Posts tagged with ‘Fantasy’
November 24, 2013
VIVID NEW ORLEANS setting, multifaceted heroine make this urban fantasy a cut above the rest. Lots of fun!
Grade: B PLUS
SIREN'S CALL
Knotted Road Press/Book View Café
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Mystery, New Orleans, Novels, Suspense
June 6, 2013
LOVELY AUSTENESQUE FANTASY, third in a series, with magic-workers involved in English politics. Absorbing fun!
Grade: B PLUS
WITHOUT A SUMMER
Tor
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novels
May 6, 2013
NAZI CYBORG WARRIORS, warlock magic, and time travel combine in this brilliant, spooky World War II thriller.
Grade: B PLUS
NECESSARY EVIL
Tor
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novels, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Thriller
April 21, 2013
SUDDEN MINOR SUPERPOWERS appear at times of crisis in this bittersweet parable of family pain and healing.
Grade: B PLUS
WHAT THE FAMILY NEEDED
Penguin/Riverhead
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Novels
April 8, 2013
SPOOKY HISTORICAL NOVEL mixes horror, legend, and Enlightenment science in a gory, kinky, unsettling tale.
Grade: SOLID B
THE TALE OF RAW HEAD AND BLOODY BONES
Penguin/Viking
2013
Tags: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Novels, Solid B Reviews
January 30, 2013
ATMOSPHERIC PARANORMAL THRILLER mixes a noir detective, some seriously spooky bad guys, and vivid Maine details.
Grade: B PLUS
THE WRATH OF ANGELS: A CHARLIE PARKER THRILLER
Atria
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Novels, Thriller
January 20, 2013
FASCINATING TWIST ON the Frankenstein story—a retelling from the “monster’s” point of view. Masterful!
Grade: A MINUS
MONSTER: A NOVEL OF FRANKENSTEIN
Overlook Press
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Fantasy, Horror, Novels
January 15, 2013
CRACKLING STEAMPUNK THRILLER mashes up literary references, alchemy, clockwork robots, and lots of other fun.
Grade: SOLID B
THE CONSTANTINE AFFLICTION
Night Shade Books
2012
Tags: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews
December 10, 2012
WONDERFUL STEAMPUNKY EPIC set in a not-quite-our-Earth reminiscent of Mark Twain’s frontier, with science/magic.
Grade: B PLUS
THE RISE OF RANSOM CITY
Tor
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Novels, Science Fiction
October 28, 2012
A CLOCKMAKER STUMBLES upon a mysterious device and is pursued by shadowy forces in this wild, quirky thriller.
Grade: SOLID B
ANGELMAKER
Knopf Doubleday
2012
Tags: Fantasy, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller