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jueves, 18 de enero de 2024

Reseña: "La sociedad secreta de brujas rebeldes" de Sangu Mandanna

La sociedad secreta de brujas rebeldes by Sangu Mandanna

 Noemí Risco Mateo (Translator)

  336 pages, Paperback

First published 2022

ISBN
9788466673808 (ISBN10: 8466673806)

 

BLURB: Las brujas se rigen por tres normas esconde tu magia, mantén la cabeza gacha y aléjate del resto de brujas. Por eso, Mika Moon está acostumbrada a estar sola, pero todo cambia cuando le llega un mensaje inesperado rogándole que viaje a Nowhere House, una mansión misteriosa, para enseñar a tres niñas a controlar sus poderes. Al romper todas las reglas y aceptar el desafío, Mika descubrirá en los confines de Nowhere House secretos enterrados, nuevos amigos y un malhumorado bibliotecario irlandés que piensa vigilarla de cerca. Sin embargo, justo cuando Mika comienza a sentir que por fin ha encontrado un hogar, tendrá que decidir si la familia que acaba de encontrar merece que lo arriesgue todo.

My rating: 2.7 stars.


Hum, no me gustó mucho. Tuve que obligarme a terminar los últimos capítulos.

Fantasía-urbana contemporánea. Las brujas existen y la magia, pero nadie sabe de ellas, excepto otras brujas ; viven en secreto estricto sin siquiera convivir entre ellas , excepto para reunirse cada tres meses en el caso del grupo en que esta Mika Moon, que esta presidido por Primrose, quien fuera su guardiana hasta que fue mayor de edad. Verán, todas las brujas son huérfanas. Es una vida solitaria, pues esta prohibido revelar quienes son a riesgo de otra cacería de brujas. El problema es que donde hay más de una bruja se produce una cierta concentración de poder que provoca algo como un estallido en ocasiones que es difícil de ocultar, de ahí que se prohíbe que más de dos brujas convivan juntas.

Por eso a Mika le provoca curiosidad un aviso de "Se busca bruja" , y cuando va allí descubre una casona con tres niñas brujas (de 10, 8 y 7 años) que han sido adoptadas por una bruja, pero han sido criadas por los empleados, la ama de llaves, el bibliotecario, el jardinero y su esposo (un actor retirado).

sábado, 3 de julio de 2021

Reseña de ARC: The Crumrin Chronicles Vol. 1: The Charmed & the Cursed

*Digital ARC gently provided by Netgalley and publishers in exchange for an honest review* 
Reseña Bilingue

The Crumrin Chronicles Vol. 1: The Charmed & the Cursed 

by Ted Naifeh

  

128 pages

Published June 22nd 2021 by Oni Press
ISBN: 1620109301 (ISBN13: 9781620109304)

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a sort of spinoff of Courtney Crumrin books, about a sorceress and her great uncle warlock. So it is centered in Wilberforce "Will" Crumrin, the brother of great uncle Aloysius, retorned from the land of fairies after near a hundred years or so, in the form of a boy clueless about living with humans. 

miércoles, 9 de junio de 2021

Reseña: Blood Rights (House of Comarré, #1)

Blood Rights (House of Comarré, #1)

Blood Rights (House of Comarré 1)

by Kristen Painter
 

My rating:

2.5 stars

probably it's not you book, but the angel angle ruined it for me. [*For those who join my broadcasts late, I have a particular pet peeve of not reading things related to angels.]

Chrysabelle es una Comarre , una raza mortal que son una especie de siervos de sangre criados para ese proposito: para brindar sus servicios o mejor dicho vender sus "derechos de sangre" a los vampiros nobles millonarios. Aparentemente tenerlos es simbolo de estatus , ademas de que su sangre es más pura y super yummy. Peero Chrysabelle tenia planes de ser 'normal' despues de su periodo de contrato de cien años en que su patron puede liberarla , pero la cosa sale mal, él es asesinado y ella escapa acusada de asesinato buscando forma de probar su inocencia.

jueves, 15 de abril de 2021

Reseña: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune


The House in the Cerulean Sea 

by 

T.J. Klune

 
396 pages
Published December 29th 2020 by Tor Books (first published March 16th 2020)
ISBN: 1250217318 (ISBN13: 9781250217318)
Edition Language: English 
  
 
BLURB: A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside.
But the children aren’t the only secret the island keeps. Their caretaker is the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, who will do anything to keep his wards safe.
 

