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cahnTiassa (Brust) 3+/5 - I really loved the first, oh, 3/4 of this book. And then... whoa, what? I get the feeling this is the first half, or maybe third, of a book that I will really love, but as it was I got the distinct feeling of merrily tripping along and then running face first into a blank wall when the book abruptly ended with only half the plot lines being wound up.
Anyway... part of the book is told by Paarfi, so be aware that if you haven't read the Paarfi books you'll be a bit lost. (And if you haven't read the other Vlad books you will be more than a bit lost; there isn't much recap.) But if you like the Paarfi books, that part is fantastic, of course!
I was reading King of Paris at the same time, next to which this kind of suffers, but up until the ending I was liking it much more than the last couple of Vlad books, and almost as much as some of my favorites.
Nickel Plated (Davis) 3+/5. This book was actually... quite impressive. Think a cross betwen Girl with a Dragon Tattoo (minus the weird middle-aged fabio vibes) and Veronica Mars as a boy -- teen noir, gritty, A plot with a couple of B plots mixed in, with a hero who has a cold black heart with a fluffy marshmellow center -- but minus pretty much all the relationships (the parental figures, the friendships, the angst-ridden love interests -- Nickel has got one of each, but none of the relationships are as deep as Veronica's. Or, to be fair, as angst-ridden, which is a good thing) and that blazing core of integrity Veronica has. (Not that he doesn't have his own kind of integrity, but it's not nearly as fundamental to his character as Veronica's.) Unfortunately for this book, what I loved about VM was the relationships (well, except for the angsty love, bleah) and that flaming integrity. So I didn't like it as much as I kind of felt like I should. But I was drawn into the story.
6-28-11: changed "Paarvati" to the proper "Paarfi" :)
Anyway... part of the book is told by Paarfi, so be aware that if you haven't read the Paarfi books you'll be a bit lost. (And if you haven't read the other Vlad books you will be more than a bit lost; there isn't much recap.) But if you like the Paarfi books, that part is fantastic, of course!
I was reading King of Paris at the same time, next to which this kind of suffers, but up until the ending I was liking it much more than the last couple of Vlad books, and almost as much as some of my favorites.
Nickel Plated (Davis) 3+/5. This book was actually... quite impressive. Think a cross betwen Girl with a Dragon Tattoo (minus the weird middle-aged fabio vibes) and Veronica Mars as a boy -- teen noir, gritty, A plot with a couple of B plots mixed in, with a hero who has a cold black heart with a fluffy marshmellow center -- but minus pretty much all the relationships (the parental figures, the friendships, the angst-ridden love interests -- Nickel has got one of each, but none of the relationships are as deep as Veronica's. Or, to be fair, as angst-ridden, which is a good thing) and that blazing core of integrity Veronica has. (Not that he doesn't have his own kind of integrity, but it's not nearly as fundamental to his character as Veronica's.) Unfortunately for this book, what I loved about VM was the relationships (well, except for the angsty love, bleah) and that flaming integrity. So I didn't like it as much as I kind of felt like I should. But I was drawn into the story.
6-28-11: changed "Paarvati" to the proper "Paarfi" :)
