![]() ![]() And when her cousin Zee comes to live with her family (and he's cool) things seem okay. So when she finds a new kitten, she feels a little better. She's not popular, she doesn't like her new English teacher, and she didn't get into the school play. She's been having kind of a crappy time of it at school. It's Hades, ladies and gents! And Ursu, for the record, is doing a fabulous job of bringing its various charms to our attention. What sets "The Shadow Thieves" apart is that we're looking at a whole new setting. "The Lightening Thief" and "Corydon" were just some of the first of these. ![]() The first in a series called, "The Cronus Chronicles" (a particularly interesting name when you consider that Cronus never makes an appearance), the book yet another addition in the Greek mythology trend sweeping libraries and bookshelves nationwide. With the understanding that adult authors are often completely incapable of writing children's books (to say nothing of children's fantasy novels) I approached, "The Shadow Thieves" with the greatest of trepidation. My relief, it contains multitudes.Īnne Ursu has penned two adult novels as of this review. ![]() It was a 400-some page read that turned out to be actually good. So what do I read next? Howzabout the thickest of the lot? Fortunately, this wasn't a 400-some page read that turned out to be bad. I currently have 20 new thick books in my to-be-read pile. ![]()
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