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


we can find the most unexpected things when we aren’t even looking for them.
(podemos encontrar las cosas más inesperadas cuando no estamos siquiera buscándolas)

Linus Baker es un trabajador social de 40 años con 17 años de servicio que visita orfanatos gubernamentales de niños mágicos para realizar informes. Es un pequeño burócrata que vive en forma sencilla, en horarios extendidos sin quejarse, sin hacer olas, y apegándose estrictamente a su libro de reglamentos. Nunca alza la nariz de los informes para preguntarse que pasa después de que entrega uno de sus informes. Aunque cree que esta haciendo la labor que le corresponde.

viernes, 22 de enero de 2021

Reseña: Fantasy Magazine, Issue 60 - Dec. 2016

Fantasy Magazine, Issue 60 - Dec. 2016: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Fantasy! Special Issue 

by Daniel José Older (Editor) y Varios Autores

 

 200 pages 
Published December 1st 2016 by John Joseph Adams
ASIN: B01EXJ8P50
Edition Language: English



"The Things My Mother Left Me" by P. Djéli Clark. 

"Eyes of Carven Emerald" by Shweta Narayan. 

"Red Dirt Witch" by N.K. Jemisin 

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


"The Things My Mother Left Me" by P. Djéli Clark - 3 stars

Fantasía mágica donde una huérfana de quince años decide escapar del prospecto de que sus tías la casen , y llega hasta donde un circo con un sujeto que da mala espina y seres encadenados.

miércoles, 15 de julio de 2020

Reseña: Rios de Londres (Rivers of London 1)


 +Reto Popsugar #5: Una ciudad sede de los juegos olimpicos.+
 
 

Ríos de Londres (Rivers of London #1) 

 by

  

336 pages 
Published May 2012 by Minotauro (first published January 10th 2011)
Original Title: Rivers of London
ISBN: 8445000438 (ISBN13: 9788445000434)

SINOPSIS: Peter Grant era como cualquier otro agente novato de la Policía Metropolitana de Londres hasta que recibió cierta información de un testigo ocular en un caso de homicidio. Nada digno de mención si no fuera porque dicho testigo resultó ser un fantasma. Ahora su día a día consiste en negociar treguas entre el dios y la diosa del Támesis y desenterrar tumbas en Covent Garden. Por si eso no bastara, un espíritu maligno y vengativo está sembrando el caos en Londres y el agente Grant está dispuesto a hacer lo que sea necesario para salvaguardar la paz de la Reina.

 My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Peter Grant es un agente de policía en período de prueba, a punto de que se le asigne un trabajo, y básicamente lo envían a ser policía de escritorio. Su amiga y colega le dice que es porque él es un tipo que se distrae fácilmente y no es tan bueno como ella. Sin embargo, la vida de Peter (el hijo de una inmigrante africana y un músico de jazz) está a punto de cambiar para siempre cuando ve un fantasma y se encuentra vinculado en la investigación de un asesinato.

viernes, 12 de junio de 2020

Reseña: Bayou Born (The Foundling #1)

 {Review in English | Comentario en Castellano}


Bayou Born  (The Foundling 1)

by  

Hailey Edwards

Paperback, 329 pages
Published October 17th 2017 by Piatkus
ISBN: 0349417067 (ISBN13: 9780349417066)
Edition Language: English
Series: The Foundling #1

BLURB:  Her beginning may be our end... 

