Worlds collide when Rachel Morgan from The Hollows is pulled through to the super-technology driven, completely magic-free world of Peri Reed. Now Rachel is stuck in a world she does not understand with no magic at her fingertips and no apparent way of getting back to her universe. Her only choice is to rely on Peri who is completely bewildered by this woman showing up out of nowhere in her apartment and speaking English but talking of things she has no idea about. Peri must try to figure out if she is to trust Rachel and help to get her home or stick with what her training is telling her to do.
Peri and Rachel are both characters I like in worlds that I enjoy but I never thought their worlds would ever really collide so this was a sweet treat. Kim Harrison did a good job of using the science and magic in the respective worlds to weave together a story that fit well in both.
Page count: 87p/15,686p ytd/265,646p lifetime
Showing posts with label Peri Reed Chronicles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peri Reed Chronicles. Show all posts
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
New Release I'm Looking Forward To: 2nd Quarter 2016
My usual disclaimer:
Let me state, this is really based on authors or series that I'm already reading since those are the things I follow. I'm not paid to write this blog nor do I have any affiliations with any publishers so I don't receive free books or advance notice of things except what I glean off Facebook from people who do have those contacts or what I research on my own (which again, leads back to authors that I'm already reading). Maybe someday I'll be one of those who has the contacts and gets ARCs but it's not today.
So far this year has been going ok although not stellar in the reading department. Heavy classics for English 12 plus all the other school reading has definitely been slowing down my personal reading time but I feel like I'm basically keeping up with it. This quarter isn't too heavy on new releases which is good because it's super crazy with family stuff which is definitely going to be cutting into my reading time.
First up is Waylaid by Kim Harrison. This is a kindle only book but is the first crossover between Ms. Harrison's wildly popular Hollows series heroine, Rachel Morgan, and her new Drafter, Peri Reed. It looks promising.
Release date: April 4
The very next day sees two new books out. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire which looks to be a stand alone where children slip through shadows into magical lands that only sometimes spit them out again. Nancy was one but now she has found her way back and the darkness is not far behind.
Release date: April 5
So a new one from Seanan McGuire and then the newest installment in the Jane Yellowrock series, Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter. Jane is working hard to keep the precarious peace between the city's vampires and witches but then her house is magically attacked and finding the culprits leads to something that could tip everything over.
Release date: April 5
Then there is a nice long break before Earthbound by Yasmine Galenorn comes out. This is a novella in her Otherworld series that tells of when the sisters first came Earthside. No pre-order link currently up but this came from her blog.
Release date: May 24
The next one is also by Yasmine Galenorn and is the start of a new self-published series that she plans to put out in ebook and limited trade paperback called Fury Rising. It follows Kaeleen Donovon who is a bounty hunter for the Furies and oath bound to help balance things when called for.
Release date: June 14
The quarter ends with Rise by Mira Grant, a collection of all 8 previously published short stories and novellas in the Newsflesh universe along with 2 never before published works. Seriously?! I can't wait!
Release date: June 21
So during a very chaotic time in the school year there won't be too many new books coming out to tempt me away from what I should be doing which means maybe I can make some headway in the to-read pile before it grows again.
Let me state, this is really based on authors or series that I'm already reading since those are the things I follow. I'm not paid to write this blog nor do I have any affiliations with any publishers so I don't receive free books or advance notice of things except what I glean off Facebook from people who do have those contacts or what I research on my own (which again, leads back to authors that I'm already reading). Maybe someday I'll be one of those who has the contacts and gets ARCs but it's not today.
So far this year has been going ok although not stellar in the reading department. Heavy classics for English 12 plus all the other school reading has definitely been slowing down my personal reading time but I feel like I'm basically keeping up with it. This quarter isn't too heavy on new releases which is good because it's super crazy with family stuff which is definitely going to be cutting into my reading time.
First up is Waylaid by Kim Harrison. This is a kindle only book but is the first crossover between Ms. Harrison's wildly popular Hollows series heroine, Rachel Morgan, and her new Drafter, Peri Reed. It looks promising.
Release date: April 4
The very next day sees two new books out. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire which looks to be a stand alone where children slip through shadows into magical lands that only sometimes spit them out again. Nancy was one but now she has found her way back and the darkness is not far behind.
Release date: April 5
So a new one from Seanan McGuire and then the newest installment in the Jane Yellowrock series, Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter. Jane is working hard to keep the precarious peace between the city's vampires and witches but then her house is magically attacked and finding the culprits leads to something that could tip everything over.
Release date: April 5
Then there is a nice long break before Earthbound by Yasmine Galenorn comes out. This is a novella in her Otherworld series that tells of when the sisters first came Earthside. No pre-order link currently up but this came from her blog.
