What I Just Finished Reading: Ash, by Malinda Lo. Truthfully I finished reading this a couple of weeks ago and then forgot about it. That's not because it's a bad book by any means, it's just not quite my speed, focusing more on romance than fantasy etc. I thought more depth could have been put into Sidhean's characterization and motives, and I was ( Read more... )

I'm a couple of weeks behind on this, aren't I? Oops.

What I Just Finished Reading: Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward. It contains a lot of standard fantasy tropes, but does so on purpose. The main characters are on a typical quest and they know it. I wouldn't go so far as to call it outright satire of the genre, more something poking good- ( Read more... )