Pages:
29
Publisher:
Tor.com
Release
Date: 20th
November 2012
Series:
The Lunar
Chronicles #1.5
Edition:
e-novella, purchased
Synopsis
It
is time. The boy must leave his family to serve in the Queen’s army. To be
chosen is an honour. To decline is impossible. The boy is modified. He is
trained for several years, and learns to fight to the death. He proves to the
Queen – and to himself – that he is capable of evil. He is just the kind of
soldier the Queen wants: the alpha of his pack.
Mini-review
The
Lunar Chronicles has
quickly became one of my favourite series’ so I was really pleased to find out
that Marissa Meyer had written another e-novella for it. I loved getting some
background into the Lunars and learning more about Queen Levana’s dastardly
plans. It really shone some light onto the thurmaturges that pop up in Scarlet and a few characters in particular
(one that made me squeak with surprise) play a fairly big role both in Scarlet and The Queen’s Army...
I developed a surprising amount
of sympathy for Levana’s soldiers and I get to see more about them in Cress now I know the horrible lives they
led on Luna before Levana plucked them out of their homes for her cause.
A fantastic taster of the
awesomeness of this series. I’m really getting excited for Cress now!
The Humans: An
A-Z – Matt Haig
Pages: 4
Publisher: Booktrust
Release Date: 30th May 2013
Series: The Humans
Synopsis
An
exclusive ‘DVD extra’ for to end his Booktrust residency blog posts, this list
gives an alien visiting Earth the basic knowledge of what things mean down on
this strange, strange planet.
Mini-review
This is
a seriously short piece of writing and yet it completely delivers on style and
humour. Matt Haig’s distinctive voice came through strongly and effectively.
The emotion and confusion and awe of the human race came through immediately
and I think that The Humans: An A-Z is
the perfect introduction to a wonderful, wonderful book or a lovely thing for people
in mourning once they’ve finished The
Humans!
The Bane Chronicles 3:
Vampires, Scones and Edmond Herondale – Cassandra Clare
and Sarah Rees Brennan
Pages:
40
Publisher:
Walker
Release
Date: 18th
June 2013
Series:
The Bane
Chronicles #3
Edition:
e-book,
purchased
Synopsis
In Victorian London, Magnus
Bane attends preliminary peace talks between Shadowhunters and Downworlders and
is charmed by two very different people: Edmund Herondale, a young
Shadowhunter, and a vampire called Camille Belcourt. Will winning hearts mean
choosing sides?
Mini-review
I think this may be my
favourite instalment of The Bane
Chronicles yet! There was such a strong connection between the worlds and
characters we’ve come to love in The
Mortal Instruments and The Infernal
Devices. It was so cool to meet the descendents of characters I know and
love at the setting up of the Accords. The way that the Shadowhunters treated
the Downworlders was really awful and explain a lot of the hostility between
the two in the series’.
My favourite element of Vampires, Scones and Edmund Herondale by
far was how deep we went into Magnus’ need to help Will in The Infernal Devices and his attraction for Alec in The Mortal instruments as well. it made
me so, so excited for City of Heavenly
Fire – not that I wasn’t ridiculously excited (and terrified) for it
before!
Sophie
A Lunar Chronicles novella! I'm going to go and download it right this minute. I loved Cinder and Scarlet!
ReplyDeleteVampires, Scones and Edmund Herondale was fab, wasn't it? I loved getting to know Will's father and sat grinning whilst reading it. I loved it so much!