Public defender who enjoys reading science fiction and fantasy books and playing roleplaying games.
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90% complete! Alex Keane has read 18 of 20 books.
Kidnapped! Offyonder, a planet famous for its civic justice and order, has the few who …
Liking the way the different factions are getting characterized and none are 100% the good guys or bad guys, but it doesn't get bogged down in "everyone is the worst"
Kidnapped! Offyonder, a planet famous for its civic justice and order, has the few who …
Early on the prose felt a bit clunky, but either I've gotten into the narrator's character and stopped noticing it, or something changed. Really liking the layered mystery and civil war.
Kidnapped! Offyonder, a planet famous for its civic justice and order, has the few who rule and the many who …
Marra — a shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter — is relieved not to be married off for the sake of her …
Joanna Kalotay lives alone in the woods of Vermont, the sole protector of a collection …
Magic can bring you what you want but at what cost?
Joanna and Esther's father is killed while investigating a mysterious spellbook in his collection. Esther and Joanna are stuck trying to carry out their father's plans when their lives collide with Nicholas, a magical scribe who creates books like those their father collected. But should those plans really be followed or should plans change as they try to help Nicholas escape his own family plans?
Tórzs tells a tale of family secrets and the cost of power. The thriller pace keeps you guessing at what comes next. The language is masterful, evocative without getting purple. I'm really looking forward to what Tórzs writes next.
Joanna Kalotay lives alone in the woods of Vermont, the sole protector of a collection …
Really enjoyed reading this one, books as magic is always a fun trope
Joanna Kalotay lives alone in the woods of Vermont, the sole protector of a collection …
Add a third POV character and instantly throw him in mortal peril. Things are getting interesting.
Joanna Kalotay lives alone in the woods of Vermont, the sole protector of a collection …
Reading this for my local library's SFF book club
"So mostly, as now, she settled for a pair of shorts, and those mostly for the pockets."
Okay, maybe Anderson does get what a lot of women want.
An underwater alien whose name translates as "Zoomboy"
For all that language shifts and culture changes, some things are eternal.
And there it is, the 1960s "but they're different, we can't treat them equally" from the boss.
Now to see whether the starry eyed neophyte wins out in getting the empire to be less awful.
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets …
Grabbed this one on interlibrary loan because of its inclusion on the recommended reading list on the Traveller RPG wiki
The pitch I read for this book was "Final Fantasy meets Shadow and Bone in a Korean Mythology Retelling". Shadow and Bone isn't a familiar one to me, but the other two really came through.
Ren is an orphan running from a tragic past, performing in a troupe with her adopted family. Sunho is a mercenary who awoke two years ago with no memory of his past except for his need to find his lost brother.
When Ren needs to leave home to find a cure for her Uncle after a demon attack and her hidden powers cause Imperial soldiers to hire Sunho to find her, can they both achieve their goals?
I really liked the parallel stories told from Ren's and Sunho's points of view, and the way that reveals about Ren's and Sunho's pasts unfolded in intertwined ways. The side characters of Tag and Yurhee, rebellious scoundrels who …
The pitch I read for this book was "Final Fantasy meets Shadow and Bone in a Korean Mythology Retelling". Shadow and Bone isn't a familiar one to me, but the other two really came through.
Ren is an orphan running from a tragic past, performing in a troupe with her adopted family. Sunho is a mercenary who awoke two years ago with no memory of his past except for his need to find his lost brother.
When Ren needs to leave home to find a cure for her Uncle after a demon attack and her hidden powers cause Imperial soldiers to hire Sunho to find her, can they both achieve their goals?
I really liked the parallel stories told from Ren's and Sunho's points of view, and the way that reveals about Ren's and Sunho's pasts unfolded in intertwined ways. The side characters of Tag and Yurhee, rebellious scoundrels who worked with Sunho before are well fleshed out just as Ren and Sunho are.
As someone who's played through Final Fantasy 7, the titular Floating World and the Under World, the slums beneath, really felt like a great homage to Midgar and there were a couple of scenes with details you could tell were added with love for other fans.
Overall, this was a fun read and I'm looking forward to the next book.
Note: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley
