I liked this a lot better than the first in this series. Both of our point-of-view characters love their lives as brothers to wolves; it isn't a traumatic coming of age story, as Companion to Wolves was. Some reviewers have said that there isn't enough movement forward in the plot in this one, ...
Already in the first book (Melusine), it seemed to me that Monette read and liked Pratchett, perhaps not a usual trait in her type of genre. Focussing on labyrinths instead of prophecies and gods was also well done.Just like both male protagonists are said to nearly look the same, the second nove...
The dashing wizard Felix Harrowgate has reclaimed his sanity, magic, and position in society. But even as he returns to his former place in the Mirador-the citadel of power and wizardry-there are many who desire his end. Mildmay the Fox is an ex-assassin, a cat-burglar, and Felix's half-brother. ...
The dead and the monstrous will not leave Kyle Murchison Booth alone, for an unwilling foray into necromancy has made him sensitive to-and attractive to-the creatures who roam the darkness of his once-safe world. Ghosts, ghouls, incubi: all have one thing in common. They know Booth for one of the...
This review seems full of nothing but criticism, so I'll frame it by saying that I didn't hate it, I actually enjoyed it, though you might not figure out why. Monette's involvement in recent blog affairs, plus her online present and most peeps in my environs feeling they have to read this book, m...
I was allowed to stay in the sitting room after breakfast, and thus to hear much of Murtagh’s concerns and his business in Bernatha. Principally, his purpose seemed to be to prevent Glimmering’s clumsy intrigues from making matters in Caloxa worse than they already were. G...
Those were the good days, the days when he did his job and went dancing after work, days when he enjoyed eating and slept well and sang in the shower. Days when flirting with a good-looking man was fun, even if it didn’t lead to sex, and he didn’t lose his temper with anyone unless they deserved ...