2009 Reading #54: Flora's Dare
Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
51. Devil In a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley.
52. A Red Death by Walter Mosley.
53. White Butterfly by Walter Mosley.
54. Flora's Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa From a Shaky Doom by Ysabeau Wilce. Full disclosure: Ysa and her Devilman are friends. I enjoyed the first Flora Segunda book, with some minor reservations about pacing; this one is so good that it makes me wonder if I was completely wrongheaded to even have those concerns. Flora's alternate California (or Alta Califa, if you will) just gets weirder and scarier and more spectacular, this time with ghouls, fancy balls, earthquakes, AWOL sisters, kakodemons, flying pigs, anarchist rock bands, fancy red possessed boots, time travel, and some jaw-dropping twists. Makes me want to read the third book right exactly now. (Also makes me want to read those yellowbacks about Nini Mo. Ysa's next project, perhaps?)
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
51. Devil In a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley.
52. A Red Death by Walter Mosley.
53. White Butterfly by Walter Mosley.
54. Flora's Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa From a Shaky Doom by Ysabeau Wilce. Full disclosure: Ysa and her Devilman are friends. I enjoyed the first Flora Segunda book, with some minor reservations about pacing; this one is so good that it makes me wonder if I was completely wrongheaded to even have those concerns. Flora's alternate California (or Alta Califa, if you will) just gets weirder and scarier and more spectacular, this time with ghouls, fancy balls, earthquakes, AWOL sisters, kakodemons, flying pigs, anarchist rock bands, fancy red possessed boots, time travel, and some jaw-dropping twists. Makes me want to read the third book right exactly now. (Also makes me want to read those yellowbacks about Nini Mo. Ysa's next project, perhaps?)