite somewhat of a slow start, QUINTESSENCE builds tension throughout and eventually builds up to a (literally) earth-shaking climax. The […]