SF Signal: EW Reviews Fantasy

EW Reviews Fantasy

Issue #925 of Entertainment Weekly offers some brief reviews of fantasy books. Here's a snippet...

The Alchemist's Apprentice by Dave Duncan
For Fans of: Italy's Renaissance.
Lowdown: The occult is a grace note in this cynical whodunit, juicy with periodic detail.
Grade: B+

Keeping It Real Justina Robson
For Fans of: Tolkien, had he gone electric, dropped acid, and discovered tantric sex.
Lowdown: A Teeming fantasy that sometimes stalls in come-together preachiness and turgid mysticism.
Grade: B-

The Serpent and the Rose by Kathleen Bryan
For Fans of: Elizabeth Haydon, Terry Goodkind.
Lowdown: Well-thought-through magic, convincing medieval details, and likable characters make for a pleasant adventure.
Grade: B

Elsewhere in the issue is an article and review (rating: B) on Frank Miller's 300 and a piece on Malcolm McDowell's role as Mr. Linderman in Heroes.