BlackRabbit’s #CBR5 Review #17: Shades of Gray by Jasper Fforde

 

The plot is carefully laid out in a complex society, and I wasn’t surprised when I found out it was the first in a series-such an entrenched and strange world couldn’t (and shouldn’t) be upended in the space of one novel.

 

BlackRabbit’s #CBR5 Review #14: The Wolf’s Hour by Robert McCammon

It’s not a philosophy book or a coming-of-age story or an origin story, it’s James “Wolfman” Bond ripping the throats out of Gestapo agents with his teeth.

BlackRabbit’s #CBR5 Review #13: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl

In the middle of this power struggle, a hideous crime is discovered, one that seems to be tied to Dante’s infamous story of a man traveling through hell…

BlackRabbit’s CBR5 Review #12 Emperor Mollusk Vs The Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez

Think Batman with fewer scruples, a robotic body and a soft squishy head and you have it.

BlackRabbit CBR5 Review #11 Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber

So why not a zombie book, well after the massive shambling wave of popularity has subsided? And not just any zombie book, but a Star Wars zombie book?

BlackRabbit #CBR5 Review#9: The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

It’s an excellent “beach book” for anyone-a good, self-contained story with enough twists, evil, love and loyalty to make you both wish for a sequel and glad that King has never written one.

BlackRabbit #CBR Review#8: Storm Front by Jim Butcher

By this point I don’t think Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series can be called hidden, but it’s still a good example of something fresh and new.

BlackRabbit’s #CBR5 Review #7: Thunderer by Felix Gilman

Thunderer is one of the few books I’ve picked up purely by impulse, not someone’s recommendation or a review I’ve read somewhere. New author, new story, new world, and I did not regret it.

BlackRabbit’s #CBR5 Review #6: It’s Superman by Tom De Haven

Superman has been accused of being stodgy, a Boy Scout and old-fashioned. The hero in It’s Superman squashes that nonsense.

BlackRabbit’s #CBR5 Review #5: The Alloy Of Law by Brandon Sanderson

I don’t know what changed with this new book. Maybe Mr. Sanderson altered his style in some way. Maybe I’m a different person now. All I know is that Alloy of Law is a good read.