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I loved Ellen Kushner’s previous work, ‘Swordspoint,’ and hoped that this novel would expand on that story, or at least demonstrate more of the author’s talent. However, I was really disappointed with the book. The story starts off well. Two young men are caught up in a rising political plot. The political drama is also…
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Remember – Barbara Taylor Bradford
Type of Story: Fictionous Love Story. Plot: A television war correspondent called Nicky Wells loses her fiance and tries to find out what happened. Setting: Easy to follow; good plot; well written. Characters: Nicky Wells: A beautiful War Correspondent. Cleeland Donovan: One of Nicky’s friends who falls in love with her. Charles Devereaux: Nicky’s fiance…
Top Ten Fantasy Reviews Part 7
7. Author: Liane Hearn. Series: The Tale of Otori. Number of books: Total (5) Tale of otori (5) Rating: 10/10. Status: Complete This lady has gone completely out of the box and made a japanese flavored high fantasy series. And it tastes absolutely, mouthwateringly, delicious! Having said that I should mention that if you are…
Top Ten Fantasy Reviews Part 6
6. Author: J.k. Rowling Series: Harry potter. Number of books: Total (10) Harry potter (7) Quiditch through the ages (single novel) Fantastic and magical beasts and where to find them (single novel) Tale of beadle and the bard (single novel). Status: All complete. Rating: General 8.9 /10. Harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone (8/10) Harry…
Mound Hill Cemetery by William Swafford
This is the newest book from the author William Swafford. This was he best work to date and readers won’t be disappointed. It’s a wild and edgy approached to working at a cemetery. The setting is actually taking from the real Mound Hill in Eaton, Ohio, and Swafford unleashes his imagination in his own hometown….
The Winter King Book Review
This is a good book about Author and the druid Merlin. The book is from the point of view of a warrior that was oath bond to Author. The warrior was actually poor and was taking care of by Merlin. He struggled to be a great warrior and earn the respect of Author. At first…
“A Gown of Spanish Lace” (Janette Oke)
Ariana is a very young school teacher in a small frontier town. She was adopted and her parents are very loving. The only link to her biological parents is a wedding dress made of Spanish lace. Her dream of being married in this dress comes to a halt, or so she thinks, as she is…
“The Lovely Bones” (Alice Sebold)
Susie Salmon is a young girl who is raped and then murdered, while taking a shortcut on her way home from school. The murderer is a neighbor who builds dollhouses. He encourages Susie to go inside his house and then into an underground room where the tragedy takes place. Because Susie’s murderer destroyed the underground…