Previous SFF Author: Frank Aubrey
Speculative fiction in audiobook format.
The Wicked King by Holly Black
The Wicked King (2019) is the second book in Holly Black’s THE FOLK OF THE AIR series. The first book, The Cruel Prince, and a supplementary novella, The Lost Sisters, introduced us to Jude and Taryn, mortal twin sisters who were brought to faerie after their parents were murdered by Madoc, a former general in the Court of Elfhame who is now raising the twins as his own daughters.
September 24th, 2019. Kat Hooper and Terry Weyna´s rating: 4 | Holly Black | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Nicole has been running with the wrong crowd. One day she wakes up, hungover as usual, in some guy’s apartment. A street thug named Bungie is kicking her, demanding that she drive him to the hospital because he’s about to bleed out. In the hospital’s parking lot, Bungie and Nicole attempt to kidnap a young doctor named Sam when two wispy creatures with butterfly wings approach and take all three of the humans to a huge spaceship called the Fyrantha.
On the ship,
September 23rd, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2 | Timothy Zahn | Audio | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The Lost Sisters by Holly Black
Twin sisters Jude and Taryn were taken to live in the Court of Elfhame after their parents were murdered by Madoc, a general in the land of faerie who is now their step-father and guardian. We witnessed how these mortal girls struggled as they came of age in the land of faerie in the first novel in Holly Black’s THE FOLK OF THE AIR series, The Cruel Prince, which was written from Jude’s perspective.
September 20th, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Holly Black | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
In the prologue to Kari Wallace’s debut adult novel, Salvation Day (2019), we witness the fate of the huge spaceship House of Wisdom after a biological weapon killed every member aboard except for a 12 year old boy named Jaswinder Bhattacharya, whose mother engineered his escape.
Now it’s a decade later and Jaswinder is a young man, well-educated, talented, and famous for his survival. A group of cultish separatists who are angry at the way they’ve been treated by Earth’s government plan to kidnap Jaswinder so they can gain access to House of Wisdom and get away from Earth.
September 13th, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2.5 | Kari Wallace | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Priest of Lies by Peter McLean
Priest of Lies (2019) is the second book in Peter McLean’s WAR FOR THE ROSE THRONE. You’ll need to read the first book, Priest of Bones, first. This review will have some spoilers for that first novel.
It’s been six months since the events that happened at the end of Priest of Bones. Tomas is now married to Elsa, the Queen’s Man who has been (unbeknownst to the rest of the Pious Men) directing his behavior in service of the crown.
September 12th, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Peter McLean | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
Captain John Wyndham has returned to Khelathra-Ven after being away with the army for several years. Rents are high, so he decides to answer an ad for a housemate. When he moves in, he discovers that his new companion is Shaharazad Haas, a renowned and powerful sorceress who’s addicted to opium. When Ms. Haas is asked to find out who is blackmailing her ex-girlfriend, Captain Wyndham tags along and starts getting involved in a case which turns into a weird and wacky adventure.
September 11th, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Alexis Hall | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Starfish by Peter Watts
In a future overpopulated and under-resourced Earth, a geothermal energy plant has been constructed in a trench thousands of miles under the Pacific Ocean’s surface. The humans of the maintenance crew who live and work in and around the power station have been genetically engineered to withstand the harsh deep-sea environment. But the only people who are willing to undergo this biological manipulation and unpleasant living situation are outcasts, misfits, the psychologically damaged, and criminals.
We meet them aboard the Beebe station where they live together in a cramped environment that can be tense,
September 10th, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Peter Watts | Audio, Horror | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Priest of Bones by Peter McLean
Tomas Piety, a foul-mouthed army priest who recently promoted himself to captain after the death of the former captain, is on his way home with his second-in-command, Lieutenant Bloody Anne, and some of their soldiers. The war is over and Tomas is looking forward to returning to Ellinburg, his hometown, where he owns several small businesses such as taverns and brothels.
Actually, to call Tomas a businessman is slightly generous. In fact, he’s a mob boss and much of his wealth comes from selling protection to those who are weaker.
September 6th, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Peter McLean | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Unbound by Victoria Schwab
The Unbound is the sequel to Victoria Schwab’s The Archived, which you should read before starting this book. There will be some spoilers for The Archived in this review, so beware.
Summer is over for Mackenzie Bishop, the Keeper whose secret job is to escort the “Histories” of dead people back to their resting place in the Archive. When we met Mac in The Archived,
September 2nd, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Victoria (V.E.) Schwab | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
I adore Gail Carriger’s FINISHING SCHOOL series, but I’m not a big fan of her related series (THE PARASOL PROTECTORATE and THE CUSTARD PROTOCOL). They’re just too silly for me, with their focus on fashion and frivolity. I can see why others like them, though. They are unique, creative, and well written with some great characters. They’re just not my thing.
However, I did want to read the final CUSTARD PROTOCOL book,
August 30th, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Gail Carriger | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Previous SFF Author: Frank Aubrey
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