Month: March 2013

Book Review: Peter V. Brett’s Daylight War

Book Review: Peter V. Brett’s Daylight War

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Daylight Warin Hardcover edition on February 12, 2013 and has 639 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Third in The Demon Cycle fantasy revolving around Arlen Bales, a man who refuses to allow demons to take any man. In 2013, The Daylight War was nominated for the Goodreads Choice for Fantasy. My Take Sure, it’s a lot of pages with plenty of space to tell a story, and there is so much story that Brett tells. This particular one brings us up-to-date on what’s happening in Deliverer’s Hollow while Leesha is off with Jardir and what Arlen Bales and his Promised are doing, but it’s primary concern is in filling us in on Inevera’s story and how she brings Jardir into prominence. There’s the infighting amongst everyone: Jardir versus his people and Inervera; Leesha and the people who accompany her on her visit with Jardir and the return; Rojer’s wedding and its myriad issues that slap up against whose loyalty goes where and the strictures of the Evejah; the clash of rulers in […]

Posted March 29, 2013 by Kathy Davie in / 0 Comments

Book Review: Anne Perry’s Midnight at Marble Arch

Book Review: Anne Perry’s Midnight at Marble Arch

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: NetGalley Midnight at Marble Archby Anne Perry historical mystery in an eARC edition that was published by Ballantine Books on April 9, 2013 and has 353 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Death in the Devil’s Acre, Cardington Crescent, Silence in Hanover Close, Bethlehem Road, The Cater Street Hangman, Callander Square, Paragon Walk, Resurrection Row, Rutland Place, Farriers’ Lane, Bluegate Fields, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingTwenty-eighth in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Victorian mystery series. I was provided an eARC by NetGalley and Ballantine Books. My Take It’s been awhile since I’ve read this series, and I’ve recently started back up, to catch up with events because I just adore Charlotte and Thomas. Two people who hold to a sense of morality and justice no matter what. It doesn’t hurt that I enjoy reading an historical mystery! This particular story was an odd combination of melodrama, what I consider overly twisted clues — the times when everyone sat down to […]

Posted March 29, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments