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The follow-up to T. Kingfisher’s bestselling gothic novella, What Moves the Dead .
Retired soldier …
Alex Easton is such a great character and I was very happy getting to read more about them. This book is a little less creepy and a lot more Easton than its predecessor.
On the fictional island of Patusan—and much to the ire of the Patusan natives—the Korean …
I'm still not really sure about this book. I should probably reread it since I think I went to fast and missed some things. It was definitely interesting, but it seemed like there were too many characters for such a short work. None of the characters or the world itself were given much depth. #SFFBookClub
In a city that never was, in an America that never was, on a snowy …
An alternative history where the Native American Cahokia Nation was not wiped out by disease from white explorers and settlers, and went on to thrive. It takes place in the 1920s and it's very noir-esque. While it is a detective story that does come together nicely, it is more of a character piece. There are so many well developed characters and the fleshing out of the Cahokia people overall is easily believable.
To fix the world they must first break it, further. Humanity is a dying breed, …
I've come to expect more from Tchaikovsky. This one let me down.
In this riveting, stand-alone novel from Michael Mammay, author of Planetside, the beginning of a …
The books was extremely well written and it tells a great story, but there were a couple parts where the author just did some handwaving to move the story along. Each of these shattered my suspension of disbelief. I still recommend this and there is a lot of wonderful concepts here, but it's not quite up to the full 5 stars.
Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with.
A house embedded with an artificial intelligence …
Interesting ideas here, but it doesn't pull it all together. Still worth a read.
New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger brings you a gloriously warm and unique scifi …
I know several people who love this series, but it came off as dull and bland to me. I usually like found family stories, but I have to care for the characters first, which I never did in this book. I also couldn't suspend disbelief enough to accept the general premise.
Seven days, six characters, three interconnected story strands, one central common core--the eponymous dervish house, …
Yet another Ian McDonald book is a 5-star read for me, even though it is something I normally wouldn't enjoy. McDonald has a knack for writing books that are everything I normally hate (slow uneven pacing, not much happening, way too much time spent describing the background and scenery, etc.) but I end up loving. This wasn't quite as good as Hopeland, but still an excellent read.
The dust may have just settled in the failed war of conquest between the Holy …
This was quite similar to A Memory Called Empire, but with a lot more physical action and a protagonist who wasn't enamored with the empire she was pulled into. As a first novel it is a little rough around the edges, and there could have been more support for some of the motivations, but it was still enjoyable. Another positive - If you are striking out when trying to explain microaggressions to someone who just doesn't get it, have them read this book.
Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she …
Hench is a lot more serious and deep than you'd expect from some of the flippant descriptions. I went in wanting something as light escapism. That's not what I got, but it was certainly worth a read, and I liked it far more than a few other things I've picked up recently that looked better on the surface.
All her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of …
The first half of this book reads like a very predictable standard space opera, then it takes a turn for the wild. There are a lot of great ideas here, and my only criticism is that the pacing in the second half was awkward. Tesh rushed through some segments that could have used more detail, yet lingered on other parts way too long.