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Anatomy of Sequels - A Reviewer's Perspective
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Sometime in the first year of my review blog, I developed a checklist which I use when reviewing sequels. It helps me qualitatively describe how they are composed, and how they interact with the surrounding books in their respective series. More recently, I added a much shorter checklist for describing the first book in a series.
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Works Cited
Ancrum, K. The Weight of the Stars. Imprint, 2019.
---. The Wicker King. Imprint, 2017.
Black, Holly. Ironside: A Modern Faerie Tale. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020.
---. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020.
---. Valiant: A Modern Faerie Tale. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020.
Brown, Roseanne A. A Psalm of Storms and Silence. HarperCollins, 2021.
---. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin. HarperCollins, 2020.
Callender, Kacen. King of the Rising. Hachette UK, 2020.
---. Queen of the Conquered. Hachette UK, 2019.
Cipri, Nino. Defekt. Tordotcom, 2021.
---. Finna. Tordotcom, 2020.
Grant, Mira. Blackout. Orbit, 2012.
---. Deadline. Orbit, 2011.
---. Feed. Orbit, 2010.
---. Feedback. Orbit, 2016.
Khaw, Cassandra. A Song for Quiet. Tor.com, 2017.
---. Hammers on Bone. Tor.com, 2016.
Maxwell, Everina. Ocean’s Echo. Hachette UK, 2022.
---. Winter’s Orbit. Tor Books, 2021.
McGuire, Seanan. Be the Serpent. Astra Publishing House, 2022.
---. Sleep No More. Astra Publishing House, 2023.
---. The Innocent Sleep. Astra Publishing House, 2023.
Reid, Ava. Juniper and Thorn. Random House, 2022.
---. The Wolf and the Woodsman: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2021.
Weir, Andy. Artemis: A Novel. Ballantine Books, 2017.
---. The Martian: A Novel. Ballantine Books, 2014.
Westerfeld, Scott. Extras. Simon and Schuster, 2007.
---. Pretties. Simon and Schuster, 2008.
---. Specials. Simon and Schuster, 2011.
---. Uglies. Simon and Schuster, 2011.
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