I didn’t think that Kristoff could top Nevernight. That book crushed me last year and I knew. . . I knew. . . that Godsgrave would either be even MORE soul-crushing or terrible because I didn’t think there could be an in-between. Spoiler Alert: It’s the first one. My first thought after finishing it was that I felt like I watched a ramped-up […]
It’s back into the vast expanse of the universe as Gemina picks up where the first installment, Illuminae, left off. This time we’re on the jump station Heimdall with the captain’s daughter Hanna and the drug dealing Nik. As we learned in the last book, the ship Hypatia is on its way with the remaining survivors of the BeiTech attack on Kerenza but they’re […]
I thought quite a bit about what to say for this review. Because, you see, Nevernight destroyed my capacity to love any more fantasy novels. Well, not really, but I like to think as much. For the first third of the book, I wasn’t actually sure if I liked it or not. I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was that made it […]
Illuminae is nothing like I’ve ever read before. A sci-fi spaceship adventure, this book is told through message logs. Emails (for lack of a better word). Thoughts from an Artificial Intelligence. Interview logs. Reports. Do NOT expect prose in the sense you’re likely used to but be assured you’ll be sucked in just as quickly with little hope of survival. […]
