Though iced over with a veneer of Sci Fi, this story boils down to a romance – part Darcy and Elizabeth’s delicious verbal fencing and part steamy bodice-ripper, all shadowed over with the looming efforts of doomed Mary Tudor to re-Catholicize England.
REVIEW – The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
September 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Though it takes place in an urban setting infused with magic, SECRET HISTORY OF MOSCOW is unlike any urban fantasy I’ve read. It’s strange, and drifty, and thoughtful. Sad. Dreamlike. In fact, the book is much like the Russian fairytales from which its author draws inspiration.
REVIEW – Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
August 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
BEGGARS IN SPAIN is a tale of biological advantages. It poses the question: what would happen to society if some of it’s members never needed to sleep?
REVIEW – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
July 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Children (teens, really), take center stage here, and like much YA, they are launched into fraught situations and must confront monsters (both real and those within themselves) from which adults cannot save them.
