Like World War Z but robots, this book tracks the collapse and eventual victory of the human race in its war against robots with chapters from all over the world. (And don't worry, that's not a spoiler, it's the first chapter.) The author has a Ph.D. in robotics, and wields it to craft a story that is will absolutely terrify you, especially if you hate robots as much as I do.

Both scary and intelligent, I recommend calming yourself down after you finish it by watching gifs of incompetent robots online for a while.

A disappointing follow up. Robopocalypse worked so well because it showed humanity at its blockbuster thriller finest: we mostly all died, but were victorious in the end out of sheer stubbornness. This book has too many overpowered robots and evil humans and mostly just left me with a sick feeling in my stomach and a wish to never go outside.

The kind of book you can completely forget about until one day someone mentions fairies and you think, "didn't I read a book once where the girl was a fairy and they were all plants instead of animals? Huh."

It was a clever plotline, disguised just as cleverly in a slow plot and dull characters. The only one with any sparkle was Tamani. I liked that Pike made her main character beautiful and competent; it was a much-appreciated break from the norm.

Jaffe made the comatose-mystery work, with a heroine who was as unlikable as she was real. The present day was interlaced with tantalizing snippets of what Jane remembered from the night she was nearly killed in a hit-and-run, and the clues are subtle but excellent. There are so many fantastic characterizations and interactions that it felt like much more than your average thriller.

This was beautiful, but I feel unfair rating it because I haven't read the book it was based on. One day I'll read all of Nabokov.

This excruciatingly long-winded book makes you feel like you are reading the diary of the most solipsistic person on the planet. Every scene has multiple flashbacks and spin-offs and unnecessary descriptions, only returning to the main plot after the author is certain you have forgotten what was happening. Anabel is a jerk, and psychotic to boot. I finished this book out of some weird need to finish all the books I own, but I regret it heartily.

And can we talk about that ending?

Spoiler

Anabel, who has spent this entire exhaustingly lengthy novel waxing poetic about how wet Luke makes her, ends this book by fucking a guy who isn't even mentioned until well over halfway through the book? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. I know she proved early on she can't handle more than one glass of booze or she turns into a slippery Muppet, but come on. I hate her, and I hope they both break up with her.

King Oberon and Queen Titania and Puck have left behind Shakespeare and found a new home with Long.

This bewitching novel follows Jenny as she goes on a quest into the enchanted woods that swallowed her brother seven years ago, where she is helped by Jack, a fae that she can't decide if she should trust or run from -- at least, until she meets Titania and her husband/adversary Oberon, who both want her heart. (Literally for the former, figuratively for the latter.)

It's an adventure and a romance and a fairy tale. Stick through the slow beginning; it's worth it.