3.5 out of 5 stars I've gone back and forth in this series, giving increasingly better ratings as the story progressed:Three Dark Crowns got 3 stars, One Dark Throne got 3.5, and Two Dark Reigns got 4 stars. I had high hopes for the final installment - book four, though it has the number five … Continue reading Review: Five Dark Fates
3 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: The Wicked King, by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air #2) Jude Duarte is human, but lives in Faerie with her sister Taryn, and the man who killed their parents. To understand why, you'd need to read The Cruel Prince. It took me half of that book to … Continue reading Review: The Wicked King
2.5 out of 5 stars Maybe I should have started reading where the author started writing. Goodreads.com: The Last Wish, by Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher #0.5) Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher. Stolen as a child by a cult who practices dangerous magical rituals on their prey, Witchers are those who survive to become meta-humans … Continue reading Review: The Last Wish
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
4.25 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
4.25 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: A Web of Air, by Phillip Reeve (Fever Crumb #2) Fever Crumb meets a boy! Of course he's a wacky recluse genius dreaming of flight. They're perfectly imperfect for each other. [Spoilers Ahead] After fleeing London at the end of Fever Crumb, Fever and the Solent children join - … Continue reading Review: A Web of Air
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