Deep in the humid swamps of the Mississippi bayou, a mysterious, half-wild child is dragged just in time from the murky waters. She has no memories, no family and is covered in strange markings, the meaning of which no one is able to decipher. Adopted by the policeman who rescued her, Luce Boudrou follows him into the force, determined to prove herself in the eyes of those who are still suspicious.
However, there's more of a battle ahead than Luce could possibly imagine. She may be an orphan without a past, but no one - including Luce herself - could ever be prepared for the truth of her dark, powerful destiny...

 

 

My rating: 3.5 stars


Luce Boudreau fue una niña encontrada hace 15 años en el pantano, sin memoria previa. El sargento Edward Boudreau que la rescató, más tarde la adoptó, y ella también se convirtió en policía. Ella es la celebridad local , la 'niña salvaje', perseguida por periodistas por algunas marcas extrañas en su cuerpo. De modo que, cuando un caso sobre una joven desaparecida la llama a ella y a su pareja policiaca al pantano, y descubre a una mujer con sus mismas marcas, Luce está ansiosa por obtener finalmente sus respuestas.

Pero tal vez eso de 'ten cuidado con lo que deseas' venga a morderla.

jueves, 13 de febrero de 2020

Reseña: Shattered Bonds (Jane Yellowrock #13)

Shattered Bonds (Jane Yellowrock #13)

by 

Faith Hunter


380 pages
Published October 29th 2019 by Ace
ISBN: 0399587985 (ISBN13: 9780399587986)
Edition Language: English
Series: Jane Yellowrock #13

 

SYNOPSIS: Jane Yellowrock is a shapeshifting skinwalker, and vampire killer-for-hire, but her last battle with an ancient arcane enemy has brought her low. She seeks retreat in the Appalachian Mountains to grieve the loss of her friends, and to heal--or to die--from the disease brought on by her magic.
But malevolent elements in the paranormal community still seek to destroy Jane, and the younger Son of Darkness stalks her, even into the safety of the hills. With nowhere to run and her body failing, the rogue-vampire hunter and her inner Beast must discover a way to defeat this new threat, and find a form that gives her a chance to fight another day.


My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Mis estanterias:
bloody-and-gory, fantasia-urbana, horror, not-sure-but-not-human, series-favoritas, shapeshifters, shifter_puma, skinwalker, vampiros, witches-wizards
My entire life was death and destruction. And each droplet of my future was a world of even more horrors if I didn’t fix what was happening here and now. Or if I allowed the arcenciels to go back in time and destroy the vamps at conception. Or if I allowed the war in the heavens to start. But I didn’t know how to stop any of that.

what a ride, more gory than ever.

The vampires take the war unto american lands,against the Queen.

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sábado, 16 de noviembre de 2019

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 2 

by 

Jordie Bellaire

David Lopez (Art) 


128 pages
Expected publication: February 25th 2020 by BOOM! Studios
ISBN1684154820 (ISBN13: 9781684154821)
Edition Language: English
Series: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Vol. 2
  
Buffy must face the hardest choice of her already not-so-easy life: save her friend or stop her new enemies, Drusilla (AKA The Mistress) and Spike from opening the Hellmouth. But where does the mysterious vampire with a soul named Angel fit into this mess? And what secret is he hiding that will forever change the war between the Slayer and the Mistress?

Eisner Award-nominated writer Jordie Bellaire (Redlands) and artist David López (Captain Marvel) present the next chapter of the fearless pop culture reimagining that generated headlines worldwide. Collects Buffy the Vampire Slayer #5-8.
 

My rating: 2.5 stars


El cambio de dibujante de Dan Mora a David López no le hizo ningun favor a este reinicio de serie, el dibujo no me gusta (no tomen en cuenta esa portada que no representa al resto).

