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April 30, 2013 · 9:43 pm

Holes by Louis Sachar

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You know that when I saw the movie Holes, I didn’t even know it was a book? I missed it when I was a kid I guess. It’s okay though, because just in case you’re wondering, they did an awesome job with the movie. It is almost exactly like the book, except Stanley starts out as a chubby kid. So if for some reason you’re too lazy to read a 230+ page kids book, you should totally watch the movie. And THEN read the book, because why wouldn’t you want to experience that fun twice?

Holes is about Stanley Yelnats, a kid who is falsely accused of stealing a pair of famous sneakers and given a choice: either time at Camp Green Lake, or time at prison. He goes with the camp, which is not the nice place he thought it would be. He and the other boys there must dig a hole in the hot sun every day, as their punishment. Just as Stanley starts to realize that something is fishy with the Warden, he befriends a young kid called Zero, and from there the plot gets thicker.

There’s some humor, and some awesome back story about Stanley’s family curse and exactly why Camp Green Lake dried up, and there’s even a total swoon-worthy moment…

i can fix that

followed by some sad times, followed by some scary times, followed by happy times cause come on, this IS a kid’s book still.

It’s a romping good read though, my friends. If you can’t tell by my non-coherent rambling, Holes is an awesome book. I highly recommend you read it, even if you’re an adult, cause it’s awesome. Aaaaand now I really wanna go watch the movie.

Sarah Says: 4.5 stars

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April 8, 2013 · 6:00 am

Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing by Hod Lipson & Melba Kurman

fabricated book cover

If you haven’t heard about 3D printing yet, you clearly have been living in a cave and ignoring all the news. Go to Google Images RIGHT NOW and type in “3D printed objects” and look at all the cool stuff that’s been made with 3D printers. I’ll wait….

You back? SO COOL, right? Right.

I’ve been hearing about it a lot lately, but the concept of 3D printing was really hard to wrap my head around. And then I heard about this hot-off-the-presses book all about 3D printing, so obviously I had to read it right away. You know those replicators on Star Trek? That’s basically the future of 3D printing. And if the thought of having one of those in your house years from now doesn’t excite you, I don’t even know what you’re doing here.

Fabricated introduces the reader to the world of 3D printing, which is changing and advancing at a rapid pace. The book starts off with a “day in the life” scenario set decades from now and gives a glimpse of what life with a 3D printer in the house would look like. It then delves into the specifics of 3D printing - the technology, how it works, the different types of 3D printers, the current limitations of 3D printers, and more. Then it moves on to some of the issues surrounding 3D printing – trying to use different materials to print with, how they can be used in schools, how it’s currently affecting manufacturing and how it will continue to do so, the legal snags that will eventually happen, how to make 3D printing more green, and what the next phases of 3D printing should look like.

Ya’ll, this book is FASCINATING. And no fear -  it was completely readable and easy to understand, even for someone who has no background in technology or computer lingo. Personally, I found the more technical chapters to be the most interesting – the software and materials used, how 3D printers work and operate, how advances are being made in bioprinting (like printing living tissue and organs), and how 3D printers are currently being used, etc. That was all the stuff I really wanted to learn about to understand it better. The chapters about legal and ethical conundrums that are likely to arise were an added bonus and really thought-provoking, since it talked about things I hadn’t really considered before.

In the preface, the authors say this:

“One of the great things about 3D printing is that the field moves faster than the speed of light and technological advances take place in huge leaps and bounds. Yet, rapid innovation is a difficult topic to capture. Just as you figure out how to pin down an elusive and squirming new idea onto paper, it’s already out of date.”

Which basically means that they worked their ASSES off to get this book written and published ASAP, before the information became out of date. It just came out in February, and I can tell that it was rushed to get on the shelves because I noticed a few grammatical errors and typos. It didn’t bother me, because I actually really appreciate the rush. I like my non-fiction as up-to-date as possible, so that was a perk.

I’m really excited about 3D printing. It’s the coolest technology being advanced right now, and if I had lots o’ money just sitting around, I would totally invest in 3D printing companies and technology.

If you’re even a bit curious about this 3D printing thing, I highly recommend reading this book and doing so quickly while the information is still current!

Sarah Says: 4.5 stars

 

 

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March 25, 2013 · 6:00 am

The Iron Jackal by Chris Wooding (Tales of the Ketty Jay #3)

Chris Wooding

 

You see how it says “Absolutely marvellous.” on the cover? TRUTH.