Release date: May 24
The next one is also by Yasmine Galenorn and is the start of a new self-published series that she plans to put out in ebook and limited trade paperback called Fury Rising. It follows Kaeleen Donovon who is a bounty hunter for the Furies and oath bound to help balance things when called for.
Release date: June 14
The quarter ends with Rise by Mira Grant, a collection of all 8 previously published short stories and novellas in the Newsflesh universe along with 2 never before published works. Seriously?! I can't wait!
Release date: June 21
So during a very chaotic time in the school year there won't be too many new books coming out to tempt me away from what I should be doing which means maybe I can make some headway in the to-read pile before it grows again.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
129:120 Sideswiped by Kim Harrison
A prequel story to The Drafter, we really get more of Silas's backstory at Opti and his theories on drafting, how it works and how certain people are able to do it, as well as how he meets Peri Reed and the impression she makes upon him.
I almost think this would be better to read before reading The Drafter to get a better handle on what is going on with that power and how it works. It was a delightful read and I really enjoyed it. I'm very interested to see where things are going in this world and I also hope to get more of these backstories in the future.
Page count: 80p/32,871p ytd/247,787p lifetime
I almost think this would be better to read before reading The Drafter to get a better handle on what is going on with that power and how it works. It was a delightful read and I really enjoyed it. I'm very interested to see where things are going in this world and I also hope to get more of these backstories in the future.
Page count: 80p/32,871p ytd/247,787p lifetime
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
98:120 The Drafter by Kim Harrison
The first in a new series by Kim Harrison, author of the Rachel Morgan Hollow series.
Peri Reed is a Drafter, a person who can go back a few seconds in their own personal time line and change things. She is working for Opti Corporation and believes that she is a good agent working for the good of not only her company but also for her government to protect people. Her new assignment seems totally normal until the CEO of the company she and her partner, Jack, are infiltrating comes walking into his office telling her that he has the list of corrupt agents and her name is on it. His security guard comes in and shoots Peri which causes her to Draft to save her own life and in that time period, her partner changes everything and then helps to push the new timeline into her head to make that real and keep her from remembering the old one.
Silas is an anchor, one of the first and incredibly good, who no longer works for Opti but for the Alliance, a group who is trying to take Opti and their Drafting program down. He is sent to get Peri away from Opti and try to extract information from her for that cause but now Opti has managed to cause a Draft and use that to erase the last 3 years of Peri's life and Silas's job has gotten much, much harder. Peri now suspects that she can't trust anyone at Opti but she has no reason to trust Silas either. The only thing she really knows for sure is that she needs to figure out what has been going on in her life for the last several years before she can move forward.
This was quite a departure from the Rachel Morgan series and while I don't always jump into new series, even by authors I love, if they don't seem intriguing to me but when the concept for this one was announced, I immediately put the release date on my calendar. It's not quite my usual genre being more mystery but the time jumping aspect added in piqued my interest and I'm so glad I read it. It's very different and very hard to put down but there is also a LOT going on that you are trying to keep track of and many different twists and turns. Apparently this is the start of a new series so while this one wrapped up nicely there are enough loose ends dangling so it will be interesting to see where the next one goes.
Page count: 422p/26,051p ytd/240,983p lifetime
Peri Reed is a Drafter, a person who can go back a few seconds in their own personal time line and change things. She is working for Opti Corporation and believes that she is a good agent working for the good of not only her company but also for her government to protect people. Her new assignment seems totally normal until the CEO of the company she and her partner, Jack, are infiltrating comes walking into his office telling her that he has the list of corrupt agents and her name is on it. His security guard comes in and shoots Peri which causes her to Draft to save her own life and in that time period, her partner changes everything and then helps to push the new timeline into her head to make that real and keep her from remembering the old one.
Silas is an anchor, one of the first and incredibly good, who no longer works for Opti but for the Alliance, a group who is trying to take Opti and their Drafting program down. He is sent to get Peri away from Opti and try to extract information from her for that cause but now Opti has managed to cause a Draft and use that to erase the last 3 years of Peri's life and Silas's job has gotten much, much harder. Peri now suspects that she can't trust anyone at Opti but she has no reason to trust Silas either. The only thing she really knows for sure is that she needs to figure out what has been going on in her life for the last several years before she can move forward.
This was quite a departure from the Rachel Morgan series and while I don't always jump into new series, even by authors I love, if they don't seem intriguing to me but when the concept for this one was announced, I immediately put the release date on my calendar. It's not quite my usual genre being more mystery but the time jumping aspect added in piqued my interest and I'm so glad I read it. It's very different and very hard to put down but there is also a LOT going on that you are trying to keep track of and many different twists and turns. Apparently this is the start of a new series so while this one wrapped up nicely there are enough loose ends dangling so it will be interesting to see where the next one goes.
Page count: 422p/26,051p ytd/240,983p lifetime
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