With a mix of Lovecraftian sensibility meets film noir, Greg van Eekhout gives us an interesting tale in California Bones. The backdrop is Los Angeles but it is far from the reality of today. Instead, LA of Eekhout’s imagining feels like old Hollywood with a magic twist. Magic is simply […]
The Duskwalker Series continues with the second installment in Morningside Fall. Jay Posey brings us back to the post apocalyptic world where monsters aren’t quite what they seem. Despite the pitfalls of Three, Posey shifted the focus to the intriguing perspective of a young boy. With this new outlook, life […]
I have mixed feelings about The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead, which is the second novel in her Age of X series. I still love her writing (mainly because she has such a way that is very easy to read) and I do enjoy the storyline of The Age of X series, […]
The highly anticipated second installment of the Black Tide Rising series did not disappoint with To Sail a Darkling Sea. John Ringo returns us to his eerily realistic world of post apocalyptic survival. Through action, humor, and the play of right and responsibility, Ringo brings us to a new battlefield- that […]
Peter Clines brings us the latest installment of his Ex series in Ex-Purgatory. With a thrilling setting of post apocalypse Los Angeles, Clines brings to life a world full of geek mashups- most notably mixing zombies with The Matrix. Clines delivers an interesting read with a quest that is unexpected. […]
I read Dualed by Elsie Chapman in a day. Typically, when I read a book that fast, it’s because I’m head-over-heels in love with it. That wasn’t the case with Dualed. I loved the premise, and it was just as exciting as I had hoped for in the beginning. Yet, as the story […]
With an intellectual spin, John Ringo brings to life a truly realistic world in Under a Graveyard Sky. In a drama that is rife with competition, Ringo departs from normal zombie apocalypse plotlines and brings to the light the rarely mentioned side – the prepared. An interesting, if not always thrilling, […]
I’m not generally a fan of dystopian fiction. I’m not really sure why either because I enjoy dystopian movies; but after seeing the ending to Catching Fire (the movie was fabulous, quick, but good), I wanted to know what happens next. I started the third book in Suzanne Collin’s Hunger […]
With debt at the heart of the society, you’re either born in to luck or born into servitude. With this intriguing premise, Alex London’s Proxy tells a story of brotherhood, enemies and coming of age. London’s take on the young adult postapocalytic genre and plays on the realistic future in an […]
Jay Posey’s Three is a new addition to the post apocalyptic genre. With a novel that plays out more like a movie, Posey sets a fast paced tone early on. The world of Three has an eerie creepiness to it despite the novel’s ups and downs. Posey brings a conviction to […]
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