“Replica” by Jenna Black
I apologise for the lack of reviews on this blog lately – I’ve been in the middle of a move (from Providence, RI to Oberlin, OH) and the whole process…
Read more“The Golem and the Jinni” by Helene Wecker
A Jewish immigrant to America needs a wife, but he’s never had any luck with women, so he commissions a golem – an immensely strong creature made of clay that…
Read more“The Forever Knight” by John Marco
I approached The Forever Knight with some trepidation because it was the fourth book in a series that I hadn’t read (The Bronze Knight), and I haven’t read a series…
Read more“Planesrunner” by Ian McDonald
Planesrunner is sci-fi author Ian McDonald’s first foray into YA, and it’s pretty good. I’ve only read his River of Gods and Cyberabad Days, and it was great to see…
Read more“The Daylight War” by Peter V. Brett
The Daylight War is Book 3 of the Demon Cycle (I reviewed book 1, but I never reviewed book 2, which is too bad since that’s the book that got…
Read more“The Rise of Ransom City” by Felix Gilman
The Rise of Ransom City is the sequel to The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman, but also works very well as a stand alone book. It’s one of the best second…
Read more“Hunter and Fox” by Philippa Ballantine
I was pretty excited for Hunter and Fox, since I enjoyed Ballantine’s Books of the Order series. Hundreds of years ago, the Vaerli ruled the world until the Casiah removed their…
Read more“The Half-Made World” by Felix Gilman
The Half-Made World is a Western-inspired fantasy (is the fantasy/Western mashup a new trend now? I’ve read quite a few recently – Brandon Sanderson’s The Alloy of Law, and my last…
Read more“The Six-Gun Tarot” by R.S. Belcher
The Six-Gun Tarot is a pretty mind-blowing book. It incorporates a million different ideas and tropes (for instance, the Christian creation myth, Native American myth, Chinese myth, horror, ghosts, angels,…
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