Reseña: Have Stakes, Will Travel (antologia del mundo de Jane Yellowrock)

Have Stakes, Will Travel (Jane Yellorock #4,5)

by 

Faith Hunter

143 pages

Published September 4th 2012 by Penguin Group (USA)

ISBN 1101611669 (ISBN13: 9781101611661)

Edition Language English

bookshelves: vampiros, vamp-hunter, fantasia-urbana, witches-wizards, magia, anthology, short-story,  shapeshifters, shifter_puma

My rating: 4,5 ★

Esta es una de mis series favoritas de fantasia urbana, junto con las de Mercy Thompson y de Kate Andrews. Con frecuencia uno se pregunta si vale la pena comprar/leer una antologia, y según mi percepción las historias de aqui ameritan leerse.

We sa and the Lumber King - a snippet in the Hunger Times. Beast and invading Humans. (ok)

Haints - 4,5 stars -(Molly POV) Molly and a Haunted House unreveal a drama, helped by Jane. I like that it shows a bit about Big Evan, and the interaction between Molly and Jane, and the way she see Jane.

Signatures of the Dead - 4 stars -(Molly POV). I confess that I didn't remember more than the aftermath of this (published before in Strange Brew ) , so I really enjoy it. Shows a more human side of Jane, vulnerable.
And make more angry with the Everheart witches for not valued her more after all this.

Cajun with Fangs 4.5 stars -(spoiler)----->[It baffled how the cook put Jane down so fast! (hide spoiler)] It baffled how the cook put Jane down so fast!<------

 Nice and with a happy ending. The usual put ins scene, vampires vs witches, but all goes in the little details, and the humor.


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Reseña: Monstress #3 (Novela Gráfica)

Monstress #3 

by  

Marjorie M. Liu, 

Sana Takeda (Illustrator)

Published January 27th 2016 by Image Comics

Edition Language English

URL

https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/monstress-3

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: graphic-novel, bloody-and-gory, dark-fantasy

Maika still trying to find answers and scape her pursuers (view spoiler)[ ... evil inside gets a new meaning here. But is the mask to leash this entity? (hide spoiler)]

So short.

Beautiful art.



(warning: violence and cruelty aplenty)



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Reseña: Ojos de Fuego

Ojos de fuego 

by

 Stephen King

465 pages

Published 1981 by Pomaire (first published September 980)

Original Title Firestarter

ISBN 8428606269 (ISBN13: 9788428606264)

Edition Language Spanish

 

 bookshelves: psychic-powers, drama,  psychic-pyrokinesis, psychic-telepathic, vi-primero-la-pelicula

 

 

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

(Reading Challenge: 10. Un bestseller del New York Times)

A cautionary tale about not get involved in paid college experiments, no matter how much you need the money.

Si estás en busca de un libro de horror, esto no es lo que buscas. Creo que podria definirse más bien como uno de conspiración gubernamental.

Lo tienen encerrado en una habitación pequeña con una puerta que no puede abrir y una cerradura que no puede forzar. Lo someten a pruebas. Dobla llaves. Cierra puertas. Y según me han dicho, está casi loco.
—Oh… válgame… Dios —musitó Andy débilmente.
—Forma parte del esfuerzo encaminado a preservar la paz, así que no importa que se vuelva loco —añadió Quincey—. Él enloquece para que doscientos veinte millones de norteamericanos podamos vivir seguros y libres. ¿Entiendes?
—Sí —susurró Andy.

(aqui hasta parece haber un guiño sardónico a Ursula K. Le Guin The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas )

Reseña: Love Bites (Argeneau #2)

Love Bites 

by  

Lynsay Sands

 373 pages 

Published by Love Spell 

 (first published 2004)

ISBN

0505525534 (ISBN13: 9780505525536)

URL

http://www.lynsaysands.net/books/argeneau/lovebites.html

 

  bookshelves:  vampiros, paranormal-romance, w_medical-profession, w_computer-game-designer

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


It was a funny, fluffy read until near the middle when became boring for me.

