Sanctum of the Soul by Kel Kade
I’ve been up and down on Kel Kade’s SHROUD OF PROPHECY series, with book one, Fate of the Fallen, striking me as enjoyable though with a number of issues. The sequel, Destiny of the Dead, took a small turn downward for me, though it had its strengths. Unfortunately, my experience with book three, Sanctum of the Soul, was closer to Destiny than Fate,
February 11th, 2025. Bill Capossere´s rating: 2.5 | Kel Kade | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Some Faraway Place by Lauren Shippen
Rose is a normal girl, and that’s a problem because everyone else in her family – her parents, her brother – are atypical.
I had some hope that returning to the approximate 2016 timeframe and another late-teen protagonist who isn’t an outright villain would be a boon for the BRIGHT SESSIONS series. Unfortunately, I had more issues with Some Faraway Place (2021) than either of its predecessors, The Infinite Noise and A Neon Darkness.
December 27th, 2022. Skye Walker´s rating: 0.5 | Lauren Shippen | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Aurora’s End by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Aurora’s End, the final book in the AURORA CYCLE YA science fiction trilogy by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, begins and finishes with a bang — literally, lots of them — and sandwiches all kinds of wild events in between. (Note: this review includes some spoilers for the prior books in this series.)
When we left Squad 312, a group of young adult space academy grads trying to save the galaxy,
November 30th, 2021. Tadiana Jones´s rating: 3.5 | Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Fury of a Demon by Brian Naslund
I admitted back when I reviewed Brian Naslund’s Blood of an Exile that I had resisted the book sitting on my shelf and picked it up somewhat grudgingly, expecting yet “another fantasy about a roguish-yet-likable gritty swordsman and his band of gritty companions battling the odds to save their gritty world.” Which, as I noted then, wasn’t so far off in terms of plot, but which in more important ways didn’t come near being accurate,
September 1st, 2021. Bill Capossere´s rating: 3.5 | Brian Naslund | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons
I’ve had a mixed reaction to Jenn Lyons’ series since book one, The Ruin of Kings, so it seems only appropriate that I had two different reactions to book three, The Memory of Souls (2020), with a lot of frustration and annoyance to the first half of the book and a greater appreciation and enjoyment in the second half. All of which leaves me still up in the air in terms of recommending what will turn out to be a relatively lengthy series.
September 11th, 2020. Bill Capossere´s rating: 3 | Jenn Lyons | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Servant of the Crown by Duncan M. Hamilton
Servant of the Crown (2020) closes out Duncan M. Hamilton’s DRAGONSLAYER trilogy, a series that I thought started out weakly with Dragonslayer and then improved somewhat, though not quite enough, with Knight of the Silver Circle. Unfortunately, I can’t say the third book continues that improvement, meaning I can’t recommend the series.
The book picks up shortly after the events of its predecessor with Guillot,
March 5th, 2020. Bill Capossere´s rating: 1.5 | Duncan M. Hamilton | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Dispel Illusion by Mark Lawrence
Tadiana: Kat:
Dispel Illusion (2019) is the final book in Mark Lawrence’s IMPOSSIBLE TIMES trilogy. Readers will need to finish One Word Kill and Limited Wish before beginning Dispel Illusion, so we’ll assume you’ve done that. Kindly, Mark Lawrence provides a recap of previous important events at the beginning of this book.
February 19th, 2020. Tadiana Jones and Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5, 4 | Mark Lawrence | Audio | SFF Reviews | no 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.