Demon: Volume 3 by Jason Shiga
This is the third book in Jason Shiga‘s Demon quartet; the story of Jimmy Yee, an otherwise ordinary accountant who realizes he’s a demon. This means that whenever he takes his own life, he ends up possessing the body of the person closest to him.
It’s a free pass to wealth and power, though ever since Jimmy found his daughter Sweetpea (also a demon) and evaded capture from the secret-ops agent who’s determined to exploit his abilities,
March 21st, 2019. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 4 | Comics | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Breach of Containment by Elizabeth Bonesteel
This third novel in Elizabeth Bonesteel’s CENTRAL CORPS series needs to be read after you’ve finished the previous novels, The Cold Between and Remnants of Trust.
When publishers make promises such as “a page-turning hybrid combining the gritty, high-octane thrills of James S. A. Corey and the sociopolitical drama of Ann Leckie” I just can’t help but point out when the book doesn’t deliver. I have enjoyed Elizabeth Bonesteel’s CENTRAL CORPS novels enough to continue the series when I already have the audiobooks loaded onto my phone,
February 11th, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Elizabeth Bonesteel | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Age of War by Michael J. Sullivan
We (Tadiana and Marion) have both been reading THE LEGENDS OF THE FIRST EMPIRE series. Here, we take a few minutes to discuss the third book, Age of War.
Tadiana: All the resentments, cruelties, conspiracies and ambitions that have been simmering since Age of Myth (and even before) boil over and explode in Age of War (2018), the third book in Michael J.
October 31st, 2018. Tadiana Jones and Marion Deeds´s rating: 4 | Michael J. Sullivan | SFF Reviews | no comments |
No Sleep Till Doomsday by Laurence MacNaughton
No Sleep Till Doomsday (2018), the third installment in Laurence MacNaughton’s DRU JASPER series, delivers all the excitement, action, romance and humor I expect from these books — plus, it brings in a new muscle-car who is an ancient rival of the speed-demon Hellbringer, and I’ve come to love Hellbringer.
Dru is a crystal sorceress in Denver, Colorado, who together with a group of allies is trying to stop the breaking of the seals on the Apocalypse Scroll and the resulting Doomsday.
October 24th, 2018. Marion Deeds´s rating: 4.5 | Laurence MacNaughton | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Dragon Lords: Bad Faith by Jon Hollins
Bad Faith (2018) concludes the DRAGON LORDS trilogy Jon Hollins began with Fool’s Gold, a rollicking heist story that more than earned its comparisons to The Guardians of the Galaxy and The Hobbit. The trilogy’s second volume, False Idols, answered some lingering questions I’d had, but also took the series down a darker and more meandering path.
September 13th, 2018. Jana Nyman´s rating: 2.5 | Jon Hollins | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Arabella the Traitor of Mars by David D. Levine
David D. Levine’s THE ADVENTURES OF ARABELLA ASHBY Regency fantasy trilogy wraps up in Arabella the Traitor of Mars (2018), which, appropriately, returns us to early 1800’s colonial-era Mars, where all the action began in Arabella of Mars. The series is an engaging melding of Jules Verne-style retro science fiction with Horatio Hornblower-type naval battles in the air above Mars,
September 5th, 2018. Tadiana Jones´s rating: 3.5 | David D. Levine | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
With Guardian (2018), A.J. Hartley brings his STEEPLEJACK trilogy to a triumphant close. Readers who savored the voyeuristic thrill of soaring along rooftops and bringing evildoers to justice alongside Anglet Sutonga in Steeplejack and Firebrand are sure to cheer as she tackles an even more daunting task: gathering allies both near and far to protect the city she calls home. The STEEPLEJACK books (and reviews of said books) need to be read in order,
June 12th, 2018. Jana Nyman´s rating: 4.5 | A.J. Hartley | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
The Queen of Sorrow by Sarah Beth Durst
The Queen of Sorrow (2018) is the third volume in Sarah Beth Durst’s THE QUEENS OF RENTHIA series, appearing to conclude the storylines of Queens Daleina, Naelin, and Merecot which began in The Queen of Blood and were explored further The Reluctant Queen. Renthia is a world filled with all manner of spirits, who are capable of tremendous destruction unless kept under tight control by the queen of the realm,
May 14th, 2018. Jana Nyman´s rating: 4.5 | Sarah Beth Durst | SFF Reviews | 9 comments |
The giant robots are back! Only Human (2018) wraps up Sylvain Neuvel’s excellent THEMIS FILES science fiction trilogy with some surprising plot turns. *Expect some spoilers for the first two books, Sleeping Giants and Waking Gods*
At the end of Waking Gods, the robot called Themis was suddenly transported back home to her original planet by remote command of her alien makers,
May 1st, 2018. Tadiana Jones´s rating: 4.5 | Sylvain Neuvel | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Olympus Bound by Jordanna Max Brodsky
Warning: some mild spoilers for both The Immortals and Winter of the Gods will be unavoidable.
In Olympus Bound (2018), Jordanna Max Brodsky concludes the OLYMPUS BOUND trilogy she began with The Immortals, featuring the Greek goddess Artemis living in modern-day New York City under various appellations, including Selene. As the books progressed, the remaining Greek gods dwindled in number,
April 6th, 2018. Jana Nyman´s rating: 4.5 | Jordanna Max Brodsky | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Pretty challenging book. Cut by half, speed up the cadence. Trying to figure out the plot, the main point of…
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…