(are those candles floating or something??)

viernes, 15 de noviembre de 2019

Reseña: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1: High School Is Hell Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1: High School Is Hell

 {COMENTARIO BILINGUE}

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1: High School Is Hell

 by 

Jordie Bellaire

Dan Mora (Art) 


128 pages
Published May 28th 2019 by BOOM! Studios (first published May 7th 2019)
ISBN: 1684153573 (ISBN13: 9781684153572)
Edition Language: English
Series: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Vol. 1
BLURB: Go back to the beginning as the critically acclaimed pop culture phenomenon Buffy The Vampire Slayer is reimagined under the guidance of series creator Joss Whedon!

This is the Buffy Summers you know, who wants what every average teenager wants: friends at her new school, decent grades, and to escape her imposed destiny as the next in a long line of vampire slayers tasked with defeating the forces of evil...only this time around, her world looks a lot more like the one outside your window.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


"Into every generation , a Slayer is born; a chosen one. They alone wield the strengh and skill to fight the vampires, demons and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number.
They are the Slayer."

Buffy Summers is a normal teenager 16 years old girl, who goes to school, lives with her mother and her boyfriend, wants to have friends, and ... is the Slayer.

In January 2019, with the approval of Joss Whedon, this relaunch of the Buffy series from its very beggining was made by Jordie Bellaire and BOOM. We have the same characters from the very iconic series of the 90s, but at the same time they are not unchanged, many peculiarities that made them so special for a generation are gone: Willow is not longer the lovely shy or geeky know-it-all; Buffy no longer uses her miniskirts or her so precious high heels to go on patrol ; and Xander reveals his insecurities , and frankly signs of depression, more openly to the reader. Oh, and our Cordelia is ... it's ... nice and friendly :shudders:. I don't know frankly if we can survive a lack of acerbic comments from Queen C.


martes, 12 de noviembre de 2019

Reseña : Sapphire Flames (Catalina Baylor #1)

Sapphire Flames (Catalina Baylor 1)

by 

Ilona Andrews


393 pages
Published August 27th 2019 by Avon
ISBN: 0062878344 (ISBN13: 9780062878342)
Edition Language: English
Series: Hidden Legacy #4, Catalina Baylor Trilogy #1
BLURB: In a world where magic is the key to power and wealth, Catalina Baylor is a Prime, the highest rank of magic user, and the Head of her House. Catalina has always been afraid to use her unique powers, but when her friend’s mother and sister are murdered, Catalina risks her reputation and safety to unravel the mystery. 
But behind the scenes powerful forces are at work, and one of them is Alessandro Sagredo, the Italian Prime who was once Catalina’s teenage crush. Dangerous and unpredictable, Alessandro’s true motives are unclear, but he’s drawn to Catalina like a moth to a flame. To help her friend, Catalina must test the limits of her extraordinary powers, but doing so may cost her both her House–and her heart.


My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Este es un spin-off the la serie Hidden Legacy, que trata básicamente de una historia alternativa donde descubrieron una droga que deja expresar el legado mágico de los seres humanos, esto trajo guerras hasta que la droga debio ser vetada, y los seres humanos con poderes se organizaron en Casas donde se crean alianzas matrimoniales buscando crear seres humanos que conserven los dones mágicos más poderosos: telequinesis, pirokinesis, envenenadores, habla-bestias, cambia-formas, invocadores, etc, etc. En Hidden Legacy es Nevada Baylor quien dirige una agencia de detectives que apenas sobrevive economicamente, hasta que se envuelta en un caso con Mad Rogan, el Tornado, es uno de los tipos más poderosos y temidos de su mundo. La familia de Nevada consiste en abuela, madre, dos hermanas menores, y dos primos. 

Ahora es el turno de Catalina Baylor, cuyo poder se le llama "Sirena" . Ella lo mantuvo escondido toda su vida porque provoca que la 'amen' desesperadamente, primero la obedecen, pero luego quieren parte posser parte de ella (literalmente) , cualquier pedazo. Solamente su familia es inmune. Asi que se mantiene apartada del resto. Hasta que llega la hora de tomar las riendas de la familia, como Prime, para mantenerlos a salvo de la lucha que se viene, porque las Casas siguen luchando entre ellos por la supremacia, ser aniquilados o esclavizados es la alternativa.

