This novel should be subtitled, “The Raven Grows Up.” The tale takes place soon after the birth of their son, so Cassandra is sidelined, leaving Raven to bear the brunt of the action. In an earlier review I have bemoaned the fading tensions between the two main characters and the loss of interest this creates.…
Month: September 2017
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“Slant Six” by Christopher F. Cobb
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Well, this is certainly Space Opera on steroids. We have the typical anti-hero: Loman Phin, rocket racer and “salesman,” a shady character who flies below the radar of the authorities. Who, of course, hire him for their own nefarious purposes, in this case delivering a beautiful and mysterious stranger to a far-off destination. During the…
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“Alpha Malik” by Midika Crane
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I almost decided not to read this book…the name, the cover picture, the fact that a main character is called the Alpha of the Love Pack and the first line contains the word “sex”…I was pretty sure I knew where this was going. And pleasantly surprised when it didn’t. There are two love scenes steamy…
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“Sleep, Savannah, Sleep” by Alistair Cross
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Long ago I discovered that most novels finish exactly the way they start. If a book seems like a certain type of story in the first three chapters, then it will probably end that way. Most novels. Once in a while, we find a book that starts out in one direction but somewhere in the…