Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard
Vân opens the front door to her room to see that the avatar for the mindship The Wild Orchid in Sunless Woods is in the common access area used by Vân and her student, Uyên. Sunless Woods is there to tell Vân that the poetry club in which they are both members is considering ousting Vân on the grounds that she is “commonplace” and “vulgar,” limited by her birth into poverty rather than as a privileged member of the scholarly and wealthy class.
June 18th, 2021. Terry Weyna´s rating: 4.5 | Aliette De_Bodard | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews
With Sweep of the Blade, the fourth installment in Ilona Andrews’ INNKEEPER CHRONICLES series, there is a new main character: Maud, sister of Dina, the previous main character and the innkeeper of this light SF series. We met Maud in the prior book in this series, One Fell Sweep, when Dina convinced Sean the werewolf and Arland the vampire — these are both alien races, by the way,
January 22nd, 2020. Tadiana Jones´s rating: 3 | Ilona Andrews | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
Ghosted (Vol. 4): Ghost Town by Joshua Williamson (writer), Vladmir Krstic (artist), Juan Jose Ryp (artist), and Miroslav Mrva (colorist)
Ghosted (Vol. 4): Ghost Town by Joshua Williamson is another adventure into the occult (though if you haven’t read volume 1, you should start there and first read my review of Ghosted (Vol. 1): Haunted House). It opens with the evil Markus showing up in Germany at a wedding that is just about to go bad — supernaturally bad. And he isn’t alone: He’s forced Rusnak,
April 20th, 2019. Brad Hawley´s rating: 4 | Comics | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
“Such is the universal desire for fame that those who achieve it accidentally or unwillingly will wait in vain for pity.”
So begins the latest addition to J. K. Rowling‘s CORMORAN STRIKE series, and one can’t help feeling that the author would feel particularly empathetic towards her protagonist, the eponymous Cormoran Strike. Hot off the heels of his last case, Strike found himself unwanted fame that now, paradoxically, has cost him the anonymity needed to do his job in the first place.
October 9th, 2018. Ray McKenzie´s rating: 4 | J.K. Rowling | Edge | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
In Shining Armor by Elliott James
The fourth book in Elliott James’ PAX ARCANA series is In Shining Armor (2016). In this installment, someone has kidnapped baby Constance, the god-daughter of John Charming. She was being guarded by a team consisting of both Knights and werewolves, so now the Knights are blaming the werewolves and vice versa. This threatens to upset their recently established, but tentative, truce, and the results could be disastrous, especially for John Charming. It’s up to him and his strange group of allies to figure out what happened to Constance and,
June 15th, 2018. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Elliott James | Audio | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
In the Labyrinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan
In the Labyrinth of Drakes is the fourth book in the MEMOIRS BY LADY TRENT series by Marie Brennan, and in terms of quality I’d place it just behind the second one, The Tropic of Serpents, which so far is my favorite. And if it has a few of the same issues that have detracted from prior books, as always, these are outweighed by the wonderful voice of the narrator, which is really the number one reason for picking up this series.
April 24th, 2017. Bill Capossere and Jana Nyman´s rating: 4 | Marie Brennan | SFF Reviews | 7 comments |
Dark Ascension by M.L. Brennan
Dark Ascension is the fourth book in the GENERATION V series, which has quickly become my favorite urban fantasy series. It seems like I spend a good few months every year looking forward to the next book in the series. Brennan has me hooked.
Dark Ascension is far different from any other book in this series. It has a much darker tone, and the humor, while there, is muted. It feels a lot heavier,
January 29th, 2017. Sarah Chorn | M.L. Brennan | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Warning: Contains mild spoilers for Chu’s TAO trilogy.
Wesley Chu’s TAO trilogy (The Lives of Tao, The Deaths of Tao, The Rebirths of Tao) about two enemy alien species (the Prophus and the Genjix) who’ve been occupying human hosts and battling it out on Earth for thousands of years, came to a satisfying conclusion last year but I was hoping for more because,
August 9th, 2016. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Wesley Chu | Audio | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler
In The Guns of Empire, Django Wexler continues one of the strongest military fantasy series to date. With Queen Raesinia determinedly in tow, Janus and Marcus chart course for the holy city of Elysium in hope of destroying the Pontifex of the Black to bring a more permanent peace to Vordan. Our protagonists return to begin a massive military invasion of Vordan’s powerful neighbors, and if you enjoyed Wexler’s world building in book three, The Price of Valor,
July 29th, 2016. Kevin Wei´s rating: 3 | Django Wexler | SFF Reviews | 8 comments |
Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger
Manners & Mutiny is the fourth and final installment in Gail Carriger’s FINISHING SCHOOL series for teens (though as you can see from my reviews, adults will enjoy this, too!). This has been one of my favorite fantasy series in the last few years, so I’m sad to see it end. Fortunately, Carriger’s most-loved characters tend to show up in her other series, which are all set in the same supernatural England.
Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Ladies of Quality is,
January 5th, 2016. Kat Hooper´s rating: 4.5 | Gail Carriger | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 7 comments |
Do it! One of the best things I've read in recent years.
This reminds me. I want to read Addie LaRue.
We’re in total agreement David!
I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.