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An Apple For The Creature (2012)

by Charlaine Harris(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0425256804 (ISBN13: 9780425256800)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Ace Hardcover

review 1: BOOK REVIEW BY Michelle 7th February 2014:RATING: 4.25 TEASER STARS!!What do, apples, wards and a school have in common? A missing student. Ashlynn , a student has gone missing and Kate fronts up with Julie and gives her the assignment. Find the mising girl. I really liked this far too short read. I really like Yu Fong. Brook and Barka got me interested to know more. This was like a mini, mini teaser for a YA spinoff with Julie at the helm. Or, a possible Julie book when she is older. Now, I always felt that Julie was being tucked away for further use in the future, but reading this wee short novella, I thought Julie really opened my eyes to her capabilities. She really read like a mini Kate. I drove my fist hard into his gut. The boy folded around my fist with a surprised... more gasp. I slammed my hand onto his head, driving his head down. Face meet knee. Boom! The impact reverberated through my leg. Isn’t Julie only twelve? Well, I don’t know about a spinoff, but I sure could read one with this bunch of characters. I can so see Yu Fong as leading guy material and Barka seemed like he could tickle my funny bone. I did however notice Julie made a comment about Derek. I knew Kate and Curran and even Derek, the dimwit, would come to rescue me. Derek, the dimwit. Hmmm. Is there a possible crush there? I was always wondering if the Ilona Andrews team were saving Derek for Julie when she is older, but after reading Yu Fong...I am rather liking the sound of him too. A great little novella that opened my eyes to Julie being more than a sub character. Michelle
review 2: Very difficult to review a book of short stories. I bought this because I wanted to read 'Iphigenia in Aulis' by M. R. Carey. It is the short story that preceded his excellent novel, 'The Girl With All the Gifts'. That story is great, so is 'An Introduction to Jewish Myth and Mysticism' by Steve Hockensmith. Unfortunately, the rest are a very mixed bag ranging from 'pretty good' down to 'how the hell did this get published?'. I suppose that's why short story collections are not publishers favourite formats.The two stories I mentioned are easily four star stories and the rest hover around three. There are a couple of stinkers in there though. Of course, that might just be down to personal preference. A collection of short stories needs to be varied, I know, but then Carey's and Hockensmith's stories are not comparable really. less

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