Monthly Archives: May 2009

The second Marla Mason book. The first book took Marla away from her home base, and I wished that there was more about Felport in it. Well, there’s lots more in this book, and an intriguing plot besides. Not as … Continue reading →

Pretty entertaining, though it remains a bit hard to root for Henry, who makes one bad decision after another. I’m going to read the third one as well, though I’ll probably let it wait for a while so I won’t … Continue reading →

The first in a series, all three of which were available for free download from Random House. A guy named Henry gets in a lot of trouble, all because he agrees to look after a neighbor’s cat. Exciting and noirish, … Continue reading →

First the book, and then the experience of reading it. Blood Engines is YAUF (Yet Another Urban Fantasy). It does a lot of things right to avoid my usual complaints: the protagonist, Marla, is already pretty powerful — as is … Continue reading →

Another smart, sweetly fun book in the long-running series. A break of four years and the recent HBO series made me very ready to start these up again, and I’m glad I did. I bought the three that I hadn’t … Continue reading →

So frustrating. The last book was hard to read, but ended on a high note; things were really shaken up and it looked like everything was going to be different. This book starts out just a few hours after the … Continue reading →

A story in three parts that start mid-stream and end nowhere. An epilogue from the point of view of a character only mentioned in passing in the rest of the novel. A completely discardable afterward that adds nothing except clumsy … Continue reading →