Soh Kam Yung commented on Liminal Spaces by Maureen McHugh
An engineer who frequently travels for her job, suddenly finds herself in airports other than …
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Tak! quoted Steelflower by Lilith Saintcrow
Thief, assassin, sellsword—Kaia Steelflower is famous. Well, mostly famous, and mostly for the wrong reasons. …
I woke from a fuzzy trance with my mead-filled head ringing and four Hain Guards seeking to separate said head from my shoulders.
Tak! commented on Steelflower by Lilith Saintcrow
Thief, assassin, sellsword—Kaia Steelflower is famous. Well, mostly famous, and mostly for the wrong reasons. …
100% human-created. No part of this book or its cover art was created with “AI”.
Tak! reviewed Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
Station Eternity
5 stars
I really liked Six Wakes, and Station Eternity makes it clear that it was not a fluke.
I loved the different alien species, the way the plot continually unfolded new dimensions, and the depth and variety of the characters.
I would unreservedly recommend this book to anybody who has any interest in science fiction, mystery thrillers, or just good storytelling.
Tak! commented on Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
Thanks also to Mary Robinette Kowal, steel goddess of kindhearted patience,
Damn, if someone said something like that about me, I'd make sure it got engraved onto my tombstone
Tak! quoted Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
Cal was the kind of person who just ran around taking nails out of horses’ feet to see what kingdoms she could conquer.
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Soh Kam Yung commented on On the Fox Roads by Nghi Vo
While learning the ropes from a crafty Jazz Age bank robber, a young stowaway discovers …
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Tak! commented on Steelflower by Lilith Saintcrow
Thief, assassin, sellsword—Kaia Steelflower is famous. Well, mostly famous, and mostly for the wrong reasons. …
The entire Steelflower Chronicles--my hard-drinking, pickpocketing, assassin-thief sellsword--is on sale this weekend! Book 1, STEELFLOWER, is a whopping $.99USD in ebook through these retailers. books2read.com/steelflower
Tak! quoted Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
Pussy. Wow. Our enemies have a lot of weapons, but I hope they never find out that the easiest way to take down a man in the army is to call him a part of a woman that is incredibly strong and can take the trauma of childbirth and keep doing its thing.
Tak! quoted Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
She ground her jaw more, enjoying the taste of her own body as she pulverized another layer of her teeth.
Tak! commented on The Old Goat and the Alien by Veo Corva
Avari keeps to themself. They're a goat-shape cosmoran, a member of the Cleaners' Union, and …
The Digital Book Launch Party for The Old Goat and the Alien has been announced!
Hope to see some you there on Sunday 2nd June at 6pm UTC+1!
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Tak! quoted Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
She wasn’t a writer, with the scarves and the chunky jewelry and the online flame wars about appropriation and use of the singular “they.”
Tak! quoted Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
Nobody ever believed murders “just happened” around Mallory Viridian.
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I did feel like some of the plot mechanisms did get repetitive, though. For example, one of his enemies defeating him in battle, then holding him prisoner until he could be rescued. Or thinking somebody he cared about had been killed only to find out they were ok, actually.
Tak! reviewed David Mogo by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Nigerian God-Punk - a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha …
David Mogo: Godhunter
4 stars
In a lot of ways, this reminds me of the Akata series, but for adults - Nigerian setting, making friends and enemies with supernatural entities, Nsibidi script as magic writing, etc. (This is not a criticism of the Akata series, I love them.)
The setting was the best part of this for me - I enjoyed postapocalyptic, god-ravaged Lagos.
I appreciate that David is imperfect and fallible - he makes mistakes, fails, etc., and it has real consequences for him.
The first section (book? sub-book?) was my favorite, followed by the second - as the story progressed, I felt like it kept getting progressively more frantic and less coherent.
Overall, I enjoyed it, though, and I'm looking forward to more.