The PolyBlog

Plot or Premise The sixth book in the House of Night is all about Kalona invading Zoey’s dreams. What I Liked There is some interesting stuff with Shauna Rae and the red fledglings, including who is falling in line and how isn’t. And we get to see the governing council of vampyres in Italy. Plus we get to see more of Rephaim with Shauna Rae. What I Didn’t Like The love quadrangle has morphed into some polygamy arrangement for Zoey (finally?) yet the angst still remains. And again, we have the “we can’t ever go back to the HoN” followed … Continue reading →

Plot or Premise Nancy Drew almost runs over a young girl who darts out on the road, but manages to avoid her. As she meets the girl and the two sisters looking after her, Nancy learns that they are the potential heirs to a promised fortune, but the only will known to exist disinherited them. Nancy searches to see if there is another will. What I Liked Nancy meets four or five groups of deserving “heirs” and they all are a bit one-dimensional but good. They each have a small piece of the puzzle to share. The family that currently … Continue reading →

Plot or Premise Two women making their way in a man’s world during prohibition in Los Angeles — Letty Hart making wine for the local church, Annabel Forman bucking to be made detective. What I Liked I liked that there wasn’t a lot of backstory for either woman. The story starts at the jump with Hart making legal wine for the church during prohibition, until the church decides to go with another distributor and putting her effectively out of business. You also meet Forman who convinces her boss to give her a real case, a theft of high-end jewellery from … Continue reading →