Ahora una amiga, Runa les pide ayuda. Su madre esta muerta, y su hermana. Su hermano menor trato de suicidarse. Pero esta claro que alguien persigue esta familia de envenenadores. A Catalina le dicen que no se metan, que esto les traerá  enemigos poderosos, ¿pero acaso esto es novedad en este mundo?

jueves, 18 de abril de 2019

Reseña: La llamada de la luna (Mercy Thompson #1)

La llamada de la luna (Mercy Thompson #1)

by 

Patricia Briggs

 
320 pages
(first published January 31st 2006)
Original Title: Moon Called
ISBN: 8492461071 (ISBN13: 9788492461073)
Edition Language: Spanish
Series: Mercy Thompson #1

Teaser: La llamada de la luna es el inicio de la historia de Mercedes Thompson, un atractiva mujer que cambia de forma y se convierte en coyote, que tiene como vecino a un hombre lobo dominante y que por las tardes trabaja como mecánico en el taller del vampiro Stefan. El mundo de Mercy es muy similar al nuestro, salvo que el Otro Mundo comienza a salir a la luz debido a las tecnologías modernas.

My rating: 4,5 estrellas por ser una de mis favoritas.



Debe ser como la cuarta vez que la leo.

Mercy Thompson has in mind to keep afloat his car workshop and how to keep her neighbor in his toes, when a very young werewolf in search of work and who seems to run away from home, comes to trigger a series of events. Deaths, conspiracies, a look at this world alien to humans.

«Los lobos, los de verdad, no suelen ser animales despiadados a menos que estén asustados, heridos o acorralados. Los hombres lobo son siempre despiadados, siempre están dispuestos a matar.»

Mercedes Thompson es una mecánica de autos WV con un taller propio en el estado de Washington. Es mitad nativo americano, hija de madre soltera adolescente con un vaquero de rodeo, y es una "caminante" (skinwalker) que puede convertirse en un coyote. No sabe bien lo que es, pues no conoce a nadie más como ella. Pero fue criada junto a una manada de hombres-lobo, asi que de ello si sabe bastante, sobre todo de lobos dominantes, que ella respeta porque no es tonta, pero que no la mandan a ella pese a todo el desbalance de poder. Su ex-jefe y dueño anterior del taller es un fae, pues en su mundo éstos han sido dados a conocer por sus superiores los Señores Grises. Pero todavia nadie sabe de brujas, ni de licantropos, ni de vampiros.

domingo, 14 de abril de 2019

Reseña: Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl #1)

Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl #1)

by 

Eoin Colfer



280 pages
(first published April 26th 2001)
ISBN: 1423124529 (ISBN13: 9781423124528)
Series: Artemis Fowl #1  
 BLURB: Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius, and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't fairies of bedtime stories; these fairies are armed and dangerous.
Artemis thinks he has them right where he wants them...but then they stop playing by the rules.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Artemis Fowl es un antiheroe de 12 años, un genio criminal que viene de un legado familiar de gente dedicada a hacer ganancias por cualquier medio necesario, y aunque de vez en cuando hacen algo legitimo, se aburren y vuelven al mundo criminal. Cuando inicia la historia, Artemis hace años que se maneja solo junto a su fiel guardaespaldas Butler (de un largo legado de Butler que han servido a los Fowl). Su padre lleva años desaparecido, probablemente por la mafia rusa, y su madre vive en un estado de depresion recluida en su pequeño mundo en su habitacion. 