This is the third book in the super awesome Tales of the Ketty Jay series by Chris Wooding. Here are my reviews for the first and second books – you should probably go read those books first, cause you know, spoilers and whatnot. And because your life will just be better once you’ve read these books.

 

So where did we last leave our intrepid heroes?

Well, after the events of The Black Lung Captain, Darian Frey and his crew are doing pretty damn good. They’re famous for saving a whole town (Sakkan) by taking on the Manes, and they’re enjoying the perks. Darian’s also pleased because him and Trinica Dracken seem to be on more even ground now – though the past still hurts, he’s trying to get the old Trinica to come out more and more. She has a job for them though – lift an ancient Samarlan artifact off a train, don’t open it the case it’s in, and bring it back to her to sell to someone who wants it. Easy peasy, right? Except nothing is ever that simple, and it starts Frey on race against the clock to save his own life.

This series knows how to bring the action – rooftop chases, daemons, golems, gunfights, Mane frenzies, speeding trains… love it! Never a dull moment. And SO many parts make me laugh too.

So the plot I didn’t love quite as much as the previous two books, even though it was different and original and still action-packed. But you know what makes up for it? Silo! We FINALLY get to learn more about Silo’s backstory and he becomes a more prominent character, instead of just him hanging out in the engine room all the time. Everyone’s story is expanded a little bit, and everyone has their moment of glory all while working as a crew. Am I getting sappy? I don’t even care. For a sci-fi adventure series, these books make me FEEL stuff.

Also, some major stuff was set up in this one that I have a feeling is going to be the focus of the next/last book, The Ace of Skulls. (Seriously, on the exact day it comes out in the U.K., I’m totally going to The Book Depository and ordering my copy. I cannot wait for September 19th!)

Ummm yeah. That’s as much as I’m going to gush about this book right now. Please read these books. I just want someone I know, any person, to read them so I can have someone to talk to about them! Until then, I’m eagerly awaiting The Ace of Skulls.

Sarah Says: 4.5 stars

 

 

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March 13, 2013 · 6:00 am

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Rainbow Rowell

 

Guys I read this in one day! Absolutely gobbled it up.

It’s 1986. Eleanor is starting at a new school, and she’s already got the odds stacked against her since she’s a bit on the chubby side, has bright, curly red hair, and her strange wardrobe. When she gets on the bus, everyone ignores her and refuses to make room… until she gets to Park, who not-so-kindly allows her to sit with him. And there starts an unlikely friendship that eventually turns into a beautiful story about first loves.

You guys, this book was SUPER cute. There were some darker elements as well – Eleanor’s family life is horrible and she has a lot of confidence issues – but the friendship-to-romance between Eleanor and Park was just adorable. I love that they became friends, slowly bonding through a love of music and reading comics, before they became something more. I was recovering from my oral surgery while I was reading this, and it was such a good distraction – I was literally squeeing with glee whenever something particularly cute or sweet happened. I’d look up at the honeyman and be like “AWWWWW they finally held hands!” and grinning like a fool.

Eleanor was a great character – even when she was frustrating me by being stubborn or criticizing herself, you can’t help but love her because the girl has is hard and she really is a sweet girl with a snarky side. And I love me some snark. I like girls who are different.

PARK! I think Park is what makes this book cupcake-level sweet. Park is better off than Eleanor - his parents are happy, and they live pretty comfortably. He struggles with his own different confidence and identity issues, but he rarely let his own problems get in the way of how incredibly awesome and generous he is when it come to Eleanor. Just… I don’t even want to say any more, because nothing should be spoiled. This book is such a delight.

Seriously you guys, if you haven’t read it yet, you have to. This book has been marketed a lot as YA because it’s about teenage love. I actually think it’s more suited to those of us who are just a bit older, who can actually look back on their high school years and remember all those tumultuous feelings of that age. It’s about first love! Plus, being able to remember the days when we used cassette tapes and landline phones helps bring back that extra bit of nostalgia.

I’m already looking forward to re-reading this. And it makes me really want to re-read Attachments, because that was another fantastic book by the author and now I miss it. Maybe there should be a Rainbow Rowell-themed readathon at the end of the year? Cause she is the bestest. And I CANNOT WAIT for Fangirl.

