Tag: series recommendations
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Jen Deluca’s Well Played Plucks At The Heartstrings
Following Well Met, we have Jen Deluca’s second novel Well Played, and this one is a little more tense and suspenseful. With mistaken identity, online communication (which in turn leads to some miscommunication) and two characters who don’t really know what they’re doing with themselves, Well Played continues this whimsy Ren Faire romance series and…
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Familiar Faces for Murderbot in Martha Wells’ Exit Strategy
I’ve been waiting since All Systems Red, patiently reading Artificial Condition and Rogue Protocol, and we have arrived. Finally, we have the Murderbot novel that brings us back to the beginning with our friends from the Preservation. Exit Strategy is one great big hostage situation, and it is a world of fun reading it. I…
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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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My Yona of the Dawn Manga Series Review
I’m finishing off my month of posts with a manga series recommendation for you all. A few years ago, I started reading Yona of the Dawn by Mizuho Kusanagi and I fell in love. At one point – and I wish I still had the photo to use to show you all – I got…
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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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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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My Infernal Devices Trilogy Review (It’s The Best YA Trilogy Ever)
A much beloved trilogy on bookstagram and booktok, The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare is a popular must-read. Unlike newer “popular must-reads”, this trilogy had its initial run over a decade ago, making it a historic historical fantasy and a classic on the YA fantasy shelf. Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, and Clockwork Princess make up…
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My All Souls Trilogy Review
Possibly my favourite historical fiction fantasy series ever, the All Souls Trilogy had me hooked from A Discovery of Witches and refused to let me go until I closed the back cover of The Book of Life. Deborah Harkness has created a magnificent. richly detailed, layered story world with incredible characters and conflicts that feel…