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May 14, 2013 · 6:00 am

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

 

You have a sick mind, John Connolly. But somehow you totally made it work.

David is a young boy in WWII England who slowly, painfully watches his mother die (of what I’m thinking is cancer). Very obviously distraught by her death, things get worse for David when his father remarries and announces that David has a sibling on the way. David has always taken refuge in reading books, but now those books are speaking to him and as his family life becomes more stressful, the lines between reality and imagination start to blend. Suddenly David finds himself in a strange, dangerous world and has to find his way home again. His only hope is to make it to the King, an old, dying man whose legendary “Book of Lost Things” might be the key to David’s return to his world.

I really liked this book when I started it. The writing is simple but also kind of lyrical and I was a bit enchanted by it. Also, David was a weird kid that I totally felt for. He’s a book lover so obviously I connected on that level with him instantly, but he does start to go a little crazy with grief. It’s SO RARE that I connect with a 12-year old character, but I instantly felt for David.

Once he crosses over into that weird realm, things took a definitely darker twist. He’s in danger, and there are hints of fairy tales in this land but they’ve been warped from the stories he knew. Honestly, some things were so twisted and disturbing and gruesome that I was a little put off by it. It was weird. And then by page 200, I felt like the book was slowing down a bit and wasn’t convinced that I’d end up liking it as a whole. When I posted on Instagram that I was reading The Book of Lost Things, I got a lot of “That’s a great book!” type of comments, and I was starting to worry that I would have to disagree.

BUT THEN THE ENDING HAPPENED. By page 250 things had picked back up and some huge things were revealed. Well, they were huge to me because I never see these things coming. But yeah, I was in for a total shock in some aspects and things were happening and I was biting my nails and yeah… I finished the book surprised but glad. And a little blind-sided. I went online immediately to look up more info and about the book and whatnot, and Wikipedia described this as a “coming-of-age” novel. I’ve come to mistrust and hate books labeled “coming-of-age” (I’m looking at you, A Visit From the Goon Squad) and usually avoid them, but I think that I’ve finally found a book deserving of that label. David grows a whole lot as a kid and as a character, through the trials and obstacles that he has to overcome.

The Book of Lost Things examined a whole lot of issues in one book – OCD, death, grief, maturity, bravery, the after life, etc. My mind feels shaken up with it all, and I feel like I’ll be thinking about this book for a good long while. And when I’m done musing on this book, I’ll probably seek out some of John Connolly’s other novels.

Sarah Says: 4.5 stars (with .5 star missing because the middle dragged just a bit)

 

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April 23, 2013 · 4:44 pm

The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy

Christopher Healy

I love me some fairy tales, but let’s face it – they’re all about the ladies and kind of ignore the dudes. But not anymore!

The Prince Charmings are kind of sick of being ignored. They’re all a major part of the fairy tale stories – Rapunzel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty – but somehow they get no recognition. No one even knows their names! All going through some sort of turmoil, they’re cast out of their castles and meet up in the forest, where they discover an evil plot that endangers the people of their kingdoms. It’s time for them to get their act together and be the heroes they know they are!

So, OBVIOUSLY this is a kid’s book, in case you couldn’t tell. It’s a pretty hefty one (400+) pages and there’s lots of wit and snark, so I’d say it’s probably aimed at the 9 to 12 range? But of course if you’re an adult (like myself) you’ll probably enjoy it even more than most kids might. I’m definitely going to save my copy to let my nephews read when they’re a bit older.

I really liked this flip-side of the fairy tale universe. The princesses aren’t quite the dolls they’re made out to be, and the princes are so crazy and entertaining! There’s Duncan, who’s a total introverted weirdo and hence my favorite. Liam is the most classic hero but he’s a bit naïve. Gustav is the MANLY prince that mucks everything up by being too manly. And Frederic was a delicate little rose of a prince who finally has to take some risks. Together they face dragons, bandits, evil witches, and other scary things and form a wonderful four-way bromance in the process.

It was cute. It was campy. It was fun enough that I’m looking forward to reading the sequel, The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle.

Sarah Says: 3.5 stars

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April 10, 2013 · 6:00 am

Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines

Peter Clines

 

I bought Ex-Heroes mainly because the blurbs by other authors on the cover were so impressive:

“The Avengers meets The Walking Dead with a large order of epic served on the side… I loved it!” – Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One

“Zombies? Check. Superheroes? Check. Awesome? Check. Ex-Heroes has it all. You’re in for a treat!” – Mira Grant, author of Feed

Those are two authors I really like, so I took their word for it. They didn’t let me down!

