4 stars — You know what sucks about coming into a wildly popular series years later? You hear things…you see people talking about things. And so you end up with expectations, or hints to plots or characters or whatever. So what’s the result? The result is that I couldn’t just let myself go while reading […]
4 stars — Well that left me a whole mess of confused and conflicted and overwrought. I started off listening to the audiobook with this one. And honestly, Ms. Fortgang was solid. She had clear voices, good pacing, emotions. But…I kept finding my mind wandering. And after awhile I figured it just wasn’t working for […]
4 stars — Every time I read a book by this author, I’m always taken to a world completely unlike anything I was expecting…and not only that, but unlike anything I usually read. I tagged this as pirates, but pirates are never referred to in the book. But it was the closest thing I could describe […]
3.5 stars — I think in the end I *wanted* to like this one more than I actually did. It was longer. The pace was slow at times. I didn’t always like Theo. And I just didn’t get as captured emotionally. Basically I can think of other books that share elements of the plot that […]
4.5 stars — Honestly? The whole story went in a few directions I was NOT expecting. I can’t explain, but the plot laid out differently than I was expecting in so many ways. Sometimes that meant there were lulls in action…but in those lulls we got to learn more: either about the world, the magic, or […]
4.5 stars — I did NOT anticipate where this story was going to go! I was surprised right from the start. I will admit that I was a bit bummed that Zera spent the ENTIRE story letting her hunger get her to believe in her own worthlessness. It was so hard to see her just […]
OVERALL: 3.5 stars — You know, this was a pretty successful anthology! I find there are always a few gems (in this case it was Britt and the Bike God, Per Aspera Ad Astra, and A Curse, A Kindness), and then a few that just don’t hit. In this one, the ones that didn’t hit […]
4.5 stars — You know what? That was totally lived up to my high expectations for a fantasy book from Ms. Wolf. I was honestly worried it wouldn’t, which is why I kept avoiding reading it. But nope, it was chock full of the same fantastic snarkiness that I’ve come to expect…mixed with a fascinating […]
4.5 stars — Wow. I’ve learned that with this series I can’t trust my gut, and I should prepare for surprises. So I think I read this one on the edge of my seat, barely able to trust what I was feeling. But in the end? It was worth it. I was wholly satisfied with the […]
4.5 stars — Wow. I just…don’t understand what kind of fucked up imagination this author has to create these crazy worlds. And damn, but she’s evil for putting her readers through craziness after craziness. There were twists that while I didn’t guess, I could totally see after the fact. And then there were other twists […]