4.25 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: A Web of Air, by Phillip Reeve (Fever Crumb #2) Fever Crumb meets a boy! Of course he's a wacky recluse genius dreaming of flight. They're perfectly imperfect for each other. [Spoilers Ahead] After fleeing London at the end of Fever Crumb, Fever and the Solent children join - … Continue reading Review: A Web of Air
4.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Fever Cumb, by Phillip Reeve (Fever Crumb #1) I love Phillip Reeve and wish a thousand books were set in the Mortal Engines world! Fever Crumb is a young orphan girl, raised in the no-nonsense (or emotion, or excitement...) world of the Guild of Engineers. Outside their confines, the … Continue reading Review: Fever Crumb
3.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Dune, by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles #1) Look, there's no question why Dune is a legendary pillar of science fiction: it's an epic, acerbic, socio-political-religious examination of everything from corrupt government to environmental stewardship. The nearly uninhabitable, highly contested desert planet of Arakkis has a single natural resource: spice melange. … Continue reading Review: Dune
At least there's a dog. 2 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Jane, Unlimited, by Kristen Cashore I like both Kristen Cashore and the idea of this book much more than the disappointing final product. Read her absolutely excellent Graceling series instead. A sort of choose-your-own-adventure, Jane, Unlimited follows the titular character on a happenstance journey … Continue reading Review: Jane, Unlimited
3 out of 5 stars Scythe is quite the unique meditation on death, while at the same time using some really dull elements in juxtaposition. Goodreads.com: Scythe, by Neal Shusterman (The Arc of a Scythe #1) Citra and Rowan, through separate and unplanned acts, prove their mettle as teens and get selected to apprentice as … Continue reading Review: Scythe
3 out of 5 stars The action and story go up in this series finale, but the heroine of Book 3 drags like an anchor. Goodreads.com: Their Fractured Light, by Aime Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Starbound #3) The galaxy-spanning, dimension-crossing culmination of the Starbound series, Their Fractured Light brings the two main characters from each … Continue reading Review: Their Fractured Light
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
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