Review:Easily McClellan's best book. Better paced and a smoother read than the Powder Mage Trilogy. He uses the neat magic system established in his first Trilogy, expands upon it, and makes the characters more likable and interesting.

Some old characters returns, new ones are introduced, and I enjoyed reading both. Nothing dragged the story down. Doesn't have as much large scale action as the first three books, but it establishes a richer and more defined world that was only hinted at in the PM... Read more

Review:If you are looking for a new twist on your usual fantasy books this is it. Well developed characters,that have heart and soul. Plot twits that keep you guessing. Action and plenty of it. Looking forward to the next in the series. It did get off to a bit of a slow start,but that gust gave you the groundwork for the story. Read more

Review:This book series by far is one of the best I have ever read. I could not put it down. If you love being drawn into a world which causes you to feel the page gripping action going on around then you need to get this book and it's predecessors. I can guarantee if you're like me you will be anticipating the final book to this trilogy with as much patience as possible. Read more

Review:As it concluded, I was hoping there was something yet to unfold. To surprise me. I felt all the plots were ones that should have come out sooner, perhaps no investigation into the death ever occurred..? Unlikely. Read more

Review:I am addicted to this series!! This is the best one I have read in a long time. I have laughed with them, cried with them and really felt like I understood exactly what they were going through!!! Keep it up!! Going to get Part 5 now!!! Read more

Review:Having loved Jessica Strawser's debut Almost Missed You, I was so excited to read this one ... and it did not disappoint! This expertly crafted, satisfyingly layered story follows two neighbors—Clara and Izzy—as they try to make sense of the disappearance of their neighbor/friend Kristin and her two children. While Kristin's disappearance is the undercurrent of tension running throughout the novel, the story is about so much more: a shocking event from Clara's own past, Izzy's broken heart and c... Read more

Review:A fast paced and interesting novel that successfully weaves together several story lines, including but not limited to friendship, love, grief, and yes, food and body obsession. I think the author does a brilliant job of capturing the inner voice of so many women - that voice that calculates every calorie consumed and burned and what it will all ultimately mean. K.S.R Burns has a writing style that I find very accesible and entertaining. Highly recommended. Read more

Review:The story of a model whose looks and identify are severely transformed due to a car crash is intriguing and beautiful at first. But instead of focusing on her, Jennifer Egan throws in a strange Internet company, an ambitious homeless, a terrorist, the family of an ex friend, a kid with cancer -- everything but the kitchen sink. The result is bizarre and irritating and by the end, I totally lost interest. Read more

Review:Danny and Howard, cousins who have been out of touch since a cruel teenage prank ended in near disaster, are brought together again in their 30's when Howard offers Danny a ticket to come explore a medieval castle in Europe that is his latest business venture. Howard has made a huge success of himself, while Danny has been floating around, working clubs and restaurants in a state of arrested development. When Danny arrives at the castle, a place unconnected to the outside world in any way, he ... Read more

Review:Amy Waldman's novel THE SUBMISSION (New York, 2011), a fictional "alternative history" of the aftermath of 9/11 in New York City, is structured a bit like a geodesic dome or an igloo: it circles around a large cast of characters who are each dealt with at intervals and whose paths occasionally cross, sometimes by chance, sometimes by their deliberate choices. It also resembles the fine movie LOVE ACTUALLY (2003), which has a similarly large cast, shown in a similar kind of rotation.

Withi... Read more