Six-Gun Snow White seemed like the perfect book for me: From New York Times bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente comes a brilliant reinvention of one the best known fairy tales of all time. In the novella Six-Gun Snow White, Valente transports the title s heroine to a masterfully evoked Old West …
This is really a wonderful story and a great read; one that you can soak up and enjoy. An amazing accomplishment for any novel yet alone a debut one. Highly recommended.
Obviously fans of the series will be looking for the next book but this one has the weakness that so many second books in series seem to have: interesting characters and action but a lack of clear plotting and depth with an ending that leaves you less than satisfied.
Anyways, all of this is not to say I didn’t enjoy reading the book, and that I am not tempted to power through and read the second tome, just that it was an interesting experience. I would say that if you enjoy paranormal romance this series is a must read. If you don’t enjoy long reads with lots of descriptions and a healthy dose of romance then you might be disappointed or tempted to bail out early.
Another series I have been enjoying for some time is The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott. And like …
In my review of The Magicians I offered this opinion as to what its author was up to: What Lev Grossman attempts …
Interesting trailer for Toward the Gleam by T.M. Doran. Clearly going for the Tolkien and CS Lewis fans. Looks interesting nonetheless …
Quiet frankly it is a bit of a mess. But I was interested in how the author would handle the historical and mythological aspects and thought it might make an entertaining read.
Another interesting video trailer, this one for Queen of Kings
In the end, I think The Narnia Code is a well intentioned attempt to take a detailed academic literary thesis and bring it down to a popular level. For a variety of reasons I am not sure I am best able to judge its success. But it is an interesting subject and will be of great interest to Lewis and Narnia fans.