So basically there are some superheroes around – Stealth, Gorgon, Regenerator, Zzzap, and more. They’re kind of going around and helping out here and there, and then the zombie apocalypse hits and they get together to try to save as many people as they can. They set up a base in Los Angeles and try to protect the people there – from zombies, and from the local gang the Seventeens, who have been causing more trouble lately.

Good premise, right? Ex-Heroes wasn’t quite what I was expecting, but it was a really good, quick read. There are a few chapters sprinkled throughout the book where you get a glimpse on the superheroes’ lives before they got powers, and what they were up to before the zombies popped up. I really liked seeing each of the different heroes and seeing what kind of cool powers they had, and I liked that they all had kind of an inner-struggle thing going on. Instead of a similarity to The Avengers like Ernest Cline says above, I’d actually say it reminded me more of the Watchmen. It felt gritty, which I liked. The heroes are all normal people underneath, who are equally as distraught about the zombie apocalypse as everyone else but who feel obligated to try to save humanity – even when some of humanity includes an annoying gang trying to take over now that there’s no society.

Some big epic things were revealed near the end, so I’m really looking forward to reading the sequel Ex-Patriots, which comes out on April 23rd.

Sarah Says: 3.5 stars

 

 

 

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March 28, 2013 · 6:00 am

Hell to Pay by Matthew Hughes

Matthew Hughes

This is the third (and last, I believe) book in the To Hell and Back trilogy by Matthew Hughes. You can check out my reviews of The Damned Busters and Costume Not Included. Be warned, there are spoilers here for those first two books!

At the end of Costume Not Included, things were a little wonky. Satan, Hardacre, Chesney’s Mom, and Joshua were all chilling in the Garden of Evil working on a new draft of the Bible. And from spending time in Joshua’s presence, Chesney was cured of his autism and now behaved and thought more like a normal person.

Now Chesney (with the help of his demon sidekick Xaphan) is battling bad guys out-of-town while Melda tries to manage the financial assets that Hardacre left in their care. Chesney also learns that Poppy Paxton hasn’t been the same since Xaphan wiped her memory of the horrible things she saw, and he’s determined to make it right. Meanwhile, Satan’s archduke Adramalek knows that something suspicious is going on when he can’t contact Satan and Xaphan isn’t talking. Also, there are warrior dinosaurs.

Basically a lot of crap hits the fan, and it went in a really odd direction. There were still some enjoyable parts and I was happy to see more of Xaphan, but the first book in this series was definitely the best. I feel like the ending of this book was a bit of a cop-out, honestly. But remember how I mentioned that Chesney becomes normal at the end of the second book? Well that bothered me, because Chesney’s high-functioning autism kind of made him fun. Well at least in this book, he learns that sometimes being normal kind of sucks, and that made me happy.

Anyways, this was an okay book but a disappointing end to the series. I wish there was a book just about Xaphan!

Sarah Says: 3 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 18, 2013 · 3:00 am

A Sci-Fi Book Meme

I saw this at SF Signal and thought it looked fun. Hopefully they don’t mind me borrowing it, as it was posted all the way back in 2005 :-)

Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror?

Science Fiction and Fantasy. Horror ain’t really my jam.

Hardback or Trade Paperback or Mass Market Paperback?

ALL OF THEM. But preferably paperbacks, unless it’s a favorite and I want a hardcover copy to keep forever and ever.

Heinlein or Asimov?

I’ve only read Asimov (I, Robot) and that was good, so I’ll go with him. I want to try Heinlein though, I have Stranger in a Strange Land at home.

Amazon or Brick and Mortar?

Brick and mortar whenever possible.

Barnes & Noble or Borders?

Borders! This isn’t really a relevant question anymore, but I miss Borders so much.

Hitchhiker or Discworld?

I’ve only read the first Hitchhiker book, so that.

Bookmark or Dogear?

Bookmark. Or just try to remember the page number.

Magazine: Asimov’s Science Fiction or Fantasy & Science Fiction?

No clue.

Alphabetize by author, alphabetize by title, or random?

Alphabetize by author’s last name. Duh. Although I don’t alphabetize my books at all because I don’t have the room for that, but it’s not random. I have a system.

Keep, Throw Away or Sell?

Keep, or donate / giveaway.

Year’s Best Science Fiction series (edited by Gardner Dozois) or Years Best SF series (edited by David G. Hartwell)?

No idea!

Keep dustjacket or toss it?

Keep.

Read with dustjacket or remove it?

Remove it.

Short story or novel?

NOVELS. It’s hard to do short stories well, and unless they’re all interconnected somehow I really lose interest fast.

Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?

I haven’t read Lemony Snicket yet, so Harry Potter! Although I’m sure I’ll love Lemony Snicket, but in a different way than how I love HP.

Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?

Chapter breaks. Unless I fall asleep while reading, which is always a possibility…

“It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?

