Tag: science fiction book series
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Martha Wells Writes Existential Sci-Fi Like A Pro With Rogue Protocol
I love The Murderbot Diaries, and Martha Wells is truly one of my favourite authors as a result of binge-reading the novels. Rogue Protocol, the third instalment in the series, really taps into the deeper themes and concepts of life, both for humans and robots, and to see it all culminate in this brilliant addition…
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More Sci-Fi Magnificence in Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells, the second instalment in The Murderbot Diaries, is just as humorous, emotional, relatable, and incredible as All Systems Red. The more I read this series, the more I love Martha Wells and her glorious brain, but the more I also find my appreciation for sci-fi growing. It has a dark…
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The Book of the Unnamed Midwife: Meg Elison’s Intense Sci-Fi Masterpiece
Winner of the 2014 Philip K Dick Award for Distinguished Science Fiction, Meg Elison’s The Book of the Unnamed Midwife is an incredible science fiction read that is confronting, chilling, and wonderfully constructed. If you are one for adult dystopian, end-of-the-world science fiction that leans a little dark and heavy, then this is the book…
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Robert Jackson Bennett’s The Tainted Cup is Unique, Intriguing, and Wholly Immersive
If you tell me a book is set in a high-fantasy world, has deep political layers and rich ye grim details, and is a crime fiction where the characters resemble Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, I’m going to ask you to hand it over. Now. Please. The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett is that…
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All Systems Red by Martha Wells is Sci-Fi Genius
It’s about time I started The Murderbot Diares, and oh my, you best bet Martha Wells has turned into one of my favourite authors as a result of reading All Systems Red. I didn’t know what to expect, thinking maybe it would be similar to Becky Chambers The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet…
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My Review of Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles
If you have been checking in with this blog over the last few months, then you will have seen I reread The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. If you don’t know what that is, the Lunar Chronicles is a YA sci-fi fairytale retelling series spread across four books, blending elements of the traditional narrative structures…
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It All Comes Down To This In Marissa Meyer’s Winter
What a whirlwind end to a fantastic series! Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles comes to a stunning conclusion with Winter, a whopping 823 pages that is bound to have you immersed, excited, and eagerly anticipating the ever-changing action for Cinder, Scarlet, Wolf, Cress, Captain Thorne, Kai and Iko. Princess Winter is admired for her grace, kindness…
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My Review of Claudia Gray’s Firebird Trilogy
Claudia Gray’s Firebird trilogy is a YA sci-fi romance that will take you all over the world, jumping into multiverses and dropping you in places of rich detail, vivid world building, and budding romance. It is an immersive, fun, and creative series that I happily reread in 2024 and maybe I can convince you to…
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Alexandra Bracken’s The Darkest Minds Series Review
It has been a long time in the making doing my reread of The darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken, but I have finally completed it and had the time to ruminate on my feelings. Now, it is about time I get to posting my review of the trilogy. Note there is a fourth book…
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A Million Worlds With You by Claudia Gray – A Finale Out of This World
Concluding Claudia Gray’s The Firebird Trilogy is A Million Worlds With You, a novel that is action-packed, intriguing and multi-layered beyond expectations. It brings the imagination and creative settings of various worlds together and the possibilities within these worlds and the overarching action and romance plots of the trilogy to a gritty, engaging conclusion. To…