reviews

“It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.” Author: Bryn Greenwood *Review title is a quote from Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. Wavonna “Wavy” Quinn is an ominously quiet child, shuttled between her addicted, mentally unstable mother and her womanizing, meth dealing father. Despite the occasional interference of a middleclass, judgmental aunt, Wavy is mostly on her own and she soon learns that even happy mommy can turn into scary mommy, with her warnings against germs and her bleach. Her father, in a way, is always a safer bet. He’s always cruel, always to be avoided, always [...]

Going Viral, Apocalypse Style Author: Ling Ma Ma’s self-focused, oblivious heroine, Candance Chen, a second-generation Chinese immigrant, is vaguely aware of Shen Fever. She is mostly focused on her day job in publishing though, specifically in getting the Gem Stone Bible off the presses and into the store. But, as Chinese factories (read sweatshops) start closing, it becomes increasingly more difficult to make production deadlines. The upwardly mobile Candace wants to move out of the Bible department with its demanding producers, cheap paper, and lack of originality. She wants the art department, yet her conscious twinges during her visits to [...]

Twice Cursed Author: Sue Dent Throughout the Thirsting For Blood series redemption is the key. At first it’s the redemption of a brother and sister, trapped in eternal curses, transformed to soulless monsters of the night (vampire and werewolf respectively). The legends say one selfless act will set them free, and together with a steadily growing crowd of empathetic friends and family, beset by a fierce contingent of selfish enemies who want immortality at any cost, Ceese and Richard overcome and lose their curses only to remain shattered and confused. It turns out that centuries of evil, centuries of guess [...]