Review: Discount Armageddon

Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A light-hearted approach to monsters in NYC.

Verity Price is a cryptozoologist. She makes friends with the monsters and protects those who don't harm humans. Then she runs into a member of a Society who wants to kill any and all nonhumans.

Some interesting ideas, told in an easy-going way. Lots of action, altho no real surprises along the way.

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Review: Inda

Inda by Sherwood Smith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The first half of the book was a chore for me, not particulary enamoured of young boys and their bonding via violence and misery, but once the second half began the book became far far better, and had me eagerly reading until the end.

Interesting characters well drawn, a complex and interesting created world. My only other complaint is the ending is ... not. Definitely cliffhanger and a high one at that. Still, I suspect I'll read on fairly soon.

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Review: The House at Riverton

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Very Upstairs/Downstairs view of a family's fortunes from just before WWI to the late 1920s.

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Review: The Dragons of Dorcastle

The Dragons of Dorcastle by Jack Campbell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Mages and Mechanics guilds rule the world. Things are about to change.

A coming of age book without too much teen angst, thankfully.

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Review: Speaking from Among the Bones

Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Flavia, as usual, sticking her nose in everyone's business and discovering all sorts of nefarious and non-nefarious goings on in Bishop's Lacey. Lots of fun.

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Review: The Sunrise Lands

The Sunrise Lands by S.M. Stirling
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Good entry to the series,with Rudy headed toward Nantucket to follow through on the Prophecy that came about through his birth

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Review: Deryni Rising

Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I know I read Kurtz back in the day when I was in high school and college, but this particular book didn't ring any bells.

It is sort of Elves meet Man and interbreed for good and ill. Or maybe the Deryni are supposed to be aliens. I couldn't decide. I suppose it doesn't really matter.

At any rate, the Deryni are reviled for their heretical magical ways, but at the same time they come in handy to support the ruling class.

I found the whole emphasis on the church a bit off-putting.

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Review: Cemetery Dance

Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

another exciting entry in the Pendergast series.

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