Reseña: Spellsinger (Spellsinger #1)

Spellsinger 

by  

Alan Dean Foster

347 pages

first published March 1st 1983 

 

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


bookshelves: adventure, fantasy, anthropomorphised-animals, magia, parallel-worlds, power_singing, travel-dimensions, aprendiz-de-brujo,  satirical

Narnia meet Ted's Excellent Adventure. Sort of.

I'd make a lousy lawyer, he thought. And if I can't help thinking about power and mastery, well hell, I'm only human.
Maybe if I work real hard, he told himself, I can manage to overcome that.

I think we all know that wise turtles have a unique sense of humor and the concept of a suitable hero.


So, when Clothahump searches the universe between clouds of cof open minded concoctions looking for a powerful magical engineer, Jonathan-Thomas Meriweather -who until then was trying to relax about his thesis smoking pot- ends in a forest in front of a giant otter dressed as Disney's Robin Hood reject ... what a bad trip.

Reseña: Kicking It (Es una Antologia de UF/PNR)

Kicking It 

by  

Faith Hunter, Kalayna Price,  Rachel Caine , Chloe Neill , Rob Thurman, Shannon K. Butcher , Lucienne Diver, Christina Henry  , Chris Marie Green

 

349 pages

Published December 3rd 2013 by Roc Trade 

 

ISBN

0451419006 (ISBN13: 9780451419002)

Edition Language

English

URL

http://shannonkbutcher.com/anthologiesstand-alones/kicking-it/

My rating:

2.5 walking stars
 


Lo lei por Faith Hunter, y sentia curiosidad por R.Caine y Price.

Son 9 historias, y voy a ponerlo asi.

Las mejores historias cortas del volumen

Reseña: Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo

Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo 

 by  

Rick Riordan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: myth-and-legends, dioses-y-semidioses, 2016-readings, short-story, greek-mythology, musicians, adventure

Esta historia corta forma parte de una antologia de varios autores Guys Read: Other Worlds.

Es el cumpleaños de Grover, y Apolo viene con una tarea demandante ... relacionada con la música. No digo más porque lo contaria todo.

Why can't you just go?"
"I don't have time, I've got to practice! I've got to write a set list, do sound checks. Besides, that's what you heroes are for."
"Running the gods' errands."
"Exactly!" Apollo spread his hands.

Rápida y entretiene, sin mayores demandas ;)

Reseña: Music of the Night

Estaba limpiando mi lista de libros para leer, y logré bajar de 677 a 670... wiiii. Y bueno, esto se encontraba alli, y como resultó bastante corto, pues :P

Music Of The Night 

by 

M.L. Rhodes

m-m, contemporary-fiction, musicians, w_classical-musician, w_exmilitar, insta-lust-or-luv

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Venice. Masks. Loneliness. Lust. And intrigue.

Reseña: Fighting Demons (Hunting Monsters, 2)

http://thebooksmugglers.com/2015/09/fighting-demons-by-s-l-huang.html

Esta es la continuación de Hunting Monsters.

Fighting Demons 

by

S.L. Huang

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


bookshelves: fantasy, 2016-readings, short-story, demons


 Xiao Hong travels to her mother’s homeland in pursuit of Rosa in the sequel to Hunting Monsters




Family love and Duty are complicated matters, even more with different culture backgrounds.



Me fue dificil seguir la historia entre tanto nombre semejante; en todo caso, senti más simpatia por el chico que por la chica.

Reseña: Hunting Monsters

http://thebooksmugglers.com/2014/10/hunting-monsters-by-s-l-huang.html

Hunting Monsters 

 by S.L. Huang

ebook, 50 pages

Published October 7th 2014 by Book Smugglers

Bookshelves 2016-readings, fantasy, hexed-cursed, retold-fairytale, short-story

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Beautiful cover


Interesting short tale about a girl , with suggestions to many others fairy tales as (spoiler) --->[: Rosaflor y Blancanieve, La Bella y la Bestia, Caperucita Roja, Barba Negra... (hide spoiler)]
Rosaflor y Blancanieve, La Bella y la Bestia, Caperucita Roja, Barba Negra...

A una chica siempre le han enseñado tener precaución al cazar animales, después de todo, ese animal bien pudiera ser un humano que se transforma en animal maldecido por una bruja u otra cosa... pero un día ella descubre algo que puede cambiar como ve a su familia.