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The Killing Moon (EBook, 2012, Orbit) 4 stars

FOLLOWING HER SERIES, HUGO, NEBULA, AND WORLD FANTASY-NOMINATED DEBUT SERIES, N. K. JEMISIN RETURNS WITH …

👍

4 stars

Loved it. A fairly standard fantasy tale but oh, what flavour. The author has meticulously constructed a gorgeous world, mythos & magic system - & lets you just figure it out. Will definitely pick up the second book & probably everything else Jemisin has ever written too.

The Steerswoman (Paperback, 1989, Del Rey) 3 stars

The Steerswoman is the first novel in the Steerswoman series. Steerswomen, and a very few …

Not bad! 3.5

3 stars

Well-written if a little flat at times. If I'd discovered this series in the 90s I'd have been all about it, (TWO female leads!) but it just doesn't seem to have the social pith I'm after these days. Still, Bel is rad as hell, might give the next book a go one day.

The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Hardcover, 2019, Redhook Books/Orbit) 4 stars

Multiverse of meh

3 stars

Content warning Spoiler for a story twist, cw death, animal harm, self harm

Atlas Six (2022, Pan Macmillan) 3 stars

Each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians are selected to earn a place …

Great until it's not

3 stars

What world building! What a magic system! What a premise, & setting, I can't wait to find out more!

...and after the book just sort of fizzles out & ends, I'm still waiting.

The characters are all disappointing, particularly the women. The (annoying) Madonna, the (annoying) Whore, & the one who is also there. The fellas aren't a lot better. I feel like The Atlas Six could have been The Atlas Two, which would have made for far more interesting & complex characters to have boring conversations with each other.

Why though, why have daily classes that are never involved in the story? What's in them? Do the characters sit frozen & silent until later that evening when a boring conversation between two ppl happens?

Still, there's a bit of fucking & definitely some Gay Yearning ™️ so I didn't hate it. Love a bit of YA magic academy, wouldn't …

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (2020) 4 stars

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is a 2020 fantasy fiction standalone novel written by …

fun

4 stars

I definitely haven't read this before but there's a very strong sense of déjà vu that permeates entire book. Just adds to the enjoyment, really. Love a supernatural romance- even if this was a bit more gentle in both of those departments than I'd usually prefer, still good 👍