by Amanda Downum
I was very happy to see that this second book contained a Dramatis Personae, Appendix I (Calendars and Time), and Appendix II (The Octagon Court). Sadly that still doesn’t cover all the made-up words. Although the prose continues to be overly descriptive and convoluted, the narrative has definitely ...
Downum's second book in her Necromancer series is okay. not bad. enjoyable. her virtues remain intact: determinedly gender-blind (mainly through the placing of women in traditionally male professions); pleasingly fluid and drama-free use of varying sexual orientations; a fascinating set of pyschic &...
Some great reviews of this around -- see, e.g., Ceridwen's, Miriam's -- both of which kind of nail my experience. Eh!'s is different, but smart; Greg's and Joel's are probably where I ended up -- not interested enough to have too much to say. (I generated most of the below after just a hundred pag...
It took me a while, but I finally figured out what dissatisfied me about this book. In the first third, while we were getting to know our our characters and getting used to the firelight and the puzzling tendency of the writer to describe the scent of everything – bitter orange and copper make notab...
Plague and necromancers and transvestites and murder and magic and vampires and sex and bars and war and affairs and intrigue.How can this be so boring?I'm at page 96. Now she's adding a conspiracy! With demons! And a swish dude! Maybe now it will get more interesting!Oh. No. It didn't get more inte...
Isyllt Iskaldur ?? OMG it's a incredible and strange name to the main female character! Who can say that right and quickly for 3 times get 100 Euro from me (hahahahah)
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