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Let’s Take a Hammer To It.

Dead Hand Rule by Max Gladstone

October 4, 2026 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

No one can write a multi-character pile up the same way Max Gladstone does.  Back in 2024, I reviewed the second book in his Craft Wars series, Wicked Problems, which marked the start of the Craft World’s Infinity War Moment. Nearly every man woman and dog (or snake) that we had crossed paths with previously all managed to cross paths with each other. And it was quite explosive. Dead Hand Rule is the direct continuation of the events of Wicked Problems. All the great powers […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr18bing0, end of days, Max Gladstone, The Craft Sequence, versus

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:30 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr18bing0, end of days, Max Gladstone, The Craft Sequence, versus ·
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“Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief.”

An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister

September 18, 2026 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

When I’m deciding what books I want to pick up with my limited time and attention (friends, my attention is possibly at an all-time low) there are certain types of stories which are more likely to grab me. When Jodi McAlister’s An Academic Affair and its pair of rival academics embarking on a fake marriage for work stability plot came to my attention, I felt pretty good about it. For a rivals to lovers book to work, you must buy both parts equally. As I type that, I feel […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: An Academic Affair, cbr18bingo, Contemporary Romance, Jodi McAlister, slowburn, versus

faintingviolet's CBR18 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: An Academic Affair, cbr18bingo, Contemporary Romance, Jodi McAlister, slowburn, versus ·
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