I tried to get into it, and it felt like all the pieces were there, but it just turned into a long slog for me 🤷
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Tak! reviewed Black Sun Rising by C. S. Friedman (Coldfire Trilogy, #1)
Tak! commented on Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
An Ignyte Award finalist for 2022: www.tor.com/2022/04/19/announcing-the-shortlist-for-the-2022-ignyte-awards/
Tak! commented on Black Sun Rising by C. S. Friedman (Coldfire Trilogy, #1)
Tak! rated Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters: 4 stars

Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters by Aimee Ogden
Gene-edited human clans have scattered throughout the galaxy, adapting themselves to environments as severe as the desert and the sea. …
Tak! reviewed The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Fantastic!
5 stars
I loved the sense of creeping doom as I unraveled each drip of exposition.
At first I couldn't see how this and Upright Women Wanted could possibly be from the same author, but eventually similar themes around trust, betrayal, and self-loathing/-punishment emerged.
Tak! commented on Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
Tak! reviewed Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
Tak! commented on Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher (The Saint of Steel, #3)
Tak! rated Paladin's Hope: 4 stars

Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher (The Saint of Steel, #3)
Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard's investigations. …
Tak! commented on Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
"It should also be noted that author Martha Wells graciously declined her [2021 Nebula Award] nomination as novella finalist for her sixth Murderbot Diaries book for Tordotcom, Fugitive Telemetry. Wells thought the series had already been well-recognized and wanted to leave space to highlight other works."
www.tor.com/2022/03/08/here-are-the-2021-nebula-award-finalists/
Tak! commented on The Unbroken by C. L. Clark
A Nebula finalist! www.tor.com/2022/03/08/here-are-the-2021-nebula-award-finalists/