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Nov 6

Review of His Majesty's Dragon: Temeraire #1 by Naomi Novik

ICYMI: This series by Naomi Novik introduces vain, strong-willed, talking dragons, their complex, wonderfully faulted handlers, and...

Oct 17

Review of Hell for Hire (Tear Down Heaven #1) by Rachel Aaron

I felt like the story started off slowly, but once the world was built and the background established, I was hooked on the interpersonal...

Oct 2

Review of A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated #1) by Danielle L. Jensen

The first in Jensen's fantasy series ticked many of my boxes--strong female main character, a tension-filled Chosen One premise, a fight...

Sep 26

Review of Long Live Evil (Time of Iron #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan

Sarah Rees Brennan offers a funny, dark, clever story within a story in which the heroes and villains are redefined, redemption is always...

Sep 19

Review of The Trap (Alias Emma #3) by Ava Glass

In the third Emma Makepeace novel, British spy Emma goes rogue in order to save world leaders and prevent an assassination at the hands...

Aug 22

Review of The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

A leviathan lurks in the ocean, threatening destruction on a grand scale, while an unorthodox, brilliant investigator and her stalwart...

Feb 28

Review of The Spy Coast (The Martini Club #1) by Tess Gerritsen

A former CIA operative retires to small-town Maine--along with other former agents--to live out a quiet existence, until figures from the...

Feb 20

Review of Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs is a formidable, dogged, whip-smart investigator working to ferret out the truth in the aftermath of World War I in this...

Feb 8

Review of System Collapse (Murderbot #7) by Martha Wells

System Collapse provides more of SecUnit's emotional coping with PTSD than action, and I missed the faster pacing of other books, but I...

Jan 18

Review of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose

Blackgoose offers a fascinating, layered story about a strong-willed, whip-smart young Indigenous woman in a steampunk 1800s Nordic...

Jan 4

Review of The Stolen Heir (Stolen Heir #1) by Holly Black

In this return to the world of Elfhame (Folk of the Air trilogy), Holly Black takes us deeper into the story of characters Wren and Oak...

Dec 22, 2023

Review of Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross

I liked Divine Rivals and the gutsy characters facing wartime struggles and challenges, but I was surprised that the book's fantasy...

Dec 19, 2023

Review of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith

In what's possibly my favorite book yet of the seven in the Cormoran Strike series, we see some emotional growth, potentially...

Nov 29, 2023

Review of Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros

Yarros's experience as a romance author remains showcased in book two through teen-angst-dramaaatic, romaaantic dialogue. My favorite...

Nov 15, 2023

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty

I loved every bit of the story of willful, sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her strategic swearing, her strength,...

Sep 28, 2023

Review of A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell #5) by Deanna Raybourn

The fifth book in the Veronica Speedwell series offers more of Raybourn's magic: witty dialogue, an unorthodox partnership,...

Sep 19, 2023

Review of A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4) by Deanna Raybourn

In this installment of Veronica and Stoker's Victorian England mystery-solving, they enter a sinister, gothic scene--and despite spending...

Sep 7, 2023

Review of One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying #3) by Karen M. McManus

This third book in McManus's young-adult mystery series keeps the surprises coming, ties new twists into early events from the series,...

Aug 17, 2023

Review of A Conspiracy in Belgravia (Lady Sherlock #2) by Sherry Thomas

Book two of Thomas's Lady Sherlock series offers a robust dual mystery, clever female characters, priceless gems of insight from...

Aug 16, 2023

Review of Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros

The first in this dragon rider series by Yarros is full of dramaaaaatic teen angst, a cutthroat path to becoming a warrior, bucking...

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