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Daily Archives: February 11th, 2008

Throne of Jade

Despite having something to do with the Orient (normally a sure-fire hook for this reviewer), this second installment in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series just didn’t grab me. Stylistically, she’s as good as ever, it’s just that nothing much seems to happen; the inter-cultural stuff isn’t all that great, and the way that the dragon and [...]

Broken Prey

Broken Prey, the latest in John Sandford’s seemingly endless series, ranks with the best of his efforts. And that’s saying something. There are few writers who I feel can really “pull” a reader along a novel, but Sandford definitely is one of them. The latest installment has everything that readers have come to expect, plus [...]