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REVIEW: The Spiderwick Chronicles written by Holly Black and Illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi

by Avid Reader on July 21, 2008

in Book Reviews, Grade B Reviews, Young Readers

The Spi­der­wick Chron­i­cles by Holly Black and Tony DiTer­l­izzi (2003) is a five book box set of short sto­ries fea­tur­ing three ordi­nary kids who stum­ble into the hid­den world of faeries.
Let me just say upfront that I love faerie sto­ries and the darker the bet­ter. Mov­ing on. The Spi­der­wick Chron­i­cles are nowhere near the com­plex­ity of […]

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REVIEW: ‘Iron Kissed (A Mercy Thompson Series)’ by Patricia Briggs

by Avid Reader on January 1, 2008

in Book Reviews, Ebooks, Fantasy, Grade A Reviews

Iron Kissed by Patri­cia Briggs, pub­lished Jan 2008, is the third book in the Mercy Thomp­son series, pub­lished by Ace.
VW mechanic, Mercy Thomp­son, is a shape shifter. She is a walker who shifts from human to coy­ote at will.  In the world that Mercy inhab­its, the were­wolves, fae and vam­pires exist along­side humankind. 
How­ever, the fae and the were­wolves have been some­what forced […]

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REVIEW: ‘Blood Bound (A Mercy Thompson Series)’ by Patricia Briggs

by Avid Reader on January 30, 2007

in Book Reviews, Fantasy, Grade A Reviews

Blood Bound (2007) by Patri­cia Briggs is an urban fan­tasy novel and the sec­ond book in the Mercy Thomp­son series.
Just in case you haven’t read the first book, Moon Called, here is a brief syn­op­sis for you: Mercy Thomp­son is a mechanic who is not human. She’s a coy­ote or  “walker”  who changes at will; coyotes are an ancient […]

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