Doubletake by Rob Thurman
(Book #7 of the Cal Leandros series)
Rating: 🍁🍁🍁🍁
So I was at the library earlier this week, scanning the shelves in the SF section while my three year old actually sat still and looked at a book for five minutes straight (miracles do happen!), when I stopped and did a doubletake. *ba dum bum ching* Seriously, bad puns aside, I froze and then snatched the book off the shelf in case the hordes of other SF fans swarming the library on a rainy Thursday evening saw what I'd seen.
A brand new, never-been-read copy of Rob Thurman's Doubletake. It even had that new book smell. *swoon*
Ahem. What was I saying? Right. Doubletake.
This latest installment in Ms. Thurman's UF series was everything I've come to expect: dark, thrilling, funny, touching, fast-paced, chock full of memorable characters, and oh so very addictive. Be warned, though - this isn't UF for the faint of heart. These are not happy people. Or monsters. Or whatever. And as always, Ms. Thurman manages to bring things to a conclusion that is satisfying, ominous, despairing and heart wrenchingly hopeful. Don't ask me how - she has a gift. Or a curse. Or whatever.
But I probably don't need to tell you that, because if you're reading this review, you've probably already read the first six books in the series. If not - why are you still here? Go. Read. You'll thank me.
(Sidenote: After everything that went down in this book I kind of really want to give Cal and Nikos a big hug. It just seems like they might need one.)
(Edit: I forgot to mention why it's four maple leaves instead of five. There was a little too much focus on the torture-y stuff this time around - flirting with the line of gratuitous. It didn't really cross that line, but came awfully close.)
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