Asi que Artemis conspira con encontrar una gran ventaja para hallar a su padre y obtener mucho, mucho dinero. Sus investigaciones le han llevado a descubrir que existe un mundo secreto de hadas y decide apoderarse de su oro... facil ¿verdad? Pues no. Pero eso no amedrenta a este villano que tiene planes sobre planes en marcha.

jueves, 11 de abril de 2019

Reseña de ARC: Kidnapped by Vampires (The Z Team #2)

 +Digital ARC gently provided by Netgalley and publishers in exchange for an honest review+

Kidnapped by Vampires (The Z Team #2)
by 
D.E. Daly

 64 pages
Published January 15th 2019 by West 44 Books
ISBN: 1538381893 (ISBN13: 9781538381892)
Series: The Z Team #2 
Language: English

BLURB: The Z Team is pretty sure nothing else is coming out of the old railroad station. They're ready to retire. However, when people start going missing in town, the Z Team gets back together to fight their next challenge, which are vampires.


My rating: 2.6 vampires on the railroads stars

Level: 9-12

The Z Team is a party of 3 middle schoolers who are clearly influenced by our remembered Buffy the Vampire Slayer (though here is named as 'Sunny the Monster Masher') in a light version of Eerie Indiana it seems.

The Zephyr Terminal is again the focus of supernatural problems, and the friends Chloe, Malik y Justin have to find it before something worst may happen to their close ones.

It's a cheesy adventure, with preteen and teens problems of homework, tests, and sisters not listening to younger siblings. And of course vampire lore thrown in the mix.

martes, 26 de febrero de 2019

Reseña: Magic Triumphs (Kate Daniels #10)

 Popsugar reto 18. Un libro que querías leer en 2018

ESTE ES EL FINAL DE LA SERIE, asi que si nunca has escuchado de esta serie de fantasía urbana, de Kate Daniels y Curran, ve corriendo por el primer libro y después hablamos ;D

Magic Triumphs (Kate Daniels #10)

by 

Ilona Andrews


327 pages
Published August 28th 2018 by Ace
ISBN: 0425270718 (ISBN13: 9780425270714)
Edition Language: English
Series Kate Daniels #10

BLURB: Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She's made friends and enemies. She's found love and started a family . But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“You don’t do subtle. Your subtle is pulling a kick so you don’t kill a man with it, just break his bones.”

A continuación SPOILERS-SPOILERS-SPOILERS--SPOILERS por doquier. Quedan advertidos.

viernes, 25 de enero de 2019

Reseña: Shadow's Bane (Dorina Basarab #4)

Shadow's Bane (Dorina Basarab #4)

by 

Karen Chance


616 pages
Published July 31st 2018 by Berkeley
ISBN: 0451419065 (ISBN13: 9780451419064)
Edition Language: English
Series: Dorina Basarab #4
BLURB: Dorina Basarab is a dhampir—half-human, half-vampire. As one of the Vampire Senate’s newest members, Dory already has a lot on her plate. But then a relative of one of Dory’s fey friends goes missing. They fear he’s been sold to a slaver who arranges fights—sometimes to the death—between different types of fey.
As Dory investigates, she and her friends learn the slavers are into something much bigger than a fight club. With the Vampire Senate gearing up for war with Faerie, it’ll take everything she has to defeat the slavers—and deal with the entirely too attractive master vampire Louis-Cesare....

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



That was GREAT!!

In real life, Prince Charming took a knife in the eye, because he fought fair when nobody else did, and the bad guys won.
That was my reality. Hell, that was everyone’s reality, because that was actual fucking reality, and yet here he was, acting like none of that was true, none of that could touch him. But it was, and it could; I could. Not only wasn’t I a Disney hero, part of me wouldn’t even have been cast as the villain because she’d scare the crap out of the kiddies.

But I feel that I like Dorina a lot more than Dory after reading it.

A rollercoaster of story, with plenty of non-stop action. And emotions.