 

Sarah Says: 5 stars

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March 11, 2013 · 8:00 am

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

warm bodies by isaac marion

This is without a doubt the most hopeful zombie book I’ve ever read.

So, I should start off by saying that I saw Warm Bodies in the movie theater before I read the book. I didn’t really have a desire to read the book until I saw the movie and absolutely loved it. The book is a lot bleaker than the movie (no real funny moments in the book), but it was still awesome and thought-provoking. It’s surprising to read a zombie book that has so much heart.

So, the protagonist of Warm Bodies is R, who has surprisingly clear, concise, human-like thoughts for a zombie. He has no pulse, no memories, and no identity that he remembers, but he’s different from the other zombies – he likes chilling in his airplane home and listening to music. He’s living out his boring, frustratingly slow zombie life until one day when he and some buddies go hunting for food, he meets Julie… and saves her. First his prisoner and then his friend, Julie awakens something in R. But a zombie-human bond is new, with consequences neither of them sees coming.

R is a fantastic narrator, and seems more human than plenty of human characters in other non-zombie books. He doesn’t just have thoughts, he has DEEP thoughts. And feelings. I was really wary of reading a book about a thinking zombie, because the last one like that I tried I DNF’d it. But R was just so wonderful that he totally made it work. Some of my favorite quotes from R…

“But it does make me sad that we’ve forgotten our names. Out of everything, this seems to me the most tragic. I miss my own and I mourn for everyone else’s, because I’d like to love them, but I don’t know who they are.”

and

“I shrug, deciding that this gesture, while easy to abuse, does have its place. It may even be vital vocabulary in a world as unspeakable as ours.”

Julie is also a likable character. She, in a sense, is kind of the life of the book. She’s what sparks major changes in R. She’s full of feelings and hope and energy. In the movie they made her a little more angry, and I think I liked her better here. There were hints to a more depressing past, but her positivity shone through more. Of course we only see her through R’s eyes, so of course she seems remarkable.

Also, if you’ve seen the movie – the Boneys are a lot different. They kind of dumbed down the idea of the Boneys in the movie. I can’t really say whether I like the book or the movie more… I love them both, for different reasons. The movie was great and more light-hearted but still gave me all the feels. The book was more pensive and thorough and full of great quotes.

Anyways, this was a lovely book. It was original. It made me think, both about zombies and about human life in general. I really liked that it gave zombies more of a story, and that it put a new spin on why zombies like brains so much. I liked that it turned into a forbidden love story, because those are some of my favorite. It was philosophical, sweet, and had enough action in it to never get boring. I’m glad I bought it, because I can definitely see myself re-reading it in the future.

There’s a prequel called The New Hunger that I really want to read, but it’s only available in e-book format right now so I’m going to wait for the print version. And Isaac Marion has stated on his blog that he plans to write a sequel to Warm Bodies, which is really exciting.

 Sarah Says: 4.5 stars

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February 20, 2013 · 7:00 am

The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding (Tales of the Ketty Jay #2)

Ketty Jay series, Chris Wooding

 

I literally hugged this book when I finished.
 
Just as a reminder, this is the 2nd book in the Tales of the Ketty Jay series, and you should head on over to my review of the first book, Retribution Falls, to check that out. And then you should start reading this series IMMEDIATELY, because I love it and I want to talk to people about it! Mmmkay?

So where did we last leave our intrepid heroes?

Well at the start, the crew of the Ketty Jay ain’t doin so hot. Captain Darian Frey is feeling a bit listless, wondering what he really wants. Jez is fighting her Mane side more and more, but feels it’s a losing battle. Crake is trying to drink his guilt and sorrow away. And the rest of the crew is restless; sick of everyone’s melancholy and sick of taking small, pathetic jobs. When they get an offer to go to the deep, dark heart of Kurg for a treasure that only Crake can unlock, it seems like things are starting to look up. But that treasure isn’t what anyone thought it would be, and now they’re fighting to get it back before unspeakable damage occurs.

For those of you who have read the first book (and are hence my very best friend), there’s a lot to look forward to in this book. Crake faces his past, Jez learns more about what it means to be half-Mane, and Darian comes face-to-face with Trinica Dracken again.

THERE IS SO MUCH AWESOME IN THIS SERIES. Too much for me to put in one measly review. I think that part of what I love is that all the characters really are important (even the cat), and Wooding does a great job at distributing the focus among them all. So many of them are searching for something, and I love learning more about them all. Everyone has their shining moment. Once again there’s an interesting, well-fleshed out plot with a ton of action. There’s funny quips and fun epic battles, and even little tender moments. AND this book was at least as good as the first, which is awesome. No second-book syndrome!
 
