Magnus does the French Revolution
May. 26th, 2013 10:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodygranuaileI read The Runaway Queen, the next installment of The Bane Chronicles, this one by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson, whose stuff I have not read but probably should.
This one is a bit less overtly silly than What Really Happened in Peru, although it does have its humorous bits, such as all of Magnus' clothes, and the time he accidentally winds up with a pet monkey and names it Ragnor.
Basically, Magnus gets roped into an attempt to help the royal family escape from the Tuilieries during the French Revolution, due to the amazingly attractive Count who pitches the job. On the same night, Magnus also has to attend a vampire party, otherwise he'll piss off the Paris vampires, and you do not want to piss off Paris vampires. Due to the royal family's general inability to get anything right, there end up being some problems with the escape plan.
Hot air balloons also feature heavily in this story.
I would say more but my head is terribly stuffed up so I'm not doing so great on the thinking front today. But this is a good story! I promise I read it and decided it was good before getting sick.
This one is a bit less overtly silly than What Really Happened in Peru, although it does have its humorous bits, such as all of Magnus' clothes, and the time he accidentally winds up with a pet monkey and names it Ragnor.
Basically, Magnus gets roped into an attempt to help the royal family escape from the Tuilieries during the French Revolution, due to the amazingly attractive Count who pitches the job. On the same night, Magnus also has to attend a vampire party, otherwise he'll piss off the Paris vampires, and you do not want to piss off Paris vampires. Due to the royal family's general inability to get anything right, there end up being some problems with the escape plan.
Hot air balloons also feature heavily in this story.
I would say more but my head is terribly stuffed up so I'm not doing so great on the thinking front today. But this is a good story! I promise I read it and decided it was good before getting sick.