Eddie's Fancy

I decided to take a break from reading an in-dept book about the Iraq War to read a quick, light fantasy so I pulled a Charlie Stross book off the shelf. Normally I’m a bit leery of sci-fi authors who try their hand at fantasy, Bujold being the exception, but I liked the other books by Stross and was willing to give it a try.

Miriam is an investigative reporter in New England who finds out more than she’s supposed about her bosses and a possible mob connection, and then discovers surprising secrets about her birth mother and her families ability to walk between worlds. Then things get interesting.

It took a few chapters for me to become interested and my biggest complaint was discovering a cliff-hanger at the end of the book. It was fun and breezy and obviously a bit inspired by Roger Zelazny.

I’ve got a pile a books to go through including the new Dresden Files book, so I won’t be picking up part two anytime soon but I’ll add it to my list.