I just love it all. I CANNOT WAIT to read The Iron Jackal. For some reason it’s not really in print in the U.S. right now, but I’m going to order it from The Book Depository as soon as I possibly can. And after I read that I’ll be biting my nails waiting for the fourth book to come out, hopefully at the end of this year!
 
Sarah Says: 5 stars

 

 

 

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February 5, 2013 · 10:38 am

Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding (Tales of the Ketty Jay #1)

Chris Wooding

Retribution Falls gave me book hangover. Right now I am so disinterested in reading any other book but the sequel (The Black Lung Captain), but I can’t read that until I get paid and can go buy it this weekend.

I forget where exactly I first saw a review for this book, but it described it as a little bit of Firefly, Pirates of the Caribbean, and steampunk mashed up into one book and that reviewer wasn’t far off. How can you not want to read a book that’s described like that??? I went to the library that day and checked it out. Anyways, so this book is about Captain Darian Frey and his airship the Ketty Jay. Frey has assembled a rag-tag crew who are all running from something – there’s the new navigator Jez who’s hiding a secret, Crake is a daemonist on the run with his armored golem, Malvery is a doctor trying to drink his guilt away, and there are a couple other crew members as well. When someone offers Frey a job that seems too good to be true, he takes it up – not telling his crew that it would make him much richer. But when the job goes wrong, Frey and his crew become Vardia’s new Most Wanted and they’re dodging  bounty hunters and the Century Knights. Frey realizes that he was set up, but it takes some investigating and the crew learning to work together to uncover the truth that will hopefully set them all free.

I loved this book.  I can’t think of a bad thing to say about it. The story starts off a bit slow, but that’s okay because (this being the first steampunk-ish novel I’ve ever read) it allowed me to get used to the world, setting, and characters. Getting to know each of the characters was fun and exciting, as they’re all complex and have secrets and mysteries in their past and I liked guessing what they were before they were eventually revealed. They all have faults, which makes them realistic. Even though they all start off very divided, the crew really does slowly come together over time and the book ended with such a feeling of camaraderie that I had a big smile on my face, and a desperate need to get to the sequel to see what happens to them next. I’m not even sure who my favorite character is – Frey, Jez, and Crake are all so awesome in different ways.

I also thoroughly enjoyed the plot and story, and this is probably why I like pirates and anti-heroes. There was plenty of action and things never got boring. There were gun fights and situations that seemed hopeless. There are cutlasses and lever-action shotguns and a huge kick-ass golem. And I love that the book didn’t shy away from the gritty details in the fight scenes. I really liked that pretty much all the women introduced were totally kick-ass. I liked the little bits of steampunk machinery, daemonism, and magic. This would make a FANTASTIC movie or TV show.

Aahhhh I could go on about this book all day! There were so many good bits, and the writing was really good. Like I said, I never got bored. There were several parts that were wonderfully snarky and great, and I can’t wait to get my own copy of this book to re-read and underline the parts I like best. And I really, really cannot wait to go get the sequel in a couple of days and read it. For some reason the library system in my area doesn’t have the sequel or I’d be reading it already, but in all honesty I’m perfectly happy to go buy my own copy.

So, someone please read this? If you love Firefly and pirates and stories of people of shady moral character, this is totally the book for you.

 Okay, done fan-girling now.

Sarah Says: 5 stars

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January 7, 2013 · 7:00 am

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

mr penumbras 24 hour bookstore

YES I AM BASICALLY HUGGING THIS BOOK SHUT UP

 

I have been daydreaming for years about a 24-hour bookstore. Which means that as soon as I saw that the title of this book was Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, I was instantly intrigued. I had seen a good, short mini-review of it at the Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog, and so I checked it out from the library and I finished it in two days because it was so. much. fun. It’s only the beginning of 2013, but I have a feeling this is going to end up on my “best of” list for this year.

