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Books 2012: 232-242
232. Ben Macallan, Pandaemonium. Solaris, 2012.
A sequel of sorts to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
desperance's Desdaemona. A riveting fantasy set in modern England: a fantasy both urban and rural, but not the urban fantasy cliché, despite the fact that this time out our first-person protagonist is Desdaemona, a young woman whose past returns to haunt her - in more ways than one.
Excellent, inventive, and avoids the potential for falling into stale UF handily. I look forward exceedingly to what comes next.
233. Tanya Huff, The Wild Ways. DAW, 2011. This paperback 2012.
Another modern fantasy that avoids the staleness of most urban fantasy. Charlie Gale, cousin to the Allie Gale of The Enchantment Emporium, is on the Canadian Atlantic coast to play with a band. While there, she thwarts an evil oil company, helps a bunch of selkies, and has a run-in with a troll. Lots of fun, recommended.
234-239. John Marsden, The Dead of Night; The Third Day, The Frost; Darkness Be My Friend; Burning For Revenge; The Night Is For Hunting and The Other Side of Dawn. 1994-1999. Ebooks, via a friend.
Australian YA, sequels to Tomorrow, When The War Began. Not particularly brilliant, but made of crack, particularly when one cannot sleep. Kudos to Quercus Books for bringing them out in the UK.
240-241. Sheri Lewis Wohl, Crimson Vengeance and Burgundy Betrayal.
Baaaaaad lesbian urban fantasy romance. No. Bad.
242. Meghan O'Brien, The Three.
So, um. That happened. (Lesbian poly postapocalyptic erotica. I did not realise the erotica part until it was too late.
232. Ben Macallan, Pandaemonium. Solaris, 2012.
A sequel of sorts to
desperance's Desdaemona. A riveting fantasy set in modern England: a fantasy both urban and rural, but not the urban fantasy cliché, despite the fact that this time out our first-person protagonist is Desdaemona, a young woman whose past returns to haunt her - in more ways than one.Excellent, inventive, and avoids the potential for falling into stale UF handily. I look forward exceedingly to what comes next.
233. Tanya Huff, The Wild Ways. DAW, 2011. This paperback 2012.
Another modern fantasy that avoids the staleness of most urban fantasy. Charlie Gale, cousin to the Allie Gale of The Enchantment Emporium, is on the Canadian Atlantic coast to play with a band. While there, she thwarts an evil oil company, helps a bunch of selkies, and has a run-in with a troll. Lots of fun, recommended.
234-239. John Marsden, The Dead of Night; The Third Day, The Frost; Darkness Be My Friend; Burning For Revenge; The Night Is For Hunting and The Other Side of Dawn. 1994-1999. Ebooks, via a friend.
Australian YA, sequels to Tomorrow, When The War Began. Not particularly brilliant, but made of crack, particularly when one cannot sleep. Kudos to Quercus Books for bringing them out in the UK.
240-241. Sheri Lewis Wohl, Crimson Vengeance and Burgundy Betrayal.
Baaaaaad lesbian urban fantasy romance. No. Bad.
242. Meghan O'Brien, The Three.
So, um. That happened. (Lesbian poly postapocalyptic erotica. I did not realise the erotica part until it was too late.
