I don't always read too many anthologies, but I do sometimes get the urge. They are nice palette cleansers, so to speak, being able to throw a nice story or two in between bigger reads. This one showcases some of the year's best sci-fi and fantasy fiction. Thanks to all of the authors, the editor,... Continue Reading →
Review: The Sensation by Amanda Bridgeman
Having really enjoyed my time with the first book in the Salvi Brentt series, I gladly continued my foray into future San Francisco as soon as I could. Thanks to the author, as well as Angry Robot for the review copy! A series of brutal murders has the homicide division of San Francisco's Hub 9... Continue Reading →
Review: The Subjugate by Amanda Bridgeman
This one crossed my radar in a few different ways, but every way I looked at it, it looked right up my alley. Cyberpunk! Mystery! Hooray! So thanks to the author, as well as Angry Robot for the review copy! In a small religious community rocked by a spree of shocking murders, Detectives Salvi Brentt... Continue Reading →
Review: Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen
This was a surprise book mail that I had heard good things about, so I was excited to start! So thanks to the author as well as Orbit for the review copy! When a young man's planet is destroyed, he sets out on a single-minded quest for revenge across the galaxy in Nophek Gloss, the... Continue Reading →
Review: Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne
Let us all take a moment to look at this cover. đ Alright, now you see why I jumped on this one. I mean I don't judge books by their covers, but pretty-cover books are way more likely to get grabby-hands Kristen to want them. So thanks to the author, as well as Tor via... Continue Reading →
Review: Red Noise by John P. Murphy
When I was offered a copy of this book for review, all it took was one skim of the blurb and one look at that amazing cover before I was totally on board. So thanks to the author, as well as Angry Robot for the review copy! Caught up in a space station turf war... Continue Reading →
Review: Network Effect by Martha Wells
This was one of those books where I preordered it as soon as it was... preorderable? Release day couldn't come fast enough once I heard that an entire Murderbot novel was in the works! You know that feeling when youâre at work, and youâve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with... Continue Reading →
Review: Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie
I hopped on this one as soon as I read the description on NetGalley because it sounded so up my alley that it hurts. That was before this *gorgeous* cover appeared too. So, thanks to the author, as well as Del Rey via NetGalley for the review copy. A young pilot risks everything to save... Continue Reading →
Review: Starship Alchemon by Christopher Hinz
I've been in sort of a sci-fi mood lately, and so when this book appeared on my radar as a review request I couldn't help but accept. So, thanks to the author, as well as Angry Robot for the review copy! Nine explorers aboard a powerful AI vessel, Alchemon, are sent to investigate an âanomalous... Continue Reading →
Review: Finna by Nino Cipri
When I found out that this novella existed, I nearly instantly preordered it, because yes please, this book. When it popped up on NetGalley (which I should really stop looking at so often, lol), I jumped on it, because why not?! So thanks to the author, as well as Macmillan-Tor/Forge via NetGalley for the review... Continue Reading →