You probably want to know what it’s actually about, right? Well Clay is an unemployed web designer who is in desperate need of a job, and one day while strolling around San Francisco he sees a “help wanted” sign in the store of a small bookstore, called – you guessed it – Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. So he goes in and an old guy named Mr. Penumbra offers Clay to be the nighttime clerk. And then Clay starts working there and he realizes that the store is really odd. It doesn’t carry many popular books, but there are a huge number of old weird books with titles he’s never heard of and that he’s not allowed to touch. And these books are borrowed by a bunch of eccentric customers (except they’re not really customers because they’re borrowing, not paying) and it all seems really weird. So Clay and his super-nerdy friends set out to discover what is really going on, and it leads them on a big literary adventure.

There are so many things I love about this book. First off Clay is cool and good-hearted, and he has some awesome friends. His best friend is Neel, a rich software-type person (I’m not very in on the technology lingo) who for some reason I keep picturing as this guy:

Richard Ayoade

And he has a girly friend named Kat who is also a techy person and she’s kind of awesome. She goes on a really cool speech about optimism and wanting to live forever and limits of the human imagination and yeah, I enjoyed that. He has some random other impressive friends, but these were my faves. Oh and Mr. Penumbra is a cool old guy.

Besides a fun cast of characters, the story was like a joy-ride of bookish love, computer love, and gaming love and it all just made me so happy. The mystery of what exactly is happening at this book shop was interesting and kept me reading and I can’t wait to buy my own copy of this book (which glows in the freaking dark, BTW) and re-read it sometime.

Oh, and I liked the writing a lot. (Kudos, Robin Sloan, I can’t wait to see what you write next.) It was witty and fresh, but there were parts that were also beautiful and I wrote down some quotes as I read, which almost never happens anymore.

“He works with crazy intensity, feeding hours like dry twigs into the fire, just absolutely consuming them, burning them up.”

and

“… except that so many favors have passed between us now that they are no longer distinguishable as individual acts, just a bright haze of loyalty. Our friendship is a nebula.”

And well there were a bunch of others, but I don’t want to give away stuff. Which I probably already have given away too much, so guys please read this so we can talk about how awesome and dorky and lovely it is?

Sarah Says: 5 stars

 

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October 26, 2012 · 9:18 am

The Diviners by Libba Bray

The Diviners, Libba Bray

Holy crap ya’ll – this book was so much more awesome than I was expecting. I finished it 2 days – it was really hard to put down. I literally have NO complaints about it.

Evie is a 17-year old flapper girl who is being sent to live with her Uncle Will in Manhattan, where she plans to live it up- dancing the night away in speakeasies, shopping, and seeing pictures with her friend Mabel. But when her uncle (the curator at the so-called Museum of the Creepy Crawlies) becomes a consultant to help solve a rash of new mysterious and gruesome murders, Evie is right there ready to help however she can. Evie has a mysterious gift no one knows about, and it may just be the key to catching the madman behind the murders.

SO MUCH TO LOVE ABOUT THIS BOOK. First off, if you’re looking for something to read in the next week to put you in the Halloween spirit, look no further. The spooky factor was definitely there – a terrifying serial killer, horrible ritual murders happening in the dark streets of Manhattan in the 1920′s, special powers, awesome scenery – anything you could want.

Evie is a fun character – at first I thought she was a bit of a brat, but she definitely matures throughout the book. I loved her flapper ways, even the pos-i-tute-ly silly flapper lingo. Her gift is pretty cool, and I like that she doesn’t shy away from it. She has a much more reserved friend, Mabel, who already lives in NYC. She also makes some new friends instantly – a pickpocket, her uncle’s quiet assistant, and a Ziegfield girl. We’re also introduced to a couple more really interesting characters, including the handsome young poet named Memphis. Overall, it was a FANTASTIC group of characters who I ended up loving and can’t wait to see again. Everyone was brimming with personality, even the secondary characters who only turned up once or twice.

I wasn’t sure I’d like the 1920′s setting, but it was a lot of fun and felt very real. You could practically feel the hustle and bustle of the city, the daring nature of the flapper girls, the racial tension, the excitement for industry… I did have to look up some of the slang used, and it was a little distracting at first, but I got used to it. And there was just so much happening – dances, parties, chases, visions, tricks, flirtations, interrogations… never a dull moment, really.

The mystery of the murders was really engrossing, and for real, it creeped me out a bit. Like when it was dark out I got just a little bit paranoid that the serial killer was out there somewhere coming to get me, before I reminded myself that duh – it’s fiction. And even though I’m not sure what the plot of the next book will be (this is supposed to be a 4-book series, I believe), there is plenty that has me already eagerly awaiting it. I can’t wait to see where the characters’ storylines go, and what the whole mystery is behind the “gifts” that some of these characters possess, and… yeah. It’s hard to talk about without me giving away any spoilers, so just trust me on this.

