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Review: Lady of the Veils by M. L. John
Lady of the Veils 3 stars (4 for Amazon) This is a good, solid entry into a crowded urban fantasy field. The shelves are packed with takes about integrating magic and supernatural races into the real world, and seen-it-before derivatives predominate. (Pretty elves. Inter-dimensional travel. Touched-by-magic. Special sauce. Again. Meh.) Nothing about Lady of the […]
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Review: A Time to Build by Rick Rossing
2.5 stars (For an explanation of my curmudgeonly rating and reviewing quirks, please refer to my reviewing guide.) There are many things to love about this book. It has a great early Heinlein feel to it, and the positives are easy to list: a classic coming-of-age “lost prince” narrative hook a light touch with dialogue enjoyable […]
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Review: Dry Land by Jennifer Anne Seidler
✫✫✫ I give Dry Land three stars and change, and it gets a solid “I liked it.” If you’re a fan of classic-style hard science fiction, circa early Asimov and peak Arthur C. Clarke, this is a tale you should grab and enjoy at your first opportunity. Your purchase gets you not only the […]
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Reviewing: My brief guide
The idea of hurting people’s feelings with “unfair ratings” makes me as uncomfortable as stepping on my cat’s slicker brush, but the idea of abandoning my principles hurts worse. (In case you don’t know what a slicker brush is, I’ve included a picture.) I have a bunch of reviews queued up, but I am feeling […]
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Review: Hard Luck (Book 1 of The Saga of Menyoral)
Click Here. Buy This Book. Seriously. Now. 4 stars of 5 No one element in this book is astonishing, but calling that a negative would be like taking a bite of an incredible new cookie and saying, “Meh. It’s just another cookie. Flour, sugar, butter and some other things. Same as any other one.” Some […]