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The Honey Badger Chronicles, of which the is the first volume, are very, very funny. They follow the adventures of three sisters whose father is a deadbeat deadloss whose only ambition for his daughters is to make as much money out of them as possible. Laurenston works on the idea that honey badgers are the craziest most violent members of the animal kingdom, and that HB shifters add human meanness to the mix. With this collection, she equals Tex Avery at his best.

At her bast here. You think you're reading two stories but then ...

I have read and enjoyed the Murderbot series, as well as the Raksura books. But this one leaves me cold. The author drops you into what appears to be chapter 14 of vol 2 of a three-book epic. You have to puzzle things out from there, and as the characters didn't do anything for me, and the plot line was confused, I can't give it more than two stars.

L pretty much nailed it in their review. The first third or so of the book gives new material, but once Tybalt catches up with Toby, the reader is into very familiar territory, with little added by the change in perspective

This is McGuire at her best. It's difficult write about without spoilers, so I'll just say she's writing at the top of her game - and this continues in the sequel.

The trilogy is a little piece of perfection. There are books in her longer series that disappoint but these three hang together so well, and the mythology - McGuire builds mythologies as much as worlds - is rich and enticing.

If you've read Terry Pratchett's 'Witches Abroad' you'll already have the basic concept: Fairy Tales want to be real, and do their best to manifest in the world, their consequences are often harmful, both to the main players and to unfortunate bystanders. In Pratchett's novel, Granny Weatherwax and her two companions thwart any tales they come across in their travels. In McGuire's book, there is a special agency charged with dealing with them. Armed with their printed copies of the Aarne-Thompson Index (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne–Thompson–Uther_Index), they watch for manifestations and deal with them as they arise.

I'e found the two books in this series funny and good to read. They do not have the mythic resonance of the October Daye series, but neither do they suffer from the long internal monologues and repetitions of that series. Good reading

I was drawn into this series mainly by the art work, which is luscious. However, my interest petered out - I haven't seen the most recent volumes and will probably not do so. The heroine seems to only have one gear, and this gets wearing after a while.

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I was drawn into this series mainly by the art work, which is luscious. However, my interest petered out - I haven't seen the most recent volumes and will probably not do so. The heroine seems to only have one gear, and this gets wearing after a while.

I was drawn into this series mainly by the art work, which is luscious. However, my interest petered out - I haven't seen the most recent volumes and will probably not do so. The heroine seems to only have one gear, and this gets wearing after a while.

The book is a good read. Maggie Hoskie is Jane Yellowrock.