Review: The Final Empire

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Ok, but nothing I find compelling about it.

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Review: Engaging the Enemy

Engaging the Enemy by Elizabeth Moon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Rating: Ky is determined, and a bit crazy and fun as heck.

“We could just do something stupid again, wait for them to pounce, and then surprise them by suddenly becoming brilliant,” Martin said. That got a chuckle.

I love the characters and the tangled familial emotions and ties and obligations. The story is interesting and I enjoy the space battles and tactics.


Between Ky and Aunt Grace, the pirates and bad guys better run.

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Review: Daughter of the Forest

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

emotionally difficult, but interesting story.

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Review: Morning Star

Morning Star by Pierce Brown
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Rating: Major wow factor. Satisfying and twisty ending.

I listened to the audiobooks read by Tim Gerard Reynolds. And he did a fabulous job throughout the trilogy.

Revolution! Red Rising, based loosely on the Irish Rebellion, tells the tale of Darrow, born a Red, a downtrodden section of a heavily structured society, is brought into a rebellion. He's transformed and sculpted into a Gold, a member of the ruling class. This book is the last of the trilogy that follows his attempts to lead his fellow Reds and other downtrodden colors against the ruling Golds.

Lots of action, space battles, treachery, loyalty, more and more secrets opened to all. Darrow and his friends are finally ready to move against their oppressors. Can they actually succeed? And who can they trust?

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Review: The Bernini Bust

The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Rating: Art, heists, murder, museum misbehaving, millionaires shown up, what's not to love!

I enjoy this series a lot. the Characters, Flavia and Jonathan are both a hoot, the art is interesting, and the murders are often quite well plotted. And generally they are running around Italy however this time they take their act to L.A. which suffers as a consequence. FTW!

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Review: Range of Ghosts

Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I never really got into this book. I listened to the audio version and it might have been partly I didn't much like the person doing the audio.

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