Initial Thoughts Well color me enthralled and just a dash of impressed. I honestly hadn't expected the end to put in such a bang, but it made all the slowly developing mystery and plot worth the read. I loved Alex's ferocity and enjoyed the Darlington POVs as well. The whole story ran a bit slow, [...]
Initial Thoughts: A thief being recruited into a motley group of people saving the world from demons? Well, sure, why not? HOPE'S END by Martin John May 2020 Fantasy, Supernatural Rated: 3 / 5 cookies e-ARC provided by Reedsy Discovery Noah Wild was never a great cop and some would say he made an even [...]
Initial Thoughts: Enjoyed this book better than the first! It was also scarier IMHO, but ghosts trump scarecrows, so... DEAD VOICES by Katherine Arden Putnam's Sons, August 2019 Children's Horror, Fantasy Rated: 5 / 5 cookies Having survived sinister scarecrows and the malevolent smiling man in Small Spaces, newly minted best friends Ollie, Coco, and [...]
Initial Thoughts: My mind blew up and now I cannot unsee the merged image in my mind of the scarecrows in this book and weeping angels in Doctor Who and I. Am. TERRIFIED. But this book was fantastic. Yes. SMALL SPACES by Katherine Arden Putnam's Sons, September 2018 Children's fantasy, paranormal Rated: 5 / 5 [...]
Mari really needs to find a new system in writing her blog posts, because trying to get everything done in a weekend clearly does not work. Maybe once she stops bingeing all the seasons of Game of Thrones she might finally find a bit of normalcy... Then again, maybe not. But at least she's trying and [...]
