Tag: fantasy
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Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Back after a long hiatus to talk about book 2 of my favorite series of 2022 and how it was relevant to my life imploding.
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The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
I’m back at it after a monthlong absence with praise for the finale of the Broken Earth trilogy.
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The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
This series is picking up momentum with a looming Final Fantasy-esque existential threat from the moon.
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The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
I liked this book much more than the other N.K. Jemisin series I tried, but I still wasn’t convinced until the big narrative twist.
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A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
An ultimately skippable Christmas episode of a book whose main utility is resetting the stakes for the next installment.
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Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Thoroughly original, deeply funny, and surprisingly moving.
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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
Still reading and complaining about Sarah J. Maas.
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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
For some reason I bought the second A Court of Thorns and Roses book after hating the first.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Beauty and the Beast meets Saw meets Twilight meets entirely too many em dashes.
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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
A rich tapestry of stories that is hampered by eye-rolling representation of women.