Book Review: Mercedes Lackey’s Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar
An anthology of fifteen tales of young adult fantasy in a theme of finding your path in Valdemar.
Category: Young Adult readers
Book Review: John Varley’s Rolling Thunder
Her grandfather was one of the first to set foot on Mars, so Lieutenant Patricia Kelly Elizabeth Strickland, aka Podkayne, has some big shoes to fill. After joining the Martian Navy, Podkayne has decided to sing, but learns that there’s plenty of danger to go around in the Martian Navy, even if you’ve just signed on to sing.
Book Review: Mercedes Lackey’s “The River’s Gift”
Fifteen-year-old healer, Ariella, finds that her aid to animals returns tenfold when she’s abducted by her brutish cousin upon her father’s death.
Book Review: Trisha Telep’s Corsets & Clockwork
An anthology of thirteen steampunk romances for young adults.
Book Review: Mercedes Lackey’s Unnatural Issue
Elemental Earth Master Richard Whitestone finally sees a use for the daughter he repudiated on his beloved wife’s death in childbirth – a vessel to hold the spirit of his long-dead wife.
Book Review: Lucienne Diver’s Vamped
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.Vampedby Lucienne Diver urban fantasy in a paperback edition that was published by Flux on May 8, 2009 and has 231 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Kicking ItFirst in the Vamped contemporary Young Adult urban fantasy series. My Take If you enjoy MaryJanice Davidson’s Queen Betsy, you’ll love Vamped as it’s Betsy if she had been turned as a young teen. Obsessed with appearance and mad about shopping, Gina Covello has sass and attitude. And doesn’t hesitate to use ’em to get back her teen queen position amongst her peers. I think what bothered me was this is all just too easy. Too teen-y. The lame name-calling didn’t help. Why was such a teen queen as Gina even in a closet necking with Bobby? What was Bobby doing there in the first place if he’s considered such a dweeb? Just why does Gina think Bobby is all that all of a sudden? Why did Mellisande let Bobby run around loose if he […]
Book Review: John Varley’s Red Lightning
“Mars sucks.” And if anyone’s allowed to say it, Ray Garcia-Strickland is, since his father was one of the first men to set foot there. Ray’s father is now the manager of the Red Thunder, one of the swankiest hotels on overdeveloped Mars. And Ray has seen his share of gravity-dependent Earthies. Which doesn’t stop him from fearing the worst when Earth is struck by an unknown object, causing a massive tsunami. Living high on his father’s glory was okay, but now Ray must literally come down to Earth—and help solve one of its greatest mysteries…
Book Review: Simon R. Green’s Agents of Light and Darkness
A quest for the Unholy Grail-the goblet from which Judas drank at the Last Supper-takes private eye John Taylor deep into the secret, magical heart of London…called the Nightside.
Book Review: Jennifer Estep’s Tangled Threads
Gin’s been picking off Mab’s men for weeks. Now Mab intends for some payback when she hires Elektra LaFleur. Mab will stop at nothing to take out the Spider.
Book Review: Christopher Pike’s The Last Vampire
Alisa Perne is the last vampire. Beautiful and brilliant, she hunts alone, living among humans, living off humans. But someone is stalking her. Someone wants her dead. And Alisa has a choice to make – to keep a long held promise or protect the mortal she seems to be falling for.