3.5 out of 5 stars A Book 2 with more grit and less googly-eyed staring = +.25 stars. Goodreads.com: This Shattered World, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Starbound #2) I love series that spin-off internally, then allow the characters from multiple books to encounter each other. I don't mean dusting off Jace & Clary … Continue reading Review: This Shattered World
3.25 out of 5 stars Crashing space ships and intergalactic conspiracies? Don't mind if I do. Goodreads.com: These Broken Stars, by Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner (Starbound #1) Lilac LaRue, deubtante of the galaxy and heiress to the fortune of her father's deep space tech company, is not the cossetted twit we expect. Well, she … Continue reading Review: These Broken Stars
DNF (Did Not Finish) #1 of 2019 Goodreads.com: Alex and Eliza, by Melissa de la Cruz (Alex and Eliza #1) I don't read a lot of realistic fiction, but I do love historical fiction, so I was moderately excited for this book. That turned out to be 100 x more exciting than anything that happens … Continue reading DNF: Alex and Eliza
3.5 out of 5 stars A little time apart does Jamie and Charlotte good. But what does it do for the story? Goodreads.com: The Case for Jamie, by Brittany Cavallaro (Charlotte Holmes #3) A year has passed since the end of The Last of August, and the murder that left our Holmes/Watson/Moriarty triumvirate a gaping … Continue reading Review: The Case for Jamie
3.5 out of 5 stars Just the second installment this series needed. Goodreads.com: The Last of August, by Brittany Cavallaro (Charlotte Holmes #2) What is it about Germany that makes it a perfect setting for gritty crimes, spy games, and art forgery? That's where Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson end up in their second adventure. … Continue reading Review: The Last of August
3.5 out of 5 stars It's not The Martian, but Artemis definitely does science the shit out of its surroundings. Goodreads.com: Artemis, by Andy Weir Artemis is advertised as a heist story, set on the moon. Heists?! My favorite. Sci-fi?! Also on the list! And I knew my husband would be into it on audiobook … Continue reading Review: Artemis
2.5 out of 5 stars I wanted to like you so much. Goodreads.com: Wildcard, by Marie Lu (Warcross #2) Wildcard veers well off the course set by its predecessor, Warcross. It leaves the flashy, immersive tech and hacking brilliance of a future lived mostly online, and delves deeply into the characters' pasts and motivations. Too … Continue reading Review: Wildcard
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