Wandering Adventure Party

The Bone Dog seems so cool. I love non-evil necromancy showing up in stories.

(comment on Nettle & Bone, p. 21)

"The party will be totally safe its a truce"

Yeah, bet?

(comment on War for the Oaks)

A musician who's just normal and having to deal with getting plunged into the supernatural? I am really enjoying this one. And the music references are turning into quite a playlist.

#UrbanFantasy #Bookstodon

(comment on War for the Oaks)

The Choir and its cryst-born navigators, who eventually return to the crystal they were born from, has guided humanity through the stars for a millenia. One of these navigators discovers that all is not well with her order on the day her mother dies and her mentor leaves her behind. When she teams up with a pirate captain, can they get to the bottom of the conspiracy at the heart of the Choir?

The Two Lies of Faven Smith is a pretty fast paced space opera that centers itself around the budding relationship forming between the titular navigator Faven and the pirate captain Bitter Amandine. There's sexual/romantic tension between the two through the whole book. It's a well-played tension that the narrative attention always stays right on the line of keeping it interesting and never overstaying its welcome. Like I said, it comes out through great banter and an explanation for why a character is making the stupid move that they acknowledge is the stupid move. Great characterization between the two

I really enjoyed this one, the back and forth between the sheltered Faven and the roguish Amandine was really fun to read and the plot went through all sorts of twists and turns that kept me going with one more chapter, what's another chapter, just one more.

The Choir and its navigators reminded me of a sort of cross between the Bene Gesserit and the Navigator's Guild from Dune, though the pacing for this conspiracy fueled plot moves a lot quicker.

Thanks to Orbit books for providing me a review copy through NetGalley

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)