Critiques et Commentaires

I really liked Six Wakes, and Station Eternity makes it clear that it was not a fluke.

I loved the different alien species, the way the plot continually unfolded new dimensions, and the depth and variety of the characters.

I would unreservedly recommend this book to anybody who has any interest in science fiction, mystery thrillers, or just good storytelling.

Thanks also to Mary Robinette Kowal, steel goddess of kindhearted patience,

Damn, if someone said something like that about me, I'd make sure it got engraved onto my tombstone

The entire Steelflower Chronicles--my hard-drinking, pickpocketing, assassin-thief sellsword--is on sale this weekend! Book 1, STEELFLOWER, is a whopping $.99USD in ebook through these retailers. books2read.com/steelflower

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The Digital Book Launch Party for The Old Goat and the Alien has been announced!

Hope to see some you there on Sunday 2nd June at 6pm UTC+1!

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In a lot of ways, this reminds me of the Akata series, but for adults - Nigerian setting, making friends and enemies with supernatural entities, Nsibidi script as magic writing, etc. (This is not a criticism of the Akata series, I love them.)

The setting was the best part of this for me - I enjoyed postapocalyptic, god-ravaged Lagos.

I appreciate that David is imperfect and fallible - he makes mistakes, fails, etc., and it has real consequences for him.

The first section (book? sub-book?) was my favorite, followed by the second - as the story progressed, I felt like it kept getting progressively more frantic and less coherent.

Overall, I enjoyed it, though, and I'm looking forward to more.

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The Tainted Cup is very much a fantasy Holmes novel, where a labyrinthine mystery is being solved by an almost supernaturally skilled investigator and their lovable but hapless assistant, through whose viewpoint the story is being presented.

The setting is delightfully weird, much more like Divine Cities than Founders, with elements of existential/apocalyptic threat and imperialism.

I'm looking forward to more in this universe.

A fantasy thriller in a unique setting with nuanced takes on colonialism, gender, and poverty.

I'll be looking forward to upcoming books in this universe or by Naseem Jamnia

V is excellent as always.

Going in blindish, I expected a bit more scifi based on the title - instead, I got a wonderful, wholesome space fantasy.

True to form, the characters really shine, and there's a lot for me to identify with in Avari. It was fun to explore a new setting, and although this time the plot didn't have the epic scope of The Beautiful Decay, I was thoroughly invested in the outcome.

Go read The Old Goat and the Alien!

The #SFFBookClub pick for May 2024

😃 Love the murderbot reference

I didn't manage to resolve the earlier one, if that was also a real book

Thank you for CWing your spoilers ❤️

This one just wasn't for me. I feel like it was one of those books that's all setting and no plot - and the setting was great, but I just couldn't engage with it.

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aaaaaaaa it's here!

As a consequence of living under capitalism, I am sometimes forced to tell people about the books I write.

Today, I want to talk about 🎲 Non-Player Character ✨

NPC is a novel about a highly anxious autistic person in their 30s who joins a tabletop role-playing group...and then all of them get transported to the world of their game.

It's cosy, it's queer, it has asexual romance, and it's very much about found family.

You might like it! You can find buy links here.

veocorva.xyz/books/non-player-character-by-veo-corva/

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