3 out of 5 stars Good isn't quite great, but in this case, it is goodbye. Goodreads.com: A Question of Holmes, by Brittany Cavallaro (Charlotte Holmes #4) The last installment in Brittany Cavallaro's endearing Charlotte Holmes series reads like it's time to move on. The characters are ready-ish, and the author is too. I could … Continue reading Review: A Question of Holmes
4 out of 5 stars Now we're cooking: Katherine is craaaaazy, Mirabella is lovely, Arsinoe is haunted, and the Ascension of the Fennbrin Queens is closing in like the mist around the island. Bonus: It's not the end! I always assume series are trilogies, then realize 50 pages from the end that there's no way … Continue reading Review: Two Dark Reigns
3.5 out of 5 stars Who says the sequel can't be better than the original? Or that titles with numbers in them should indicate the order of books in the series? (Actually, I do. That's really confusing.) Goodreads.com: One Dark Throne, by Kendare Blake (Three Dark Crowns #2) In the second installment of her Three … Continue reading Review: One Dark Throne
4 out of 5 stars Ahoy, spoilers! The Thousandth Floor series ends with a twist that I think I saw coming. Or maybe I just really wanted it to happen. Goodreads.com: The Towering Sky, by Katharine McGee (The Thousandth Floor #3) It ends as it began: with a death. Sort of. The first book in … Continue reading Review: The Towering Sky
4 out of 5 stars Spoilers ahead, as the second installment of The Thousandth Floor series is as good as the first. Goodreads.com: The Dazzling Heights, by Katharine McGee (The Thousandth Floor #2) If you haven't read The Thousandth Floor, go away now and come back when you have! The Dazzling Heights picks up immediately … Continue reading Review: The Dazzling Heights
4 out of 5 stars Compulsively readable and gently futuristic, Katharine McGee pulls off an impressive feat: keeping teenagers from getting on my nerves! Goodreads.com: The Thousandth Floor, by Katharine McGee (The Thousandth Floor #1) The first book in The Thousandth Floor trilogy introduces New York, 100 years into the future, a more modern and … Continue reading Review: The Thousandth Floor
4.25 out of 5 stars In Fever Crumb's finale, the sassy smartypants finds herself racing toward an old tech future and a new traction world. Goodreads.com: Scrivener's Moon, by Phillip Reeve (Fever Crumb #3) Fever ends up with her mother, Wavey Godshawk, who turns out to be almost as detached as her Engineer father. But … Continue reading Review: Scrivener’s Moon
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