Santa Olivia

The thing about this book is... Okay, I'm not actually sure what the thing about this book is. There's a couple of points where I felt the author was being weird and wrong-headed, but overall it was so fascinating that I forgave it almost anything. I found the book fascinating because it was, to me,......more

This is a science fiction novel from Carey, about the daughter about a genetically engineered soldier who escapes the lab and passes through a border zone created between the U.S. and Mexico (in the wake of a plague that came up from Mexico--I wonder how Carey feels now, since the copyright date is......more

I LOVE this author. That said, it isn't my favorite of hers, but it was very enjoyable. I think the world was a bit confusing for me. I felt like the environment that the story was set in was kind of hard to grasp. The characters were interesting, but the world was not enjoyable to be in as others.......more

This is your basic dystopian boxing fable with a mutant lesbian werewolf superhero/saint as the main character. I know that sounds completely ludicrous. But Carey makes it work rather well, and the book was just a pleasure to read. She writes with such ease and clarity here. And I really liked sever......more

(NB: I received this as an ARC) Santa Olivia is the latest book by Jacqueline Carey, who is better known for, and much better known for the Sundering Duology, and much much better known for two Kushiel trilogies. While the former is a take on classic fantasy and the latter are milestone in dark, sens......more