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Your One & Only by Adrianne Finlay
While it’s debatable whether there are any new stories left to be told, I think that discovering fresh ideas or interesting twists within familiar stories is part of what makes reading so enjoyable. Aldous Huxley certainly didn’t create the Dystopian genre with Brave New World, nor did Lois Lowry with The Giver, and neither did Kazuo Ishiguro with Never Let Me Go,
February 6th, 2018. Jana Nyman´s rating: 2 | Adrianne Finlay | Stand-Alone, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
In many ways, Sarah Tarkoff’s debut novel Sinless (2018) follows the Dystopian YA rule book: a young woman in the near future discovers that the seemingly-idyllic world she lives in is built upon a foundation of lies, and in the process of deciding how best to fight back, discovers previously untapped depths of pluck (as well as previously-unrequited feelings for a dashing and rebellious young man from her childhood). This specific young woman is Grace Luther, the daughter of a well-connected American cleric,
January 9th, 2018. Jana Nyman´s rating: 2 | Sarah Tarkoff | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
Merlin’s Bones by Fred Saberhagen
We raided the used bookstore the other day and this was one of my prizes; as sometimes happens when I visit the used bookstore and pick up a book by an author whose name I consider a guarantee of quality, I discovered when I got home that I had actually read Merlin’s Bones before — perhaps fifteen years ago, in this case. It took about three chapters to be sure, by which time I was merrily embarked and enjoying the story, so I didn’t mind.
November 20th, 2017. Nathan Okerlund´s rating: 2 | Fred Saberhagen | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Winds of Change by Mercedes Lackey
Winds of Change (1992) is the middle novel in Mercedes Lackey’s MAGE WINDS trilogy, which is part of her larger VALDEMAR saga. I wasn’t impressed with the first book, Winds of Fate, which was a standard high fantasy novel that didn’t stand out in any way. I decided to read book two anyway because I already owned it at Audible and I wanted to review it for FanLit.
November 3rd, 2017. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2 | Mercedes Lackey | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
The hype surrounding An Ember in the Ashes (2015) around its release was impressive, to say the least. Classed as Epic Fantasy, the book quickly became a bestseller on multiple lists and rights have been sold across thirty countries. Film rights were sold in a seven-figure deal (seven!) well before the book’s publication. A sequel was bought almost immediately thereafter. With these kinds of stats, is a book ever going to be able to live up to itself?
Laia is a slave under the Martial Empire.
October 19th, 2017. Ray McKenzie´s rating: 2 | Sabaa Tahir | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Fall of the Kings by Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman
Ellen Kushner published Swordspoint in 1987. It gathered a swarm of fans who loved the prose, the magicless world with its glittering veneer and cloak-and-dagger intrigue, and the love story at its center. Readers clamored to know more of steadfast, enigmatic swordsman Richard St.Vier and his lover, the brilliant, neurotic noble Alec Campion.
In 2003, Ellen Kushner, writing with Delia Sherman, published The Fall of the Kings.
October 17th, 2017. Marion Deeds´s rating: 2 | Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Fran Wilde has had me on the fence throughout her Bone Cities trilogy — book one (Updraft) had some issues but I thought it just tipped the needle over into the positive. Book two (Cloudbound) had more issues, which sent the needle just over the line in the other direction, leaving me wondering at the end if the third time (Horizon) would be the charm that saves the series.
September 21st, 2017. Bill Capossere´s rating: 2 | Fran Wilde | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
As anyone who reads the dust jacket will realize, Michael Crichton’s Dragon Teeth (2017) is about dinosaur fossils and the obsessed palaeontologists who traveled into the American frontier during the Gilded Age to gently dig them up. Sadly, it’s not about dinosaurs eating people.
William Johnson is a student at Yale. The son of a wealthy Philadelphia family, Johnson goes west to win a bet against his rival. He joins Professor Marsh, an eccentric and paranoid man who specializes in the bizarre new science,
September 19th, 2017. Ryan Skardal´s rating: 2 | Michael Crichton | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Dead Man’s Hand, Pieces of Hate, A Whisper of Southern Lights by Tim Lebbon
The three novellas Dead Man’s Hand, Pieces of Hate, and A Whisper of Southern Lights make up Tim Lebbon’s ASSASSIN series. They were originally published in 2004, 2005, and 2008 by Necessary Evil Press but were reprinted by Tor.com in 2016. Tor packaged the first two stories together under the name Pieces of Hate.
August 16th, 2017. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2 | Tim Lebbon | Audio, Horror | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent by Larry Correia
The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent is a fun, silly, sometimes clever, sometimes hilarious, sometimes stupid story with lots of geeky SFF in-jokes. Some readers will absolutely adore it while others will absolutely loathe it.
As the story begins, one of the Earths in the multiverse is being overrun by Purple People Eaters who are (of course) eating people. Fortunately, this particular Earth has a policy with Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent. He’ll take care of it quickly and easily because if there’s one thing that Tom Stranger is serious about,
August 4th, 2017. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2 | Larry Correia | Audio | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
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