Advantages: Witty, exciting, entertaining....start of a equally fantastic series Disadvantages: It's not the best in the series (but as you start with this, you can't tell)
I can remember the first time i read this book. I got it from the library as i had ran out of books to read, and being a fan of all things fantasy, thought i'd at least give it a go. Fate must have been shining that day, as the author has now become my fa ...
Advantages: well constructed, well written, great main character, no former knowledge of high magic needed Disadvantages: without the magic and the charm of the main character, the detective element of the novel is bland
From my experience, the problem with man Urban Fantasy books I've read recently is that either the author fills the story with technobabble (or it's fantasy equivalent) or they assume the reader already knows all about the way things should work in their ...
Advantages: Entertaining Read Disadvantages: begining and end were a little slow
This book in my Opinion was very cleverly written, it has all the magical trates that i enjoy in a book an during the middle of the book i was totally hooked! i feel it started off very slow. it took me a little while to get into this book, but as soon a ...
Advantages: So much facination Disadvantages: Sometimes can be confusing
This is another excellent book wrtten by the brilliant author Garth Nix. It is such a fantasy book that at some points it is confusing because the heros in the book are getting attacked by something called "nothing". However don't read this book until you ...
Advantages: You experience what the hero experiences in the book Disadvantages: You have to wait for the next book to see what happens
Who says children's books are only for children?
Brilliantly and ingeniously written, and follows fluidly from the previous books in the series. Wonderfully full of action and suspense injected with comical statements to add to the twist. The plot is i ...