Aaron Bergman wrote:
>
> _Before They are Hanged_,
> _The Blade Itself_, Joe Abercormbie
>
> The main problem is the
> lack of, er, culmination in the two books. The first brings the
> characters together, and the second sets them on their way. I just wish
> that something more was accomplished. I will definitely be picking up
> the third, however.
I think I'll wait to see what you say about #3 before picking these
up.
> _Renegade's Magic_, Robin Hobb
>
> This is the third book of the "Soldier Son Trilogy". In the previous
> book, I understood the intent of Hobb in ****traying the helplessness of
> the protagonist, but I can't say I found it enjoyable to read about.
I couldn't get past page 100 of the second book (even though I
normally love Hobb).
> _Thunderer_, Felix Gilman
>
> As is usually
> the case with these things, the plot doesn't quite live up to the
> setting. I can't say I remember a tremendous amount about the said plot,
> really, except that I think I found the ending dissatisfying. I guess
> that's not an endorsement.
I was just about to start reading this, but now I'm having second
thoughts...
> _Magic Burns_, Ilona Andrews
>
> For some reason, this sequel to _Magic Bites_ may put this series after
> Patricia Briggs's stuff in my ranking of recent urban fantasy. P
....so maybe I should try this series instead.
> _Fire Study_, Maria V. Snyder
>
> This series, starting with the amicable _Poison Study_ and forgettable
> _Magic Study_ seems to have moved to large trim paperback in the romance
> section of the bookstore. This book was an improvement on _Magic Study_,
> but there's just not much here -- the bad people are bad, the good
> people are good, and there's not much else going on. Whatever attracted
> me to _Poison Study_ has not stayed with this series.
_Poison_ seemed to at least try to be a little bit original, which
was abandoned in _Magic_. Also, the latter focused on the heroine
being unable to do any magic directly, and yet I remember her doing
so in the first book. On the plus side, I flipped through _Fire_
in a bookstore, and it seems this publisher is changing "bo" to
"staff", which is a big improvement over "bow".
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