![]() ![]() He is a complex individual, who beneath his shrewd, no-nonsense exterior conceals a sense of compassion and loyalty. In this book, we meet Matthew’s father, Philippe, and he is easily my favorite supporting character of the entire series. It has its redeeming qualities, chief among which being its characters. The goodĪs I noted earlier, Shadow of Night is by no means a terrible book. By the book’s end, you are more than ready to see the characters leave Tudor England and return to the present day. Compared to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night is neither as engaging nor quick of a read. ![]() This overattention to detail and tendency to focus on minor plot points causes the book’s pace to be a tad slow at times. I could have done with fewer scenes of Diana doing alchemical experiments with Mary Sidney and more scenes of her doing magic lessons with Goody Alsop. ![]() Diana and Matthew come to the past to learn more about Diana’s powers, as well as Ashmole 782, yet they seem to spend most of their time playing house and gallivanting around Europe. The story frequently becomes bogged down in historical detail, particularly during the parts set in London. The book’s greatest fault is that it at times reads like an exposé on Elizabethan England. It is by no means an unreadable book, but it is certainly the weakest of the trilogy. Shadow of Night suffers from middle book syndrome. TLDR: Overall, an enjoyable book but could benefit from less of a focus on the historical facts of 1590s England. ![]()
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Mia Thermopolis knows just what to do in a crisis: Rule.ĭuring the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of Meg Cabot, the Princess's royal biographer.Īs reported in media outlets such as Entertainment Weekly, The Mary Sue, Refinery 29, Bustle, and more, from March until June of 2020, sixteen entries of the princess's diary were leaked onto Ms. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Taking up our resources, our time to care for you.” Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U.S. Indeed, the novel does double duty as a survival manual, packed full of good advice-for instance, try not to get wounded, for “injury turns you from a giver to a taker. ![]() Brooks places the epicenter of the Bigfoot war in a high-tech hideaway populated by the kind of people you might find in a Jurassic Park franchise: the schmo who doesn’t know how to do much of anything but tries anyway, the well-intentioned bleeding heart, the know-it-all intellectual who turns out to know the wrong things, the immigrant with a tough backstory and an instinct for survival. 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If judged by the appeal of plot and characters alone, this would get about a 4 or so. My relatively high rating of 6 is mainly for the quality of some of the writing. This edition: Book-of-the-Month Club, 1995. ![]() |