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Somewhere Beyond the Sea

A Forced Sequel Author: TJ Klune As the sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea, I don’t think much backdrop is needed for Somewhere Beyond the Sea. If you haven’t read the first book, then this sequel will have you instantly lost anyway, so go back to the beginning, see how it all began, and then return here. We left House in the Cerulean Sea with Linus having left his job at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth (DICMY). The rule follower, having broken free of his grey, rainy city life, followed his heart, and gave it to one Arthur Parnassus, master of a [...]

Frances Carden2024-10-07T08:57:58-07:00October 7th, 2024|Tags: book review, fantasy, read, reading|

Nothing But the Rain

Memories in the Rain Author: Naomi Salman In Aloisville, the rain washes away your sins, your past, your memory, you. No one knows when it started, or why, but Laverne has been keeping a journal and performing experiments. She now knows how much rain it takes to wash away a moment of your time and how much it takes to leave you an empty shell. It rains every day now, and her notes cover the walls of her house, reminding her, lest she forget. The notes talk about how much rain does how much damage, about what they have learned over [...]

Frances Carden2024-10-05T19:31:57-07:00October 5th, 2024|Tags: book review, dystopian, horror, novella, read, reading|

Cabinet of Curiosities

Agent Pendergast’s Secrets Authors: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Childs The mystery of the museum beast and opening day massacre is long behind him, so journalist Bill Smithback has his sights on other record-breaking stories and on getting his longtime girlfriend, Nora, to move in with him. Everything seems ordinary, but something suspicious and dark is lurking just beneath the surface. When a pale FBI agent shows up on scene, the mystery descends into chaos, which descends into death, long buried secrets, and a family tie-in for the enigmatic Agent Pendergast. Enter the finding of a charnel house, right where a powerful [...]

Frances Carden2024-09-29T16:34:20-07:00September 29th, 2024|Tags: Agent Pendergast, book review, horror, mystery, Pendergast, read, reading, techno thriller, thriller|