Power and Majesty by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Richly detailed urban fantasy. Velody came to the city to become a dressmaker and on her first night a naked boy fell from the sky. Cue several years on, one vaguely remembered kiss and a fantastical city that parties by day unaware of the desperate battles enacted in the skies at night. The Creature Court needs a leader, a Power and Majesty who can lead them into battle and maybe even save them from themselves.

Good grief. Read in a single sitting including refusing to put it down as I made lunch, reminds me of Anne Bishop in terms of emotionally attractive writing. I’m just sorry this is book one of a trilogy as I’m now hanging to read what happens next. The first few chapters are available online if you want a taste and I think you do. There's also a rather cool trailer on youtube.

*shakes fist at transcendancing*

I know you knew this was a book one when you loaned it.

Sword of My Mouth by Jim Munroe

LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

Graphic Novel. This grew on me unexpectedly after I re-read it. I re-read it unexpectedly!

I'm a fan of post-Apocalypse stories and post-Rapture isn't done all that often. I think it suffers from concentrating on the B plot and not having a strong A plot but I like the way the various stories ramble along. Or maybe I liked the various stories enough to forgive them for rambling along.

Ella and her (mutant) baby are looking for somewhere to live after her apartment burns down. The world is very weird. Angels, magic, communal farming and the incarnation of Famine all make an appearance.

Less of a production piece and more of an armchair chat.