R.J. Astruc
RJ Astruc is an Irish-African author who currently lives New Zealand. Her fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Abyss and Apex, Andromeda Spaceways and Aurealis, amongst many others. She wrote at least one of her novels while totally smashed on a crazy bender. RJ writes across almost all...
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RJ Astruc is an Irish-African author who currently lives New Zealand. Her fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Abyss and Apex, Andromeda Spaceways and Aurealis, amongst many others. She wrote at least one of her novels while totally smashed on a crazy bender. RJ writes across almost all genres of fiction, and often mushes them together like a delicious genre pie.RJ's fiction has appeared in many publications over the years. Her short story "Enid and the Prince" was short-listed for a WSFA Small Press Award. Her character Zeem - a centuries old fairy with a penchant for perfume - has also gained a lot of attention and kudos.She is married to a man with more than the allotted number of nipples and has a son named after a cartoon cat.
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One dimensional characters with little development throughout the story, a decent plot but it was rushed and the resolution an anticlimax, and the ending was... odd. It was like the author just stopped writing instead of actually finishing the story. I'm not sure if this is one of a series or not so...
This is a perfectly delightful book. The characters are very engaging and there are some very funny moments. Reminds me of my rebellious high school days.
This is a perfectly delightful book. The characters are very engaging and there are some very funny moments. Reminds me of my rebellious high school days.
Back to school!This book took thirty years off my life and took me back to a time of raging hormones, rampant crushes and rebellious teenagers. Parker is a bookworm and while reading a book during a break is asked by his teacher, Miss Lowry, what the book is about. He answers honestly and quite inn...
4 StarsImmediately upon completion of Jasper and the Dead, by RJ Astruc, my first thought was, “I don’t know what I just read, but I know I liked it.” To put this in some kind of perspective, my message to both Barb and Whit when I started the story was, “F*cking hell this book is present tense. Aut...