The plot? The vampiric senate continues in disarray. Dory must face more than one headache because of it. Meanwhile, Olga looks for a nephew kidnapped by slavers who shows us a sordid world where they perform clandestine fights like gladiators and children have the worst part. This forms part of a network of smugglers with a very dark secret.

domingo, 13 de enero de 2019

Reseña: A Flight of Broken Wings (The Aeriel Chronicles #1)

+Complementary e-book copy gently provided by the author in exchange for an honest review+

A Flight of Broken Wings (The Aeriel Chronicles #1)

by

Nupur Chowdhury

 270 pages
Published (first published August 17th 2018)
Edition Language: English
Series: The Aeriel Chronicles #1

BLURB: Six hundred years ago, humanity rose up in revolt against the Aeriels, who were driven from earth and back into their homeland of Vaan after a bloody and glorious war.
Eight years ago, Ruban’s home was destroyed and his family murdered by an Aeriel. When a new Aeriel threat looms over Ragah, the capital city of Vandram, Ruban Kinoh must do everything in his power to avenge his family's past and protect the future of his country.
Which is hard enough without being saddled with a pretty and pompous aristocrat, who seems as useless as he is vain. Faced with a conspiracy that might cost humanity its hard-won freedom, and accompanied by the bejeweled and glitter-clad Ashwin Kwan, Ruban begins his journey into a land where the past and the future intertwine.

My rating: 3.5 winged stars


In Vandran, Ruban Kinoh is the best Hunter of Aeriels, the murderous winged monsters that murderered his family and terrorize the country. Now, there are talks about a new formula that perfected the best weapon against them -Sif- and is his duty to protect it. Nevermind he has to endure Ashwing, some annoying young lordling that is babbling to much to the press and apparently knows too much .

.....................
“Sif, as you know, is the world’s greatest and fastest conductor of energy. It’s the only substance on earth that can sap an Aeriel’s energy faster than its body can replenish it. Sifblades kill Aeriels not by means of any physical wounds, but simply by drawing the energy – their life-source – out of their bodies faster than they can recharge their batteries.
.........

This is a bit of confusing literary gender to put in, because there are jeeps, taxis, facebook, Jack Sparrow, and cellphones, but not planes so far in 2017. And the Aeriels -winged beings made of energy- are from another dimension . So, kind of alternate reality/urban fantasy with aliens?




viernes, 6 de julio de 2018

Reseña: Sunshine

Rseña Bilingue.

Sunshine 

by  

Robin McKinley

 
Hardcover, 389 pages
Published September 1st 2003 by Berkley Books
ISBN:0425191788 (ISBN13: 9780425191781)
Edition Language: English

Literary Awards
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (2004)

Un solo libro. Sin traducción al castellano.
BLURB: "Sunshine” is what everyone calls her. She works long hours in her family’s coffeehouse, making her famous “Cinnamon Rolls as Big as Your Head,” Bitter Chocolate Death, Caramel Cataclysm, and other sugar-shock specials that keep the customers coming. She’s happy in her bakery which her stepfather built specially for her but sometimes she feels that she should have life outside the coffeehouse.
One evening she drives out to the lake to get away from her family, to be alone. There hasn’t been any trouble at the lake for years.
But there is trouble that night for Sunshine. But there is trouble that night for Sunshine. She is abducted by a gang of vampires
And now he needs her help to survive the day..

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

What this world doesn’t have is the three-wishes, go-to-the-ball-and-meet-your-prince, happily-ever-after kind of magic. We have all the mangling and malevolent kinds. Who invented this system?
Esta es la segunda ocasión que leo Sunshine. Aparte de ser leido en mi época en que leia cualquier cosa de vampiros que caia en mis manos, tiene la gracia por decirlo asi, de ser el único libro de Mckinley que he podido llegar hasta el final; el resto quedan abandonados a las pocas páginas.

La historia central es acerca de una panadera-pastelera llamada Rae Seddon, a quien apodan "Sunshine".  Tiene 25 años, vive sola, pero trabaja en el cafe/restaurant familiar con su padrastro, mamá, su amante cocinero y motorista, y dos hermanos más jovenes. 

Esta es una suerte de realidad alternativa , donde hay 3 grandes Otros: vampiros (los más temidos), hechiceros y demonios. Hubo una gran guerra hace unos años, las Voodoo Wars, y alli cayó gran parte de la población humana, principalmente a manos de los vampiros. Además hay cambiaformas, pero no se habla mucho de ellos, de hecho todo lo acerca de lo extraño para la gente llamada 'normal' es como 'no pensemos en ellos mejor y así no nos afectará'. Seguro. Aparte, la gente usa magia en el día a día, usando protecciones en vez de cerraduras y como alarmas, pra evitar choques de vehiculos y asi. 

