The Legend of Lyon Redmond by Julie Anne Long – After all
the hype about the missing Redmond, I was a little wary whether he would live
up to it up to it upon his return. Well, he mostly did. Still, I didn’t care
that much about the flashback, I found the reason of their fight silly, and I
didn’t need the epilogue. I wish just as much time was spent with their banter
as adults as it was with the sex scenes. Sigh. 3/5 stars
Freak of Nature by Julia Crane – One of those “don’t let
yourself be fooled by the cover” book. There were so many contradictions and
things that didn’t make sense I lost count. And I felt no connection between
the main characters. 2/5 stars
The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey – I was tempted to say
“see above”. Nice title and cover, but way too wordy and slow at the start. It
gets more interesting about one third in, but once the action picks up, the
book ends and invites you to wait for the next book in the series, blah! Oh,
and the secondary characters are way more interesting than the heroes who fell
flat. 2/3 stars
The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross – Having all the
main characters be superheroes weakens the story instead of strengthening it.
Some of their quirks were annoying. And yes, too wordy. 2/3 stars
Grey’s Lady by Natasha Blackthorne – Pretty bad. It made
little sense and close to zero plot. 2/3 stars
Drive by James S. A. Corey – Interesting detail of the
series’ worldbuilding, but not so special as a standalone. 3/5 stars
A Knight of Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin – All
three novellas take too long to get going and about 2/3 in turn out to be about
something different than it was initially hinted at. 3/5 stars
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin – Beautiful. The lack of
ending was annoying though. And who was the third narrator? 4/5 stars
The Vital Abyss by James S. A. Corey – I’m always interested
in tech stuff, but this story didn’t work for me. Too much drama while
important things are left unexplained and other uninteresting ones go on and
on. 3/5 stars
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