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Alchemy (Mercian Trilogy, #2) by K.J. Wignall

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I read the first book in this trilogy, Blood, a couple of years ago and had mixed feelings.  Being a little OCD about series (particularly from authors I enjoy)...

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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls #1) by Deborah Harkness

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Anyways, all of this is not to say I didn't enjoy reading the book, and that I am not tempted to power through and read the second tome, just that it was an int...

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Blood (Mercian Trilogy #1) by K.J. Wignall

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I enjoyed this book, and think it will make for an interesting series, it was hard getting my head around it as it was just so different than his previous works...

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Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Kevin Holtsberry / 2 Comments

This was another hard to rate YA fantasy adventure novel. It has a nice hook (a Van Helsing is sent to a Geneva boarding school after getting in to trouble at h...

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Twilight, Vampires and Community

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Kevin Holtsberry / 2 Comments

Tony Woodlief on what the Twilight series, and its popularity, says about modern notions of community: We have fully reversed the symbolism of Stoker’s vampir...

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