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Skinwalker Review and Faith Hunter Interview

Posted: November 9, 2009 by Alan in Books We Like Meta: Faith Hunter, Urban Fantasy
Skinwalker Review and Faith Hunter Interview

…audience, it is worth a read for anyone looking for something in the vein of the Mercy Thompson or Anita Blake series but with Faith’s unique spin on the genre….

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Heroic Hearts

Heroic Hearts

…needle pegs rather quickly. This one was so good though. Afterward, I immediately bought the first book in her Mercy Thompson series. We don’t have a review up for that…

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Grey Sister

Posted: March 15, 2019 by Writer Dan in Books We Love Meta: Mark Lawrence, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy
Grey Sister

…large, or fast, or adept at controlling certain magics, depending upon the ancestral blood that flows through their veins. Those in the Convent of Sweet Mercy train girls to be…

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Holy Sister

Posted: April 4, 2019 by Writer Dan in Books We Like Meta: Mark Lawrence, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy
Holy Sister

…nuns from the Convent of Sweet Mercy in a bit of a pickle. They’d just escaped from the clutches of the Emperor’s sister, Sherzal, and her clutch of Noi-Guin assassins,…

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Red Sister

Posted: May 24, 2018 by Writer Dan in Books We Love Meta: Mark Lawrence, Fantasy
Red Sister

…the Convent of Sweet Mercy. Here, she learns about the world at large. She learns to write. To read. To fight with a blade. And perhaps also to walk the…

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Black Bottle Man

Posted: January 22, 2016 by Patricia Kintz in Books We Love Meta: Craig Russell, Fantasy, Young Adult
Black Bottle Man

…top-coat, and a ‘glad-ta-meet-ya’ smile comes to visit. The devil seeks payment, and a dangerous wager is made. Until they can defeat him, Rembrandt, Pa, and Uncle Thompson must embark…

Interview: Stephen Blackmoore

Posted: January 26, 2015 in Interview
Interview: Stephen Blackmoore

…more attention. KOKO TAKES A HOLIDAY by Kieran Shea – Completely off the hook space opera that reads like Hunter S Thompson and Elmore Leonard dropped acid together and beat…

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Leviathan

Posted: December 7, 2009 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Scott Westerfeld, Steampunk, Young Adult
Leviathan

…is a stunning cover regardless. There are dozens of internal illustrations by Keith Thompson that give a fantastic visual aid for the beasties and machines described in the book. The…

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Shadowblade

Posted: September 6, 2019 by Jane Funk in Books We Hate Meta: Anna Kashina, Fantasy
Shadowblade

…romantic and political territory as she tries to fulfill her destiny. My main issue with the characters was that they were at the mercy of the plot. Naia’s fight with…

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Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard

Posted: November 3, 2016 by Writer Dan in Books We Love Meta: Lawrence M. Schoen, Science Fiction
Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard

…Alliance’s government that no longer wish to be chained to the mercy of the Fant. Okay, so it was incredibly easy for me to just rattle those descriptions off, and…