{"id":1537,"date":"2015-03-21T13:23:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T13:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2015-03-21T13:23:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-21T13:23:23","slug":"short-fantasy-review-the-family-business-by-marina-finlayson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/03\/short-fantasy-review-the-family-business-by-marina-finlayson\/","title":{"rendered":"Short fantasy review: &#8216;The Family Business&#8217; by Marina Finlayson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"big420BoxBody\">\n<div class=\"big420BoxContent\">\n<div class=\"reviewText mediumText description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1423993401l\/24939039.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"475\" \/>If you\u2019ve ever wondered what the Sphinx thought about her perpetual task of riddle-making, and whether she\u2019d like\u2026 well, a bit of a change occasionally, this is the story for you. It\u2019s not even very long (4,000 words), so you can\u2019t argue that you\u2019ve got no time. It\u2019s original, clever and very, very funny &#8211; what\u2019s not to like?<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t normally read short stories, but the author went straight onto my must-read list after I loved her urban fantasy set in Sydney, Twiceborn (with werewolves and dragons, what could be better?). I had to try this too, and I\u2019m so glad I did. Five stars.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"review-like\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"review-follow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"big420BoxBottom\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered what the Sphinx thought about her perpetual task of riddle-making, and whether she\u2019d like\u2026 well, a bit of a change occasionally, this is the story for you. It\u2019s not even very long (4,000 words), so you can\u2019t argue that you\u2019ve got no time. It\u2019s original, clever and very, very funny &#8211; what\u2019s not to like? I don\u2019t normally read short stories, but the author went straight onto my must-read list after I loved her urban fantasy set in Sydney, Twiceborn (with werewolves and dragons, what could be better?). I had to try this too, and I\u2019m so glad I did. Five stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63],"tags":[125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1541,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions\/1541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}