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Early 20th-century in what I think is a Ruritanian country undergoing a revolution -- at first I thought it was the Spanish Civil War, but details don't match. Esteya, a schoolgirl in a repressive monarchy, falls in love with Skizi, a Zikindi (faux-gypsy) girl; sheltered initially by bourgeois antec...
Weaker than the other Collins books I've read, possibly because it's only the first half of a story. Interested to see if strands of Greek mythology will continue. (Who is Paz? Oh, Pasiphae, right. Who is Minos?) Rick is too self-absorbed to like much, even if it's understandable in context.Rea...
Collins really likes parallel narratives.
Intense! Severely bullied at his old school, Michael's transferred to a new school, where he's shared his main escape with his only friend, Francis -- an imaginary world called Evgard. When Michael believes Francis has been deceiving him and using his confidences to mock him to other kids, he makes...
It seems like lately I've been reading bad book after bad book and Gamerunner is no exception. It starts off by throwing you straight into the action, showing you the maze. Then after Rick leaves the maze his Guardian, Daed, asks him to re-enter and stop someone from completing it. Rick does this bu...