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Lord of Candy

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Glynn Stewart: Hand of Mars (2018, Glynn Stewart)

A loyal world torn apart by corruption The Protectorate’s shield cracked by treason Their only …

Review of 'Hand of Mars' on 'Goodreads'

3.5ish.. Another episodic and I enjoyed the overall flow. Felt a bit more like a Jack Ryan episode which was entertaining if not predictable. The one thing that kept kicking my butt though was the weird use of exclamation points. You'd read a maybe impassioned sentence but not one that rose to the level of exclamations to just to find '!' staring at you. Which made me re-read the sentence and roll it around in my head too long. Like a fingernail that catches I could find a few of these each chapter and it drove me oddly bonkers. I even started having my wife proof read them to make sure I wasn't crazy.

The other weird thing is they keep calling Damien a kid but he's 35. Yes he's short of stature but there's a difference between 20 something, 30 something, etc.

My only two real foibles. It was …

Glynn Stewart: Starship's Mage (2014, Glynn Stewart)

Starship’s Mage: Book One was originally released as serialized space fantasy adventure, in the style …

Review of "Starship's Mage" on 'Goodreads'

Bubblegum science-fiction with magic. Everyone who reads complicated and convoluted writing needs to have something easier to digest at times and this really fit the bill for me lately. It feels episodic, nothing dives too deep, but you get a nice story, a smidge of YA even though I think the main character isn't YA, and some magic systems to tickle your fancy.

Go in with just a fun romp and you'll probably have one too.