Sunday 30 July 2017

Reincarnation Blues -- a NetGalley review

I loved this book.  I want to describe it as "sweet", but feel like "sweet" is one of those words that has fallen out of vogue.  Well, this book is sweet.  Not cloying icky, but squishy feel good.

The central concept of the book (and MAN, is it hard to talk around it, I don't want to spoil anything!) tips a generally accepted thing on it's head and wow, does it work.  I highly, highly recommend this, I couldn't put it down once I started.  Well written, tightly plotted and very worth a read.  I'm thinking about seeking out his first novel as well.

(this title was provided free for my unbiased opinion)




Reincarnation Blues: A Novel

Wednesday 19 July 2017

Urban Enemies -- a NetGalley review

I did like this book, although I feel that I missed a lot of the nuances in most of the stories.  I am familiar with Butcher's, Hearne;s, Armstrong's, McGuire's, and Vaughn's worlds, so enjoyed their stories more.  All of the stories are well-written, but without a knowledge of the world that they inhabit, again, a lot (if not all) of the nuance is lost.

That said, this is still well worth a read.  It is interesting to have stories from the villain's perspective and doing so opens up a different view to some well-loved universes.

Urban Enemies
edited by Joseph Nassise
Simon and Schuster, c2017




















I was offered a free copy of this ebook for my unbiased review.