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Legend, Marie Lu [library book, young adult, dystopia]. (I'm a sucker for a good YA dystopia...unfortunately, this book is not one. The two first-person narrators are almost identical, and the world is not well explained. Also, I hate hate hate the gimmick of having one main character's chapters be printed in a cutesy gold font. Talk about ripping you out of the suspension of disbelief.)
The Scorpio Races, Maggie Stiefvater [library book, young adult, fantasy]. (This book is fantastic. I'd never read the author before, but she's going to the top of my Instant-Buy list. This is a fantasy--or maybe a subtle blend of mythology and magical realism, with rich, beautiful, evocative writing. The conceit of two alternative first-person narrators works, because the character voices are so distinct. Buy it. You won't regret it.)
Endgame, Ann Aguirre [purchase, fiction, space opera]. (The last book in the Sirantha Jax series brings her story to a satisfying close. It's better to have read the other five books before this one, and you'll want to read them anyway. Highly recommended.)
Unraveling, Elizabeth Norris [library book, young adult, science fiction]. (A neat YA story about resurrection [literally!] psychic healing powers, multiverses, and worlds colliding. The hero comes off as a young Dana Scully [indeed, the parallel is explicitly drawn]. The story and writing suffer somewhat from first-book syndrome, but this is a new writer to watch.)
The Scorpio Races, Maggie Stiefvater [library book, young adult, fantasy]. (This book is fantastic. I'd never read the author before, but she's going to the top of my Instant-Buy list. This is a fantasy--or maybe a subtle blend of mythology and magical realism, with rich, beautiful, evocative writing. The conceit of two alternative first-person narrators works, because the character voices are so distinct. Buy it. You won't regret it.)
Endgame, Ann Aguirre [purchase, fiction, space opera]. (The last book in the Sirantha Jax series brings her story to a satisfying close. It's better to have read the other five books before this one, and you'll want to read them anyway. Highly recommended.)
Unraveling, Elizabeth Norris [library book, young adult, science fiction]. (A neat YA story about resurrection [literally!] psychic healing powers, multiverses, and worlds colliding. The hero comes off as a young Dana Scully [indeed, the parallel is explicitly drawn]. The story and writing suffer somewhat from first-book syndrome, but this is a new writer to watch.)
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