The Diviners is only the second Libba Bray book I’ve read – I knew I really liked her just from reading Beauty Queens, but I hadn’t tried anything else by her yet, so I was slightly hesitant going into this. But it totally wow-ed me, and while I’m waiting for the next book in this series, I think I may have to try out her Gemma Doyle series.

If you’re thinking of waiting for the paperback to come out, I don’t recommend it. The hardcover (underneath the dust jacket) is decorative and pretty, AND there’s a bonus little “newspaper” included in the back. It’s definitely worth the money, and once you read this, you’ll want to buy the next book as soon as it comes out. If you’re picky like me, you like all of your books in a series to be in the same format, so you should just plan on getting them all in hardcover now*…

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Seriously, you guys need to read this so I have someone I can talk to about it!

Sarah Says: 5 stars

 

* I just realized this makes me sound a little pushy and I promise, I read this book because I wanted to and am recommending it so highly because I loved it. I bought my own copy, and I don’t receive any sort of compensation for this review.

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October 11, 2012 · 9:35 am

Something From the Nightside by Simon R. Green

Simon R Green

I saw Something From the Nightside in the bookstore and kept thinking about trying it, but never got around to it. My friend Doni did decide to try it and has read a couple of them and seemed to be enjoying them, so I finally decided to give it a go. I got this one out of the library, but I went to the bookstore and bought my own copy AND the next one before I even finished reading it.

John Taylor has a special gift for finding things, something he was born with as a child of the Nightside. He left the Nightside 5 years ago and swore never to go back, and is struggling to make his way in the real world as a detective. When the rich and beautiful Joanna Barrett walks in and asks for his help to find her runaway daughter, he agrees… and then finds out that this case will lead him back to the place he’s been avoiding. The Nightside is a hidden inner city of London, where it’s always 3 AM, and creatures and humans come from all planes of existence to mingle, seek out perverse pleasures they can’t find anywhere else, and anything is possible. It’s terrifying and dangerous… and for John Taylor, it’s home.

This book was weird and crazy and SO MUCH fun. I liked the pulp fiction, P.I. feel of it, combined with fantasy/paranormal/sci-fi/horror. There are some truly scary monsters in the Nightside, including The Harrowing – faceless bodies in suits who feel no pain and always leave a gory trail behind them. And I like that there are SO many kinds of beings in the Nightside - humans, demons, aliens, gods, ghosts, damned souls, etc. John Taylor is a good main character – he’s noble and always tries to help someone in need, but he also knows how to get stuff done and not waste time looking back. And his “gift” is crazy powerful – but it also comes with questions, because he has no idea why he’s so powerful, or why people have been trying to kill him since he was a kid. This book set up a lot of back story to be explored about him later in the series, without it completely overpowering the plot. I’m looking forward to finding out more about him.

There were also two other really fun characters – Razor Eddie, who’s a bit heart-breakingly sad but awesome, and…

“… Suzie Shooter. Also known as Shotgun Suzie, also known as Oh God, it’s her, run! The only woman ever thrown out of the SAS for unacceptable brutality. Works as a bounty hunter, in and around the Nightside.”

I love Shotgun Suzie :)

Overall, this was fun to read. I read about half of it while I was at the gym, and I would end up walking on the treadmill longer than I meant to because I didn’t want to stop reading. The ending, the mystery of where the girl had gone, was NUTS. I’ve never read anything quite like it.

Normally, this review would have been a lot shorter and I would have said that it’s more fun to discover all this on your own, and you should just read it. But these things made the book so unique that hopefully it hooked your interest, and I’m fairly certain that if you give it a try you’ll end up enjoying it and wanting to read the rest. I’m going to start the second book (Agents of Light and Darkness) this weekend, but I don’t know if I’m going to review any more of the series except this first one. There are 11 more, and that’s a lot of reviews to write without trying to give away major spoilers. Maybe after I read them all I’ll do a mega-review of the whole series.

So anyways, READ IT! Something From the Nightside might end up on my “Favorites of 2012″ list.

 

Sarah Says: 4.5 stars

 

P.S. – For you Dr. Who fans, he makes a reference to the Tardis. So yay for that.

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