“Once upon a time.”

Buy or Borrow?

Buy. Because I’m ridiculous like that.

Buying choice: Book Reviews, Recommendation or Browse?

ALL OF THEM! I find out about books all of those ways.

Lewis or Tolkien?

Haven’t read enough of either to really have an opinion yet…

Hard SF or Space Opera?

Ummmmm no idea.

Collection (short stories by the same author) or Anthology (short stories by different authors)?

Collection I suppose.

Hugo or Nebula?

No clue, I don’t really pay attention.

Golden Age SF or New Wave SF?

No idea.

Tidy ending or Cliffhanger?

Tidy ending! Unless it’s a series, and the cliffhanger is really well done.

Morning reading, Afternoon reading or Nighttime reading?

ALL THE TIME. But I think I read best in the morning or at night. When I try to read in the afternoon I tend to end up taking a nap.

Standalone or Series?

Both have their merits, but sometimes I get really sick of everything being a series or trilogy.

Urban fantasy or high fantasy?

Both.

New or used?

Both.

Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?

Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding, which is book 1 of the Ketty Jay series, WHICH IS AWESOME AND YOU SHOULD READ IT.

Top X favorite genre books read last year? (Where X is 5 or less)

(I’m guessing my “genre books” this means sci-fi, fantasy, and/or horror… right? Sure, that.)

  1. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  2. Feed by Mira Grant
  3. Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
  4. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
  5. Something From the Nightside by Simon R. Green

Top X favorite genre books of all time? (Where X is 5 or less)

  1. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
  2. The Postmortal by Drew Magary
  3. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
  4. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (shut up it was a good series)
  5. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

X favorite genre series? (Where X is 5 or less)

  1. The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
  2. Tales of the Ketty Jay by Chris Wooding
  3. Nightside series by Simon R. Green
  4. Newsflesh trilogy by Mira Grant
  5. Tales of the 500 Kingdoms by Mercedes Lackey

Top X favorite genre short stories? (Where X is 5 or less)

  1. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
  2. any Diana Gabaldon short stories (and yeah I’m counting them, they usually have a time travel type of aspect to them).
  3. …

 

So that was interesting! And a little confusing here and there. And I really want to know how to classify stuff into certain categories… like zombies for instance. They could be considered sci-fi, paranormal, fantasy, or horror. I really just prefer lumping all of those categories together, as we can see here… it just makes things a bit easier, because so many books could fall into more than one sub-genre.

Feel free to join in, and check out the original post on SF Signal. And if you feel like answering some or any of the questions, you can answer them in the comments or do your own post :-)

Happy Monday everyone! Hope it’s not sucking.

~Sarah

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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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November 12, 2012 · 2:27 pm

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

 

Holy moly, I finally started The Lord of the Rings! And finished the first book!

Sooooo this is about Frodo, who kind of inherits a bunch of stuff when his Uncle Bilbo takes off to travel, including a weird ring. He doesn’t think much about the ring until an old friend named Gandalf comes around and explains what the ring is – the One Ring of Power that evil Sauron is looking for so he can destroy Middle-earth. Now it’s up to Frodo, Sam, and a small group of companions to bring the Ring to the one place it can be destroyed – Mount Doom, in Sauron’s very own kingdom.

Overall, I enjoyed this and I’m starting to see why it’s become such an epic fantasy – it’s unique, and it’s full of heroic personas and constant danger. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of hobbits - usually in fantasy it’s all elves and dwarves, so introducing a new human-like race of tiny people is kind of fun, and it’s not something you see a lot. Frodo really grew on me, especially by the end of the book – it’s such a shame that Elijah Wood plays him in the movies. It’s not a good fit. I also really liked Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas. I was excited to see Gandalf, but he was kind of a disappointment in this book – he didn’t seem all that powerful, and he was kind of jerk sometimes.

The writing is usually pretty beautiful, but I have to say that Tolkien could have used more action. SO MUCH of the book is travelling, with not all that much happening. And DUDE, the descriptions of trees, and wind. After a while I was like “Yeah, nature is awesome, get on with the story…” But other than slow pacing sometimes, the writing was nice and there was a constant fear of attack, so even when there wasn’t a lot of action happening that suspense was always there.

I’m looking forward to the second book, and hoping that it has a bit more action in it. Some of my favorite quotes from this book…

“I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again.”

and

“I sit beside the fire and think

of people long ago

and people who will see a world

that I shall never know.”

 

Oh, and I’m thinking of watching the first movie soon. Most of the cast is invading my head anyways, so I figure I mind as well watch it while the book is still fresh in my head and I can nitpick a bit. We’ll see – I’m really lazy when it comes to watching movies.

 

Sarah Says: 4 stars

 

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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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