A likeable, diverse cast heads this first novel in the Rain Wilds Chronicles....
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The pacing is all wrong on this one, with characters that are flung at the reader and just as quickly tossed away....
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A fun read with an ending that didn't quite satisfy. However, Duncan delights anyway with a likeable main character and enough twists to keep things interesting....
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Lord of the Fire Lands by Dave Duncan continues the story begun in The Gilded Chain and ends with a twist that so surprised me I didn't wait long to pick up the next in the series. Duncan continues to impress!...
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Led me down such a herky-jerky path that the only thing clear to me was that I was not going to continue with the series....
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Billed as the first "podiobook," Tee Morris has created a gem of a story here regardless of the format. Part fantasy, part noir detective novel, Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword had me laughing out loud at times....
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A fun adventure full of colorful characters, intrigue, magic, and, of course, the King's Blades....
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Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell is a "Caribbean style" science fiction novel with a little bit different style because of that. While I did enjoy the world building, I wasn't initially intrigued enough to jump into the next book in the series. Eventually I did, though, and I loved Buckell's other installments....
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Farthing has a style that is easy to read and holds the reader's attention fairly well, but ultimately I just didn't find enough going on here to give it a recommendation....
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Duncan delivers another gripping tale set in the (mostly) historically accurate Venice of yesteryear....
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