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Book reviews
Jan. 12th, 2018 08:51 pmMaybe I won't fall so far behind this year? ...who am I kidding.
#1. Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirlees. 3. I really, really liked this 1926 fantasy about a stolid town plagued by fairy fruit...until basically the last chapter or two, where she basically declares that the folks who have been fairly evil were totally right and the ones who were just overly conventional were wrong.
#2. Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan. 3. A more intelligent Twilight clone, with more magic and fewer vampires. The heroine is a little irritatingly flippant, but the love triangle and supernatural mysterious past angles are both fun.
#3: Unforgettable by Eric James Stone. 3.5. Very clever premise about a man who everyone, including computers, forgets within a minute of him leaving. What makes it extra clever is the entanglement of a quantum mechanics thriller plot.
#4: Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn. 4. Evie Tanaka (this is the second half-Asian protagonist I've hit in a week, I seem to be on a theme) is the sidekick/assistant of San Francisco's only (totally diva) superhero. That doesn't stay stable for long. This was totally adorable, including the awkward nerd love plot.
#1. Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirlees. 3. I really, really liked this 1926 fantasy about a stolid town plagued by fairy fruit...until basically the last chapter or two, where she basically declares that the folks who have been fairly evil were totally right and the ones who were just overly conventional were wrong.
#2. Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan. 3. A more intelligent Twilight clone, with more magic and fewer vampires. The heroine is a little irritatingly flippant, but the love triangle and supernatural mysterious past angles are both fun.
#3: Unforgettable by Eric James Stone. 3.5. Very clever premise about a man who everyone, including computers, forgets within a minute of him leaving. What makes it extra clever is the entanglement of a quantum mechanics thriller plot.
#4: Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn. 4. Evie Tanaka (this is the second half-Asian protagonist I've hit in a week, I seem to be on a theme) is the sidekick/assistant of San Francisco's only (totally diva) superhero. That doesn't stay stable for long. This was totally adorable, including the awkward nerd love plot.
