Not as good as the first book, seems to be a lot of British in-jokes.
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She said, 'he made love to some of the most beautiful women in the world, so why would he want to hang off a door?' Ivan said, 'Because it's less complicated than having a relationship with a woman. One doesn't have to tell a door twenty times a day that one loves it.
Thieves Of Fate series, book 1. I BOUGHT it because the author was talking about it on the John Scalzi blog. I like fine, let us see where it goes. I was disappointed in the early demise of a character, though.
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..."I suppose drinking before breakfast is doctor's orders?" "I don't have the benefit of a rather generous dose of morphine. So I'm making do, thank you." -pg. 348
A not-too-bad teen romance with complications. Tess explains how she came to have sex with Ben, how her friend is planning to blow-up a poodle, and how her grandmother buys her a car.
Despite a couple of incredibly boring paragraphs, I think this is a wonderful book, full of court intrigue, sly humour, exciting sword play, and fully-developed charactors. Many twists and turns. I STILL think the series needs a map! Book three of the series.
Germany has won World War One. Paul and his father have come Crosstime to trade for vegetables.
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...didn't use German shepherds, though. They used Alsatians, which were bigger and meaner. (pg. 98) -- They are the same dog, at least in OUR timeline!
Words I Had To Look Up:
Brunet (pg. 173) -- I guess that is how they spell "brunette" in that timeline.
In book one of the Crosstime Travel series Jeremy and his family travel to an alternate timeline where the Roman Empire never fell. Jeremy and his sister get stranded there, during a war. Yikes!
Book three in The War That Came Early alternate history series. World War II in Europe progresses, then the British and French join up with the Germans to fight the Russians.
Justin visits Virginia in an alternative, meets Beckie from California. Then Ohio attacks Virginia, there's a bio attack. Pretty good.
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They would figure the rifles were bound for the black guerrillas down in the lowlands. (pg. 8) Lowland guerrillas, indeed!
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Beckie stared after him till ambush tears scalded her cheeks. (pg. 190) Never heard of ambush tears, nothing on internet.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Fasarta (pg. 57) -- Turkish for "mat", use here is a homage to Robert Heinlein's Door Into Summer, where "subflexive fasarta" is used. (SOURCE: A posting by Leoorionis on Enworld.com)