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The Last Soul Among Wolves by Melissa Caruso

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A reunion of old friends, a will and curse, and a locked-room murder mystery that escalates, featuring new-ish mom investigator Kembral Thorne jumping around the levels of reality to solve the mystery, stop the curse, and solve the murder(s), all while avoiding (mostly supernatural) enemies and a giant spectral wolf, and trying to keep things professional with girlfriend who is also on the job. That’s most of the things going on in The Last Soul Among Wolves. Since this is the second volume of the […]

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Stealing From Wizards Vol 1:Pickpocketing by R. A. Consell

Stealing from Wizards Vol 2: Burglary by R. A. Consell

Stealing From Wizards Vol 3: Kidnapping by R. A. Consell

Stealing From Wizards Vol 4: Arson by R. A. Consell

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Too many elements at once

Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries

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Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries is in one word, odd. But not in the usual sense of things. The story is straightforward: a person is coming to terms with the changes in their lives, the fact they are not like their siblings as they are the “normal one” (ie: does not have powers) and is trying to deal with headache and heartaches. But there are several places where things fall short of being “smooth” and go into the odd. First, the pages are crowded. […]

Tusks of Extinction

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Naylor

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This is a well-crafted little novella. The consciousness of our protagonist, Damira, has been “uploaded” into a mammoth (!), which scientists have brought back from extinction. Damira had been an elephant activist, an anti-poaching conservationist. After she uploads her consciousness to a vaguely explained political lab, and after her subsequent death, and after the extinction of African elephants, scientists successfully bring back the mammoth. Unfortunately, the neo-mammoths don’t know how to behave like mammoths, on account of being previously extinct. Also, poachers still exist, and […]

Meep Meep

Snake-eater by T. Kingfisher

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I received a free ARC of this book from NetGalley. This hasn’t affected the contents of my review. As I think I’ve mentioned here before, I love T. Kingfisher’s writing, so was excited that she had a new book out (even though I’m mildly disappointed that it’s not a new novel from the world of the White Rat yet). Snake-eater is a bit hard to classify. I think it’s meant to be a horror, but it’s also very cozy. The beginning is quite slow, but […]

Steeped in Meaning

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

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I had the pleasure of reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, which turned out to be the perfect end-of-your-day read: light but meaningful, engaging without being taxing. The story follows Dex, a monk in a futuristic society that has rebalanced itself after the AI singularity. In this imagined future, robots gain consciousness and – rather than triggering a bloody, Terminator-style war – humans and robots amicably agree to go their separate ways. Decades pass without contact as robot territory becomes the Wild, […]



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