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danicamidlil's review against another edition
4.0
There was very little Windwolf in this one but much more Oilcan than I remember in either of the others.
Biggest Complaint: What was with all the missing words? This was in bad need of a better editor! We were missing "had" and "to" all over the place!! It kept pulling me out of the story and made me want to go find a red pen to mark up my copy with and mail it back to Baen!
All in all though, more please!
Biggest Complaint: What was with all the missing words? This was in bad need of a better editor! We were missing "had" and "to" all over the place!! It kept pulling me out of the story and made me want to go find a red pen to mark up my copy with and mail it back to Baen!
All in all though, more please!
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
4.0
Book 3 in a fantasy series set in Pittsburgh. Interesting characters and locations with various weird elf society and genetic manipulation twists. But basically just a nice quick read.
notasilkycat's review against another edition
3.0
The third book is better than I expected though I got tired and bored in some parts.
nixwhittaker's review against another edition
5.0
Third book in the series we see more of Oilcan's story. The Oni are more in the background and the elves politics really start to mess up things. Read Peace Offering (Short Story) which happens during this novel. Also read Blue Sky which happens between the last book and this one. Tinker is still cleverly awesome.
We have a new enemy on the scene and it looks like he has been playing with the elves for a very long time. The skin Clan rear their heads and so do old family along with old enemies.
We have a new enemy on the scene and it looks like he has been playing with the elves for a very long time. The skin Clan rear their heads and so do old family along with old enemies.
amgeever's review against another edition
5.0
A satisfying conclusion to the Elfhome series. I loved all three books.
myfrogmonster's review against another edition
5.0
Best in the series. I hope there will be more adventures of TInker and Oilcan.
corvus_corone's review against another edition
4.0
The latest installment of Wen Spencer's Elfhome books, this did not disappoint. I absolutely adore how Spencer started the series with 1 main character and most of the story was told from her point of view but, as the series goes on, the stories and the characters become more diverse and varied.
I will admit I spent the entire story going, "They're going to turn Oilcan into an elf. I don't know how or why yet but they're going to turn Oilcan into an elf. Oh look, they turned Oilcan into an elf."
Spencer is not afraid to add in story elements that do not resolve in one book and I really look forward to the next installment of this story.
alesia_charles's review against another edition
4.0
Ignore the crappy cover, which is both stupid and barely relevant to the book. I love this author's books and you should all be reading all of them.
ETA 2017: Why does the cover suck? (a) the dragon, which barely features in the book, should be Chinese-style, not western; (b) Elvish clothing would never be that tasteless; (c) Tinker kept a safe distance from that box; and (d) Tinker is BROWN. BROWN GIRL IN THE BOOK BUT NOT ON THE COVER, OH NO IT MIGHT SCARE THE WHITE PEOPLE AWAY. :stomps away grumbling and kicking things:
ETA 2017: Why does the cover suck? (a) the dragon, which barely features in the book, should be Chinese-style, not western; (b) Elvish clothing would never be that tasteless; (c) Tinker kept a safe distance from that box; and (d) Tinker is BROWN. BROWN GIRL IN THE BOOK BUT NOT ON THE COVER, OH NO IT MIGHT SCARE THE WHITE PEOPLE AWAY. :stomps away grumbling and kicking things:
bethmitcham's review
4.0
Delightfully plotted and imaginatively envisioned this book is a delight.
The only jarring bit is the sex, which seems very odd to me (Jewel Tear and Tommy both are very bizarre in their reactions). I'm not sure whether referring men and women as males and females is a regional thing, a Spencer thing, or is supposed to be an Elfhome thing that has mysteriously penetrated into all facets of society. (People use it to describe their peers as well as people of other species.)
I eagerly await the next one.
The only jarring bit is the sex, which seems very odd to me (Jewel Tear and Tommy both are very bizarre in their reactions). I'm not sure whether referring men and women as males and females is a regional thing, a Spencer thing, or is supposed to be an Elfhome thing that has mysteriously penetrated into all facets of society. (People use it to describe their peers as well as people of other species.)
I eagerly await the next one.
babsji's review
4.0
This is not a book about Tinker, as the 2 previous once were, this is about Oilcan and other secondary characters in the Tengu and half Oni ranks. It also is setting up a new direction for future stories in the Elfhome Universe. Such as how to get Pittsburgh back to Earth, and the fact that the Skin Clan were not all defeated, simply moved to another plane, which elves are helping them. She also seems to be incorporating the legend of King Arthur into the already myriad myths and legends in the series. (ie Japanese, Celtic)I hope she's already started on the next book.