Synopsis: For twelve years Winter has been haunted. Her past, her memories, her feelings, will not leave her alone. And now, at sixteen, the time has come for her to act. She must head back to her old home, where a pair of family tragedies forever altered her life.
This is not the first time I’ve read this book.
Synopsis: On her twelfth birthday, Princess Sylviianel is ceremonially bound to her own Pegasus, Ebon. For a thousand years humans and Pegasi have lived in peace, relying on human magicians and Pegasi shamans to converse. But close friends Sylvi and Ebon can talk. As their bond strengthens, can their friendship threaten to destroy the peace between their nations?
Actually not a horrific synopsis, no trimming required. Maybe.
I really enjoyed Sunshine, also by Robin McKinley. The general vibe of the whole book might make it seem a little cliched but it’s one of the better ones.
Synopsis: Dexter Morgan isn’t just Miami’s #1 forensic blood splatter expert. He’s also a serial killer…who targets other serial killers! But now, the deeply damaged Dexter must face two of his worst nightmares: his high school reunion, and a former classmate with a secret that could destroy him!
Not entirely sure who gets the credit for the artwork there. The book is illustrated by Dalibor Talajic but there’s a line on the site I got this image from that credits the cover artwork to Michael Del Mundo (pencils by).
I like comics, I like Dexter,…
Synopsis: Kepler had never meant to die this way — viciously beaten to death by a stinking vagrant in a dark back alley. But when reaching out to the murderer for salvation in those last dying moments, a sudden switch takes place.
It took me ages to realise but Claire North is Kate Griffin is Catherine Webb. I’ve been a fan of her writing for a long time – just about since she was first published at the age of 14. I actually had this book as a gift from someone who had no clue of either her real name or my appreciation for her work. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I assumed (correctly as it turned out) that the name-change signified a change in material. I had also been a little put off in general by the first Horatio Lyle book, published under the name Catherine Webb, which I didn’t manage to finish. I had some time free though so decided to go ahead.
Synopsis: Beka Cooper is a rookie with the law-enforcing Provost’s Guard, commonly known as “the Provost’s Dogs,” in Corus, the capital city of Tortall. To the surprise of both the veteran “Dogs” and her fellow “puppies,” Beka requests duty in the Lower City. The Lower City is a tough beat. But it’s also where Beka was born, and she’s comfortable there.
On holiday thought I’d read some old favourites.
Synopsis: Fresh out of jail and eager to start a new life, Chet Moran and his pregnant wife, Trish, leave town to begin again. But an ancient evil is looming, and what seems like a safe haven may not be all it appears . . .
I picked up this book because Brom.
Synopsis: In PRELUDES & NOCTURNES, an occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. After his 70 year imprisonment and eventual escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On his arduous journey Morpheus encounters Lucifer, John Constantine, and an all-powerful madman.
This book also includes the story “The Sound of Her Wings,” which introduces us to the pragmatic and perky goth girl Death.
I reread this recently so thought I’d do a review.
Continue reading “The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman et al.”
Synopsis: Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales.
Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess. The origins of the first ymbryne. These are but a few of the truly brilliant stories in Tales of the Peculiar—known to hide information about the peculiar world—first introduced by Ransom Riggs in his Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series.
Riggs now invites you to share his secrets of peculiar history, with a collection of original stories, as collected and annotated by Millard Nullings, ward of Miss Peregrine and scholar of all things peculiar.
So I feel like I came to this book fairly expectation-free. I’ve read the first novel in the series and I think, more importantly, I’ve read these sorts of books before, both collections of tales by various authors and those pretending to be such but really written by one author.
Cover illustration by Kerem Beyit
Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild.
Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern’s jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders. But if standing and fighting is hard, leading a company of men – or worse, a company of mercenaries – against the smart, deadly creatures of the Wild is even harder.
The Red Knight is the man to do it, and he’s determined to turn a profit. So when he hires his company out to protect an Abbess and her nunnery it’s just another job. The abbey is rich, the nuns are pretty and the monster preying on them is nothing he can’t deal with.
Only it’s not just a job. It’s going to be a war…
‘Ware the synopsis.
Honestly I don’t know why publishers haven’t adapted the hashtag system into synopsis form, it’d do a better job.
I looked at this book months ago but for some reason didn’t go for it after looking through the first few pages.
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