Kaitlin
I think its amazing how much I care about almost all of the characters in this series. Even if I didn't at one point there will be a scene that makes my heart reach out to them. That being said trough the whole book I didn't know who I wanted on the iron throne but by the end I was yelling the king in the north!
My personal favorite stories from this collection:
-Redwater by Simon Bestwick
-The Offering by Michael Marshall Smith
-Shuck by G.V. Anderson
-The Hunt at Rotherdam by AC Wise
-Dancing Sober in the Dust by Steve Toase
-The God Bag by Christopher Golden
-The Quizmasters by Gerard McKeown
-All Those Lost Days by Brian Everson
-Three Sisters Bog by Eoin Murphy
-Stolen Property by Sarah Lamparelli
-Shards by Ian Rogers
My personal favorite stories from this collection:
-I̶c̶e̶ ̶C̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶L̶e̶m̶o̶n̶a̶d̶e̶ ̶2̶5̶ȼ̶̶ Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person by Paul Tremblay
-Birds of Passage by Gordon B. White
-They Are Us (1964): An Oral History by Jack Lothian
-As Dark as Hunger by S. Quouyi Lu
-The Pain-Eater's Daughter by Laura N. Mauro
-The Hope Chest by Sarah Read
-Adrenaline Junkies by Ray Cluley
My personal favorite stories from this collection:
-Monkeys on the Beach by Ralph Robert
-Masks by Peter Sutton
-I Love You Mary-Grace by Amelia Manga
-A Brief Moment of Rage by Bill Davidson
-Golden Sun by Kristi DeMeester, Richard Thomas, Damien Angelica Walters, and Michael Wehunt
-No Exit by Orrin Grey
This installment in the series took a little longer to hook me than the first two oh but when it did I was a goner! My only complaint was that some chapters didn't have me as invested in characters that weren't my favorites like before. However one chapter in particular was so heartbreaking I couldn't breath after and I'm sure everyone who had read it knows what chapter I mean.
I had really high hopes for this book as I'm a big monster movie fan. I made it to page 60 before calling it and there were barely any kaiju in what is overall a short book. What there was was a constant onslaught of sarcastic one-liners and current pop culture references. I wouldn't want to spend time with the main character in real life and I won't waste my time with him in a book either. DNF at page 60.
This hooked me right from the prologue! (I usually hate them!) Game of thrones has all of my favorite things: great characters, mystery, fantasy, old politics, history, and good and evil aren't black and white. Now I'm working my way through the series!
Wow
This book had just about everything that I enjoy! I loved the space opera feel, the elements of horror, and a detective on a case.
Looking forward to the rest of this series!
Interesting concept! I liked the idea of learning about germs and how quickly they can spread. I didn't realize how much it encouraged touching (ex. Touch your tooth) to explain how microbes can travel. Even before current world events I didn't think that should be encouraged especially in the classroom where I was hoping to share this.
I liked what I read in the prologue! It all went off the rails for me in chapter two, with the introduction of a female character. How she is described and written is offensive in my personal opinion. I checked out other reviews that confirmed this isn't a book for me and it only gets worse from that scene. DNF at page 31.
This had a lot of promise but ultimately I felt it was too over the place and while the I felt the ending left me hanging it didn't make me want to read more.
My personal favorite stories from this collection:
-Exhalation #10 by AC Wise
-A Hotel in Germany by Catriona Ward
-Lords of the Matinee by Stephen Graham Jones
-Cleaver, Meat, & Block by Maria Hoskins
-Mine Seven by Elana Gomel
-Scream Queen by Nathan Ballingrad
-Contrition (1998) by J.A.W. McCarthy
-A Treat for Your Last Day by Simon Bestwick