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Rating system calibration:
1 star - not worth reading 2 stars - worth reading, but has major problems 3 stars - satisfying read, may have minor problems. Most books live here. 4 stars - inspiring read, overshadows any issues 5 stars - life-changing read
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A new Emperor has arisen … and the Empire is collapsing into chaos. Having escaped from the Golden City, Elaine, …
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (2023, DAW)
Shigidi is a disgruntled and demotivated nightmare god in the Orisha spirit company, reluctantly answering prayers of his few remaining …
Elaine and Johan are preparing to leave Golden City, with Daria and the travelers, in order to search for the …
A new Emperor has arisen … and the Empire is collapsing into chaos. Having escaped from the Golden City, Elaine, …
In this intricate debut fantasy introducing a queernormative Persian-inspired world, a nonbinary refugee practitioner of blood magic discovers a strange …
Elaine and Johan are preparing to leave Golden City, with Daria and the travelers, in order to search for the …
Not every ugly duckling becomes a swan … In the wake of the disastrous attack …
Caveat legior: some weirdly sexualized moments, and the world is (still) authoritarian and anti-consent.
Not every ugly duckling becomes a swan … In the wake of the disastrous attack …
Popcorn reading
Elaine is an orphan girl who has grown up in a world where magical ability brings power. Her limited talent …
Okay so the main characters do seem to recognize that the nazi family is problematic but it’s still at core a book about how important blood purity is so. There’s that.
There is foreshadowing of a more-complexly-imagined world in future books, but it’s still the wrong side of the irony line for me.
…this might turn out to be white nationalist recruitment trash but we’ll see if it gets better
The Tarman expedition has at last found Kelsingra, a city filled with ancient treasures. Here, …
(review of series) These got progressively better-written, with more interesting plot tapestries, as they went. Still more homophobia than I'd prefer, of the "evil, gay, evil ... because gay?" variety, though that also walked back to something more reasonable in the later books. A decent presentation of how abusers get in your head, petty prejudices, and self-acceptance. Also provides a different angle on the magic system than the assassins books, which is neat.
Welcome to the sunlit uplands of the 21st century! Britain's avuncular Prime Minister is an ancient eldritch god of unimaginable …
