Cold Welcome by Elizabeth Moon
I was surprised and pleased to see that Elizabeth Moon has continued her VATTA’S WAR quintet with a sequel series called VATTA’S PEACE. I read all of VATTA’S WAR (Trading in Danger, Marque and Reprisal, Engaging the Enemy, Command Decision, Victory Conditions) and even though I rated each book with only 3 or 3.5 stars,
June 7th, 2017. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Elizabeth Moon | Audio | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
M.R. Carey’s 2014 novel, The Girl with All the Gifts, was lauded by both Terry and Ray for bringing new life to tired zombie-fiction tropes. The Boy on the Bridge (2017) occupies a prequel/companion/sequel position, in that most of this novel takes place before Melanie’s story, but a twenty-years-later epilogue swoops around and seems to pick up after The Girl with All the Gifts ended.
June 7th, 2017. Jana Nyman´s rating: 3.5 | Mike (M.R.) Carey | Horror | SFF Reviews | no comments |
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
While I didn’t fall in in love with V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic, I quite enjoyed it, giving it four stars in my review. Schwab is back in this universe now with a sequel, A Gathering of Shadows (2016), which carries forward the strengths of the first book, making for yet another strong story.
Set four months after the events of book one (and yes,
June 7th, 2017. Bill Capossere, Kevin Wei and Marion Deeds´s rating: 4 | Victoria (V.E.) Schwab | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
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