Half-Off Ragnarok: Book Three of InCryptid Author: Seanan McGuire | Language: English | ISBN:
B00EOARADM | Format: EPUB
Half-Off Ragnarok: Book Three of InCryptid Description
What do gorgons, basilisks, and frogs with feathers all have in common? They're all considered mythological by modern science, and some people are working very hard to keep them that way. Alexander Price is a member of a cryptozoological lineage that spans generations, and it's his job to act as a buffer between the human and cryptid worlds—not an easy task when you're dealing with women who has snakes in place of hair, little girls who may actually be cobras, and brilliant, beautiful Australian zookeepers. And then there's the matter of the murders...
Alex thought he was choosing the easier career when he decided to specialize in non-urban cryptids, leaving the cities to his little sister, Verity. He had no idea what he was letting himself in for. It's a family affair, and everyone—from his reanimated grandfather to his slightly broken telepathic cousin—is going to find themselves drawn in before things get any better.
Half-Off Ragnarok is the third installment of the highly praised
InCryptid series.
- File Size: 2269 KB
- Print Length: 368 pages
- Publisher: DAW (March 4, 2014)
- Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00EOARADM
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,549 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
Book Three of InCryptid series, follows another of the Price family, Verity's brother Alex. I enjoyed meeting more of the Price/Healy clan and the difference between the siblings made the storyline all the more enjoyable. Can be read as a stand alone but you'll miss some of the more subtle humor.
By Penny for your thoughts
Seanan McGuire has another InCrypted novel out as of a few days ago.
Half-Off Rangarok leaves off of Verity's adventures for a spell and visits her brother, Alex, in Ohio.
Frankly this book was great and not so great, but it still gets an Awesome! for one fact: it is well written, the characters are good, etc. It just was as fun for me as the ones about Verity have been. Alex, frankly, isn't as interesting a person, he doesn't interact with the Aeslin Mice enough, and I miss Istas.
That said, I found the writing superb, and Shelby was a pretty interesting person. We learn about a few more interesting cryptids, etc.
Honestly, if you're like me, and characters have a lot to do with your enjoyment of a story you may want to snag the sample off Amazon, iBooks, or whichever before you lay your $7.99 on the table; just to be sure this one will be enjoyable enough, or if you'll want to look out for a chance to grab it on sale, second-hand, etc. Frankly, it's worth getting and with 5 books contracted and 10 planned it'll probably be worthwhile to read it.
If you just like a well told story, characters be damned, grab it.
If you like characters who are well done, but nothing particular about any given character strikes your fancy except that they're well done, grab it.
By Jason m brink
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