I have been hanging out for months for this book to come out and I was not disappointed! So thrilled to keep reading the story of Pet and her family with the twists, turns and intriguing story that W。R。 Gingell keeps throwing at us。 For those that have read the series, you'll already have a fair understanding of what Gingell's writing is like of course and this book continues that journey。 I particularly love the Australian colloquialisms that are abundantly used, and the use of cricket bats! (t I have been hanging out for months for this book to come out and I was not disappointed! So thrilled to keep reading the story of Pet and her family with the twists, turns and intriguing story that W。R。 Gingell keeps throwing at us。 For those that have read the series, you'll already have a fair understanding of what Gingell's writing is like of course and this book continues that journey。 I particularly love the Australian colloquialisms that are abundantly used, and the use of cricket bats! (though I'm still waiting for netball to somehow make an appearance given its prevalence in Australian society, though it's probably too much to expect AFL to feature given Gingell doesn't appear to come from an AFL state :P )I'm not going to say much more because you know 'spoilers' but I will say if you've happened upon this review and you've not read the other books in this series, then stop hanging about and snap up a copy of Book 1 immediately。 Though you'll probably want to wait until you've got some free time in which to read it - I find that I cannot put any of these books down until I've finished reading。 Good thing I work for myself and can read during the day! 。。。more
Suzannah,
EVERYONE IN THIS BOOK IS A COMPLETE EMOTIONAL WRECK, WHICH IS AS IT SHOULD BEexcept, weirdly, JinYeong?ANYWAY\o/Book 9 of the CITY BETWEEN series - which has been my favourite indie fantasy series since approximately book 3 - picks up with our characters still reeling over the tremendous gutpunch revelations of book 8。 And with the story moving into its final stages, Pet and what's left of her friends must deal with a whole new kind of problem in a whole new kind of world。 At first, things are a EVERYONE IN THIS BOOK IS A COMPLETE EMOTIONAL WRECK, WHICH IS AS IT SHOULD BEexcept, weirdly, JinYeong?ANYWAY\o/Book 9 of the CITY BETWEEN series - which has been my favourite indie fantasy series since approximately book 3 - picks up with our characters still reeling over the tremendous gutpunch revelations of book 8。 And with the story moving into its final stages, Pet and what's left of her friends must deal with a whole new kind of problem in a whole new kind of world。 At first, things are a bit sombre, as they should be。 But pretty soon there's a whole slate of new dangers to face, old friends to team up with, and the MVPs of the whole story, Worried Dad Daniel and his interchangeable bogan lycanthropes。 They are ADORABLE。 I LOVE THEM, AND SO WILL YOU。There are big plot developments in this book - though not the ones I expected。 Lots of people get names! A big revelation comes about halfway through and Pet is SO THRILLED it almost makes up for what happened at the end of book 8! And that's before we talk about THAT ENDING。 But the main attraction for this series has always been the characters and the tricky relationships among them, and in the aftermath of the previous book, BETWEEN FAMILY surfs in on a tidal wave of expertly handled feels, develops some long-standing relationships in new and heart-warming ways, and then goes out with more than one scream-inducing wallop。 I won't say more, except that this is the second book this year that's left me with an agonising cliffhanger。 Thank goodness we won't have to wait more than 3 or 4 months for the conclusion。。。。 。。。more
Carina Shephard ,
release day is officially TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!! (plus the title for Book #10 has been released!! eeep! :D )
Dominique,
Coming out August 31, 2021。
W。R。 Gingell,
i write to you, dear readers, from my sickbed (i mean actually it's a recliner and i'm not sick, i just broke a rib and punctured me lung BUT STILL) in order to distract myself (no sympathy please, it was my own fault) from the writing i OUGHT to be doing。the writing of this book, in fact--which is still a few chapters shy of being finished。so here we are。IN THIS BOOK: Pet is pretty annoyed and Zero has FEELS with no idea what to do with them; JinYeong is having trouble entering the house (as sh i write to you, dear readers, from my sickbed (i mean actually it's a recliner and i'm not sick, i just broke a rib and punctured me lung BUT STILL) in order to distract myself (no sympathy please, it was my own fault) from the writing i OUGHT to be doing。the writing of this book, in fact--which is still a few chapters shy of being finished。so here we are。IN THIS BOOK: Pet is pretty annoyed and Zero has FEELS with no idea what to do with them; JinYeong is having trouble entering the house (as should any self-respecting vampire); and Morgana may or may not have changed her diet。There is a lot of fighting, deathiness, and general, bloody menace, so the faint of heart should be warned that all is not sunshine and flowers (no matter what Zero's dad may try to tell you)。 I refuse to confirm or deny that my state of mind while injured has made an effect on the bloodiness or otherwise of this book。all i'm saying is that SOMEONE is gunna get a broken rib because there's no way i'm wasting this experience。(also: YOU BLOKES THERE'S ONLY ONE BOOK LEFT AFTER THIS AAAAAAAUUUUUUGH!) 。。。more