7.23.2015
Blood and Gold
by Anne Rice, 471 pgs, hardcover
Series: The Vampire Chronicles book 8
Overall Grade: B
A Germanic (Norse?) vampire arises after sleeping in a cave for centuries. This vampire makes his way to Marius, who then spends most of the novel describing episodes of his long, angsty vampiric life (and casually breaking the fourth wall to tell the reader that he's skipping bits that were already described in previous books by Lestat, Armand and Pandora.) So we get even more backstory on Marius, but little to no forward movement in the series as a whole.
Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, media: book, series: Vampire Chronicles
7.20.2015
Ganymede
by Cherie Priest, 346 pgs, paperback
Series: Clockwork Century
Overall Grade: B
Erstwhile air pirate Andan Cly is trying to set up a more stable life in blight-stricken Seattle (see Boneshaker). While on a supply run to New Orleans he and his airship crew agree to help pilot an experimental ship from Lake Pontchartrain down the Mississippi, past watchful Confederate and Texan troops, to the Gulf where it will be handed over the the Union forces. But this experimental ship, the Ganymede, isn't an airship - it's a submarine!
Labels: genre: fiction, genre: historical, genre: steampunk, media: book, series: Clockwork Century
7.14.2015
Medicus
by Ruth Downie, 384 pgs, hardcover
Series: Gaius Petreius Ruso series book #1
Overall Grade: B+
Labels: genre: fiction, genre: historical, genre: mystery, media: book, series: Gaius Petreius Ruso
7.09.2015
Merrick
by Anne Rice, 307 pgs, hardcover
Series: The Vampire Chronicles book 7
Overall Grade: B+
Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, media: book, series: Lives of the Mayfair Witches, series: Vampire Chronicles
