bpsalinas's review against another edition
4.0
This book is so much fun! Blade Singer is tremendously inventive with great world-building, memorable characters and an unexpectedly emotional story arc. It is full of swashbuckling action and terrifying villains and I can't wait until my kid is old enough to read it.
I hope the authors write more books set in this world. I'd love to spend more time there.
I hope the authors write more books set in this world. I'd love to spend more time there.
bigotterbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Manny is just some dude from Texas that is now a goblin in an alternate world trying to prevent a war between humans and the Fae. The Fae are faerie critters! Think Disney fairies but meaner & trying to take over not just their own world but maybe ours, too. Nasty little beasties and Manny is right in the middle of it all!
I devoured this book-it was so good! It took a while to get started; there was a bit too much back story. There were also a couple of places where I had to say, well that was convenient! But none of this is a deal breaker-just read the beginning really quickly and get to the ‘meat’ of the story!
I always like books with great characters and Blade Singer does NOT disappoint-lots of details that brought these fantasy creatures to life and made their actions in the plot really make sense. The plot itself is very good-not just the same old fantasy/alternate reality. A nice twist on how the ‘real’ world & Fae world intersect. I hope there are sequels!! This book is not just for adults-older YA kids/fans of the genre would have no problem enjoying Blade Singer. 5 stars.
I devoured this book-it was so good! It took a while to get started; there was a bit too much back story. There were also a couple of places where I had to say, well that was convenient! But none of this is a deal breaker-just read the beginning really quickly and get to the ‘meat’ of the story!
I always like books with great characters and Blade Singer does NOT disappoint-lots of details that brought these fantasy creatures to life and made their actions in the plot really make sense. The plot itself is very good-not just the same old fantasy/alternate reality. A nice twist on how the ‘real’ world & Fae world intersect. I hope there are sequels!! This book is not just for adults-older YA kids/fans of the genre would have no problem enjoying Blade Singer. 5 stars.
aphrael's review against another edition
3.0
Manny, the main character, is 14 and it feels like that's the audience too. The book is a bit simplistic at times, though not necessarily in an unpleasant way. Overall it's just a lovely adventure book with all the loose ends tied up neatly in the end. It's pretty cute.
aphrael's review
3.0
Manny, the main character, is 14 and it feels like that's the audience too. The book is a bit simplistic at times, though not necessarily in an unpleasant way. Overall it's just a lovely adventure book with all the loose ends tied up neatly in the end. It's pretty cute.
justabean_reads's review against another edition
4.0
Fun, fast middle-grade adventure novel. I really liked the Musketeers-esque setting on the portal world, and having Austen, TX, be the leap off point for our world was a nice change.
The character thread is a boy trying to cope with the death of his parents, which was affecting, though I wish we'd gotten a little more follow up once he got back to his own world. That said, I liked Manny, and his adventures in trying to figure out how fantasy worlds worked based on cop shows and Musketeers movies were fun, and I enjoyed him working out what his powers were.
I'm a sucker for lady thieves and disreputable musketeers (and loved all the king's guards being Sidhe), so the secondary world characters were great. I could have used a little more development regarding the court politics, but that might have been tricky from an outsider point of view.
The character thread is a boy trying to cope with the death of his parents, which was affecting, though I wish we'd gotten a little more follow up once he got back to his own world. That said, I liked Manny, and his adventures in trying to figure out how fantasy worlds worked based on cop shows and Musketeers movies were fun, and I enjoyed him working out what his powers were.
I'm a sucker for lady thieves and disreputable musketeers (and loved all the king's guards being Sidhe), so the secondary world characters were great. I could have used a little more development regarding the court politics, but that might have been tricky from an outsider point of view.
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