Wandering Adventure Party

Okay, the way these characters are interacting and the conspiracies that are popping up. It's really getting into a "what's happening next" spiral and I am in for it

(comment on The Two Lies of Faven Sythe)

This one is really good so far. Amandine and Faven are both clever banterers and Im looking forward to how they play off each other.

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(comment on The Two Lies of Faven Sythe)

Magic can bring you what you want but at what cost?

Joanna and Esther's father is killed while investigating a mysterious spellbook in his collection. Esther and Joanna are stuck trying to carry out their father's plans when their lives collide with Nicholas, a magical scribe who creates books like those their father collected. But should those plans really be followed or should plans change as they try to help Nicholas escape his own family plans?

Tórzs tells a tale of family secrets and the cost of power. The thriller pace keeps you guessing at what comes next. The language is masterful, evocative without getting purple. I'm really looking forward to what Tórzs writes next.

Reading this for my local library's SFF book club

(comment on Ink Blood Sister Scribe)

"So mostly, as now, she settled for a pair of shorts, and those mostly for the pockets."

Okay, maybe Anderson does get what a lot of women want.

(comment on Ensign Flandry, p. 155)

An underwater alien whose name translates as "Zoomboy"

For all that language shifts and culture changes, some things are eternal.

(comment on Ensign Flandry, p. 74)

And there it is, the 1960s "but they're different, we can't treat them equally" from the boss.

Now to see whether the starry eyed neophyte wins out in getting the empire to be less awful.

(comment on Ensign Flandry, p. 48)