Reviews and Comments

Finally!

Unlike the other two books, this is just Talia and Kris patrolling the kingdom. Relaxing holiday read.

If this didn't have the internal monologues of the pair recriminating themselves again, it would be more enjoyable.

I like Lackey's books, this whole trilogy feels more YA than I remember. There's whole pages of self-recrimination, the novelty definitely wears off.

But the setting is very cozy, of this unashamedly liberal kingdom trying to do the right thing.

Another holiday room read. Some of it

Self admitted train enthusiast, I enjoyed leafing through this. I didn't necessarily understand all of it though. Despite the glossary there's a lot of passing references to loco design and the like that you have to take as read.

Mind this is mainly a picture book I guess.

On display in the train station inn where I'm staying. There's a theme.

Very easy to read. Was on a train all day and just powered through. Turns out I remember very little from the first time. It's quite funny for a book that is basically set in a war zone.

Nice read for a 24h train

Standard fantasy narrative, except...

The narrator is a god and uses second person narrative to follow a human "main" character. The human is trans, and this isn't a defect, or a super power, it just is present in the world and accepted. Although twins are hated and feared in some cultures, despite not controlling how they are born.

Very Leckie, and also my favourite, I think. It's faster paced than the Ancillary books. Less tea and gloves.

First reread. Still enjoyable, still slightly confusing

I should have read this slower, the book is fine. SCP lit in long form, done well. All creatures that cause you to forget them, or other things. It starts as short stories, and then the links start appearing.

Uses some Memento backwards story telling to keep the audience in the right mind frame. Too bleak for me by the end.

Adrian's short stories seem to all have the SF twist ending but this has a couple of neat ideas in it that I don't want to mention. Some were more obvious than others to me but no less welcome.

Narration is in the second person and not my favourite, but didn't spoil my enjoyment. Short and sweet, a new favourite of his for me I think.

Having finished the book I still don't understand what 'bots' are in this, they're small but not too small and fix things but also provide touch?

I think I'm not really destined for romance, the plot is interesting until the main characters have a fight that feels needlessly dramatic.

Also one of the lovers is also a spaceship, and emotions cause displays to flicker or even loss of attitude control.

If you are in the mood for incredibly low-stakes and predictable cozy fantasy, this absolutely ticks all the boxes. The few twists are so trope-y they aren't even twists. I'm absolutely sure if this was set in the real world I would find it immeasurably dull.

A Tim Horton's French Vanilla of a book: cloyingly sweet.

Blasted through this, in bed with a cold