We’re reviewing a double-dose of Kate Milford’s Aracana Project – two novellas set in the same world as her awesome full-length novels The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. Yesterday (Part I) we reviewed The Kairos Mechanism; today we review Bluecrowne. Title: Bluecrowne Author: Kate Milford Genre: Historical Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Kate Milford (Kickstarter-Funded) Publication date: April 2014 Ebook: 200 pages For those who haven’t read The Boneshaker, The Broken Lands, or The Kairos Mechanism, Bluecrowne is a work of moderately frightening historical fantasy rooted in folklore. In it you’ll meet villainous itinerant peddlers, young fireworks prodigies, privateers, and even the odd immortal or two. You’ll learn why ship’s biscuit is awesome, especially if it’s stale (spoiler alert: WEEVILS). You’ll learn the properties of cald-fire and lyke-fire, and the Chinese term for red massicot, just in case you ever need to know. And hopefully you will emerge from your reading and immediately mark your calendars for the releases of Greenglass House and The Left-Handed Fate. (Whilst you’re waiting, may I recommend those other books I mentioned above, which are available now?) If you have read my previous books, allow me to make a very short list of things for you, […]