@Jsuttonmorse My first thought is The Split Worlds Series by Emma Newman. If you haven't read it, it's a great series and I've reviewed it here so you may check if it's what you're looking for: http://www.themiddleshelf.org/reviews/emma-newman-the-split-worlds
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@RunalongWomble All right, but after dinner ;)
@RunalongWomble It's a good place. But last year, it was a bit empty, you know.
@RunalongWomble @pipsytip_ Hello you two!
The Craft Sequence is a series of six loosely related and very entertaining #fantasy novels. Even if the beginning can be awkward on some aspects, it goes from strength to strength and also benefits from a great rep of female characters, characters of colour and QUILTBAG characters. http://www.themiddleshelf.org/reviews/max-gladstone-the-craft-sequence
Who killed the clones? You'll know it if you read Mur Lafferty's closed door mystery set on a space ship: http://www.themiddleshelf.org/reviews/mur-lafferty-six-wakes
@wa7trel This word is so incredibly offensive, even if it's on purpose, all my hackles are raised!
Currently reading: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Solomon. In a sense, it's excellent: scifi, generation ship used as a metaphor for slavery and racism, with very good QUILTBAG representation. But at the same time, it is very frustrating because as I read I see a thousand little details that are snags that shouldn't be here. As I said, very frustrating: it feels like a badly polished diamond.
Just read or currently reading:
- Three Parts Dead, Two Serpents Rise, Full Fathom Five by Gladstone. Good, solid & entertaining #fantasy in a very original world. Plus point: books can be read independently. Will review in a couple of weeks.
- Pseudotooth by Holloway. Weird, Gothic, sometimes slightly nauseating because of the awful characters but very engrossing despite a disappointing last line. Will review in October.
Now starting An Unkindness of Ghosts by Solomon & I have high hopes.
Review of Leila, a dystopian novel written by Prayaag Akbar. Set in India, it tells of a mother trying to find her daughter in a city where the walls between communities aren't metaphorical. Highly recommended.
http://www.themiddleshelf.org/reviews/prayaag-akbar-leila
Might be difficult to find: please check with your favourite indie bookstore, I'm sure they could order it or you can get it from Amazon via a seller in India.
http://www.themiddleshelf.org/reviews/prayaag-akbar-leila
Might be difficult to find: please check with your favourite indie bookstore, I'm sure they could order it or you can get it from Amazon via a seller in India.