This review contains SPOILERS — proceed with caution if you haven't read the book yet! I first read Firefight by Brandon Sanderson (the second book in the Reckoners trilogy) in November 2017. This review was originally posted on my Goodreads account. Some minor edits have been made to this review. Firefight is a fine follow-up to Steelheart; …
Book Review | Steelheart
I first read Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (the first book in the Reckoners trilogy) in November 2017, so it's about time I wrote a review for it! Steelheart is set in a near-future Chicago — now called Newcago — in which the landscape, politics, and life in general differ in substantial ways from ours. Here, people with …
Book Review | Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery (ARC)
I received an advance reader's copy (ARC) of this book, so I will not quote, just comment generally. Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery by Mary Amato initially intrigued me because of the title, then the description — the lives, or rather deaths, of the occupants of Westminster Cemetery are upended by the arrival of a …
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Book Review | The Black Elfstone
I first read The Black Elfstone in June 2017. This review was originally posted on my Goodreads account. Some minor edits have been made to this review. The Black Elfstone, the first book of The Fall of Shannara by Terry Brooks, is much, much better than Brooks' previous trilogy (the decidedly flawed though honestly attempted Defenders …
Book Review | The Burning Maze
I first read The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan (the third book in the Trials of Apollo series) in June 2018. This review was originally posted on my Goodreads account. Some minor edits have been made to the content of this review. The Burning Maze keeps up the quality of the previous books — funny quips, …
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