Tag: scifi
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Review: Bloodsworn by Scott Reintgen
**I was provided with an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Scott Reintgen returns to the world of Ashlords with the second book in the duology, Bloodsworn. Readers again follow the three point of views of Pippa, Adrian, and Imelda as they navigate their roles in the…
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Review: Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw
**I was provided a digital ARC from the publisher in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Jacques McKeown returns in Yahtzee Croshaw’s sequel to Will Save the Galaxy for Food, the aptly named Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash. Our main character is a star pilot who has been through many names and identities, but…
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Review: Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Somaiya Daud returns to the world of Mirage with its sequel, Court of Lions. Readers continue with the story of Amani, the girl stolen from her home to become a body double to the heir to the…
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Review: Night Call by Brenden Carlson
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Brenden Carlson’s Night Call is the start of a series following Elias Roche, former cop now Mafia enforcer. Set in an alternate history 1930s New York where robotics are commonplace assets, Elias is saddled with an Automatic…
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Review: Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingranda Mora
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Maria Ingrande Mora’s Fragile Remedy is part dystopian, part scifi, all unrepentantly queer. Gathos City was ravaged by a lung rot disease which led to the development of GEMs- Genetically Engineered Medical Surrogates. The GEMs provided…
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Review: The Unsound Theory by Emilia Zeeland
4 stars Emilia Zeeland introduces her STAR Academy series with this first novel, The Unsound Theory. A YA scifi, readers follow Yalena Russo, a girl of unknown origins who receives an invitation to attend STAR Academy. STAR Academy involves collegiate level studies on a space station that only invites 20 students per year. When Yalena…
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Review: Diana and the Island of No Return by Aisha Saeed
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Aisha Saeed brings the first of a new series of middle grade adventures surrounding Wonder Woman. Princess Diana, age 12, maintains that she is ready to begin Amazon warrior training, but her mother would like for her…
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Review: TRUEL1F3 by Jay Kristoff
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** It is always difficult to discuss books in a series when reviewing them without spoilers, so I will try to keep this brief. All of the questions I had from the first two books were answered. Nothing…
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Review: Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh
**I was provided a physical ARC by the publisher in a mystery box.** 3 stars Sophie Mackintosh’s newest novel involves a society where girls receive a lottery ticket when they enter puberty. Blue gets you freedom and a career. White gets you marriage and motherhood. When Calla, a blue ticket recipient, decides she wants to…
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Review: Red Rising Sons of Ares Vol 2 Wrath by Pierce Brown et al
4 stars **I received an electronic ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** The Red Rising Saga has been one of my most favorite series in recent years, and I am not disappointed with the prequel graphic novel series, Red Rising Sons of Ares. This is difficult to discuss without spoilers,…
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