#113 Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs

The latest book in the series in not a good place to start and it is better if you have read both the Mercy books and the Anna & Charles books.  The pack gets a call for help with a troll on a bridge in the Tri Cites.  Wen Zee and Tad arrive on the scene bringing a human boy that control fire the war with the Fay starts to heat up.  The story is very fast paced in this book and things resolve themselves quickly.  There were touches of humor that I really liked with Adam and Mercy’s marriage that did lighten the tone. By the end of the story it should be interesting to see where the story in this goes next.  As a bit of a spoiler, it might be a good thing if you have read all of the short stories set in this universe since some more people are involved with the plot and they have a walk-on during the story as well.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley.

#114 Every Heart a Doorway (Every Heart A Doorway #1) by Seanan McGuire

Review to be held until two weeks prior to publication due to publisher request. I will say this is an amazing story and I’ll be keeping it in mind when I fill out my award ballots for 2016 awards in 2017.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley.


UPDATED ENTRY on 3/23/2016

So many stories start with a child that makes their way into a fantasy land where they are the chosen one.  Sometimes there are wars fought, friends lost and love gained but almost no story says what happens when they get back to the world they came from. This novella covers that and what happens to some of the mostly girls but some boys that go from ordinary to extraordinary and back to ordinary but not believed about their adventures.

Nancy was missing for almost six months when she suddenly appeared back in her parent’s basement. Her folks think her kidnappers dropped her back off and that she is still fixated on them. What happened was a door to another universe opened up and Nancy stepped in and lived with the Lord of the Halls of the Dead.  Now Nancy is at a boarding school that her parents think will help her get over it. Where she has been sent is a place for people that have been to other places and dearly want to go back.

This was an amazing story and I’m glad that there will be more in this universe.