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I finished my reread of Gideon the Ninth, and second time around, I love it even more. This is the first book in the Locked Tomb trilogy by Tamsyn Muir, and, like I said, the sequel is already out. I started my reread to refresh my memory before starting the second book, Harrow the Ninth. Below are a few quick thoughts now that I’m done with the reread, and one minor spoiler at the end. The synopsis I’m cheating here a bit by pulling this from the official blurb, but it’s su

Just finished Clements’ Shadowfall. It’s the first of a series (trilogy?) that I borrowed from the library because I liked the cover and cover blurb. The story didn’t disappoint. While the pace started a bit slow, it did pick up to the point where I really wanted to finish the book. That definitely puts it in the readable category for me. I don’t want to give away the plot too much, but the gist of it is, there’s a Fantasy world where Gods are real, and live with the people

Just finished Serpents Reach and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s an early part of her alliance-union universe, and one of the first I think to talk about betas and azi. For those unfamiliar, betas are specifically bred and psychologically adapted as high functioning people. The azi on the other hand, have more specialized psyche adaptations, and that’s where things get interesting. The author has always handled different cultures well, and thus the azi are believable as people

Just finished reading Divergent by Veronica Roth. It started a little slow but I got into it after a few chapters. It’s a YA fiction about a dystopian future. Society is split by factions based on dominant personality types – the thinkers, the selfless, the fearless, and the peace lovers. (the book has far better names but I don’t want to give too much away. The MC has the typical issues of coming of age, but with a few twists. There is the expected angst of when a child re