Published: Harcourt, 2007 (25th Anniversary) “HELLO. MY NAME IS INIGO MONTOYA…” Plot Overview Buttercup, a poor farm girl in the land of Florin, is the most beautiful girl in the world. She attracts the attention of her farm hand, Westley, who falls in love with her the moment he sees … Continue reading
Publisher: Roc, 2000 WATCH OUT FOR TOAD-DEMONS AND SEX-CRAZED TALKING SKULLS Plot Overview Harry Dresden is *not* what comes to mind when one hears the word “wizard.” This word summons images of bearded, wizened old men in cloaks with pointy hats and magic staffs. Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is not … Continue reading
Publisher: Atria Books, 2011 “WIBBLY-WOBBLY, TIMEY-WIMEY” Plot Overview Set in Victorian England, The Map of Time includes three separate but intertwining stories, (although the characters don’t always realize it). In the first story, a suicidal young man finds a new lust for life when he is given an opportunity to … Continue reading
Publisher: Harper Collins, 2011 THESE VAMPS ARE GLITTER FREE Plot Overview In this thrilling conclusion to The Strain Trilogy, del Toro and Hogan deliver one of their most exciting adventures yet. Two years have passed since the Master first arrived on American soil. Dr. Ephraim (Eph) Goodweather, the former head … Continue reading
Publisher: Orbit, 2011 OF VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, AND TREACLE TART Plot Overview Lady Alexia Maccon, formerly Tarabotti, is back in this fourth installment of Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate Series, Heartless. This time we find Alexia solving yet another mystery within the English realm. An unidentified ghost has manifested itself to Alexia … Continue reading
