Note: This is the rehearsal script edition. A definitive collectors' edition will be released at a later date. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child joins Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight in the category of “ostensibly canon series continuations that I shall henceforth pretend do not exist.” The play begins with an abbreviated version of the Deathly Hallows epilogue. … [Read more...] about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne
Fantasy
The GGK Project, Part 1: The Fionavar Tapestry
For over a decade, I would've named Guy Gavriel Kay as my favorite author. And yet, I have never reviewed any of his books here. Having failed to love The Last Light of the Sun when I read it back in 2004, I think my enthusiasm for him just waned, and though I bought his subsequent novels, I hadn't felt particularly compelled to read them. Now, though, I am determined to tackle … [Read more...] about The GGK Project, Part 1: The Fionavar Tapestry
Yona of the Dawn, Vols. 1-2
By Mizuho Kusanagi | Published by VIZ Media In the kingdom of Kohka, kindly King Il adores his only child, Princess Yona, and throws a celebration for her sixteenth birthday. Red-haired Yona is primarily preoccupied with getting her cousin, Su-Won, to see her as a woman. After the festivities, she decides to go tell her father that she simply must be allowed to marry Su-Won, … [Read more...] about Yona of the Dawn, Vols. 1-2
Point of Hopes by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett
From the back cover: It is the time of the annual Midsummer Fair in the royal city of Astreiant, and the time of the conjunction of the spheres approaches, heralding the death of the monarch. Each year a few youngsters run away from home to go on the road with traders, but this year a far larger number of children than usual have gone missing during the Fair. Someone is … [Read more...] about Point of Hopes by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett
Dawn of the Arcana, Vols. 1-2
By Rei Toma | Published by VIZ Media In premise, Dawn of Arcana sounds like fairly generic shoujo fantasy. Princess Nakaba of Senan is married to Prince Caesar of Belquat in an arrangement ostensibly meant to ensure peace between their warring kingdoms, but which nobody expects to do so for long. Nakaba is resigned to her fate, but not without backbone, while Caesar is … [Read more...] about Dawn of the Arcana, Vols. 1-2