Rage: A Love Story

2010, Books in Bed, Favorites, Fiction, Queer, Young Adult /

I didn’t mean to read Rage: A Love Story all the way through, last night. But – I couldn’t put it down.

Peters writes at the beginning of the book that this was the story she did not want to write … I can see why. Nobody wants to face partner abuse in teen relationships and certainly not partner abuse in queer teen relationships. But… thank goodness Julie Anne Peters did it. I’m not sure I know of another author who could have pulled this story off – The Joyland entries were a smart, smart addition to the story.

I literally could not put the book down and stayed up hours after TW had gone to sleep (that really never happens, it’s usually the other way around.)

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The Celestial Globe

2010, Books in Bed, Children's Literature, Sci Fi and Fantasy, Young Adult /

The second book in the Kronos Chronicles wasn’t quite as good as the first. The Celestial Globe had all of our favorite characters but for most of the book they were split off from each other. Well, not exactly. It was Petra and Astrophil and Dee in England and Neel and Tomik together… in several places. Which was interesting, very interesting, but it took too long to bring the whole gang together. Or maybe it was that once they were all together, the story moved too quickly and we didn’t get to see the relationships of the three kids together.

It looks like the next book will remedy that, though…

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Dreamdark: Silksinger

1 Comment / 2010, Books in Bed, Children's Literature, Cybil Challenge, Favorites, Sci Fi and Fantasy /

Dreamdark: Silksinger is the second in the Dreamdark series and I haven’t read the first. I hate it when that happens. But TW assured me that I didn’t need to read the first one… and she was right, though I probably would have found it easier to dig into this one had I read the first. I found the first few chapters a little slow and confusing because of the introduction of so many new to me characters and situations. Once I got through that initial slowness, I was hooked.

Now I have to go back and read the first one.

(Also loved the author’s note at the end – the evil character was named for a comment captcha form. That’s awesome! I like it when funky captchas turn into something good.)

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The Farwalker’s Quest

1 Comment / 2010, Books in Bed, Children's Literature, Cybil Challenge, Favorites, Sci Fi and Fantasy /

The beginning of Farwalker’s Quest made me feel like I’d already read this story – 13 year old children preparing for their naming test, a treesinger, a healtouch – it just seemed familiar. Now that I’ve finished, I know I haven’t read it before but it still feels familiar.

But anyway – another good middle grade science fiction/fantasy book from the Cybils short list. I don’t think this is going to be the winner but it’s an excellent story with characters I liked a lot. The ending was particularly interesting. I expected the Farwalker (and her companions) to find what they were looking for, where they found it, and how they found it – but I didn’t quite expect what they found. I don’t know why I didn’t expect it, that’s what made sense – or it did once I read it. Heh.

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