![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Entry tags:
50 in '13: #4
Title: Midnight Blue-Light Special
Author: Seanan McGuire
Length: 333 pages
Sequel to Discount Armageddon, this continues following the adventures of Verity Price, ballroom dancer and cryptid defender, in NYC. (The next two books will apparently shift to follow her older brother.) Knowing what I know about the origins of this series, I had to once in a while stop and snicker. St. Giles' Hospital, indeed.
That said, it's a pretty good read, and definitely ups the stakes from the first volume. Particularly once the Covenant rolls into town. By the end of this book, I definitely understand why the Covenant is nightmare fodder for cryptids and Healy-Prices alike. Because they are. There's something in there to be said about who the real monsters are, but the answer is so obvious that it's not something the book bothers discussing.
Now, for my critiques. I'm still not keen on first-person narratives. And it bugs the sh*t out of me that Seanan very obviously has this whole universe set up in her head, mapped out in incredible detail... and forgets that we don't. There's a family tree in the beginning of the book. Which is all well and good until you realize that it doesn't go back nearly enough generations to cover everyone mentioned, let alone detail Verity's mother's side of the family. Because every time I hit a mention of great-grandma so-and-so, or uncle such-and-such, I was left scrambling.
That said, it's an enjoyable read, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the first book, or simply wants more Aeslin mice. And who doesn't want more Aeslin mice?
Verdict: recommended.
Author: Seanan McGuire
Length: 333 pages
Sequel to Discount Armageddon, this continues following the adventures of Verity Price, ballroom dancer and cryptid defender, in NYC. (The next two books will apparently shift to follow her older brother.) Knowing what I know about the origins of this series, I had to once in a while stop and snicker. St. Giles' Hospital, indeed.
That said, it's a pretty good read, and definitely ups the stakes from the first volume. Particularly once the Covenant rolls into town. By the end of this book, I definitely understand why the Covenant is nightmare fodder for cryptids and Healy-Prices alike. Because they are. There's something in there to be said about who the real monsters are, but the answer is so obvious that it's not something the book bothers discussing.
Now, for my critiques. I'm still not keen on first-person narratives. And it bugs the sh*t out of me that Seanan very obviously has this whole universe set up in her head, mapped out in incredible detail... and forgets that we don't. There's a family tree in the beginning of the book. Which is all well and good until you realize that it doesn't go back nearly enough generations to cover everyone mentioned, let alone detail Verity's mother's side of the family. Because every time I hit a mention of great-grandma so-and-so, or uncle such-and-such, I was left scrambling.
That said, it's an enjoyable read, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the first book, or simply wants more Aeslin mice. And who doesn't want more Aeslin mice?
Verdict: recommended.
no subject
Some weeks later, a story appeared on her LJ....
no subject