La ciudad es New Arcadia, y todo comienza cuando Rae se va a tomar aire al lago, donde hace muchos años sus padres tenian una casa. Alli es secuestrada por vampiros, y ella piensa que esa es su última hora. Sin embargo, ellos tenian una suerte de juego en mente y le abandonana encadenada con un vampiro que se esta muriendo de hambre y que tambien parece prisionero.

Alli, Sunshine tendrá que echar mano a viejos recuerdos casi olvidados, o tal vez a propósito olvidados para poder sobrevivir a  esa situación,

lunes, 25 de junio de 2018

Reseña: Frostbitten (Otherworld #10)

RESEÑA EN INGLES Y EN CASTELLANO


Frostbitten (Otherworld #10)

by

 Kelley Armstrong


 405 pages
Published May 6th 2010 by Orbit (first published September 21st 2009)
ISBN: 1841497754 (ISBN13: 9781841497754)
Edition Language: English

BLURB: After years of struggle, Elena Michaels has finally accepted her life as a werewolf, and learned how to control her wild side.
At least, that's what she believes when she sets off to investigate a series of gruesome murders outside Anchorage. The truth, however, is more complicated. Trapped in a frozen, unforgiving terrain, Elena is forced to confront a deadly secret, and her own, untamed nature...

My rating: 3.5 bleeding stars


Gotta to say that this series by Armstrong (formerly know as Women of Otherworld) is at it best in the werewolves front, and Jamie. I am not fan of Savannah the witch , so I skip those books.

And now, about this book: First - TRIGGER WARNING: lot of rapists running around and violent attempted rapes.

The story? Elena follow a mutt (a werewolf without pack) trying to warn him b/c was framed for murder. The guy flees and so Elena and Clay end in Alaska. There, Clay find an old friend , and more mutts, and more crimes and murder and people missing... and maybe some old folk tale.

There were no humans here. No werewolves. No mysterious beasts. Just something… else. Something primitive, capricious and cruel. Some magic, deep in the forest, that cared little for my survival.

sábado, 16 de junio de 2018

Reseña: Planet Dragos (Elder Races #9.8)

Planet Dragos (Elder Races 9.8)

by  

Thea Harrison


 164 pages
Published May 6th 2018 by Teddy Harrison LLC
ISBN: 1947046012 (ISBN13: 9781947046016)

BLURB:  Pia’s latest pregnancy has become a daily challenge, her relationship with Dragos strained with argument. That hasn’t stopped them from achieving a compromise and traveling to Las Vegas to celebrate their friend Rune’s wedding to his mate Carling.
From the moment they arrive, the trip goes awry. Death walks in Vegas, and Pia is kidnapped as an ancient enemy makes a move to destroy the Great Beast once and for all.
  But the Great Beast has other plans.
 

My rating: 3.2 of 5 stars


Men might be from Mars, Pia said, and women could possibly be from Venus, but Dragos is a planet all on his own. Just look how everyone revolves around him.


Cheesy display of the couple, walking in the well-known territory. A bit of danger and fluff, and some witty comebacks. It was better that the latest novellas. Feels like a turn-of-the-page for them.

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Dragos acude con Pia a la boda de Rune y Carling en Las Vegas. Se separan mientras él conduce negocios y ella es atraida por un misterio en que se siente dejada de lado cuando ve un hombre que se asemeja mucho a Dragos. Luego aparecen los malos, y vaya sorpresa, la secuestra un antiguo enemigo del dragón.

Esta novella me gustó más que la anterior, Hay un Dragos algo más reflexivo y se ve hasta un poquitico más vulnerable. Pia por fin saca más fuerza, y hay minivistazos de muchos centinelas.