Tak! commented on Paladin's Hope by T Kingfisher (duplicate)
Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death …
So help me, if there's a major character named Hope…
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Tak! rated Paladin's Strength: 4 stars
Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher
He’s a paladin of a dead god, tracking a supernatural killer across a continent. She’s a nun from a secretive …
Tak! reviewed Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year…
Three years later, Stephen is …
Paladin's Grace
4 stars
The romance to adventure ratio is somewhat higher than I prefer, but the writing sparkles and the intrigue intrigues
Tak! commented on Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year…
Three years later, Stephen is …
Of course there's a character named Grace.
If this were a movie, I would be shouting and throwing popcorn at the screen.
Tak! reviewed The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher
Pull three people out of prison--a disgraced paladin, a convicted forger, and a heartless assassin. …
Humans can't smell!
5 stars
Tak! reviewed Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher
A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It’s not …
Clockwork Boys
4 stars
An introduction to a new and refreshing fantasy world populated with complex characters. I feel like we've only scratched the surface so far, and I'm eager for more.
Tak! rated The Accidental Alchemist: 3 stars
The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian
When Zoe Faust--herbalist, alchemist, and recent transplant to Portland, Oregon--begins unpacking her bags, she can't help but notice she's picked …
Tak! reviewed The Unbroken by C. L. Clark
Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for …
The Unbroken
4 stars
A nuanced take on colonization and colonial liberalism with light fantasy themes.
I feel like I would have enjoyed it much more had the plot not primarily been driven by the main character repeatedly making Poor Life Decisions in alternating directions.
Tak! reviewed The Last Emperox by John Scalzi
Entire star systems, and billions of people, are about to be stranded. The pathways that …
The Last Emperox
4 stars
A very good conclusion to a very good trilogy.
Much like the previous installment, I found the wrapup extremely satisfying but a touch unrealistically neat.
Tak! reviewed The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi
The Interdependency, humanity's interstellar empire, is on the verge of collapse. The Flow, the extra-dimensional …
The Consuming Fire
4 stars
Content warning ending metaspoilers
The way everything wraps up so neatly, while extremely satisfying, also puts a big dent in suspension of disbelief
Tak! commented on The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the …
"data crypt" is such a great name for a portable storage device
Tak! rated Will Williams: 3 stars
Will Williams by Namwali Serpell
In the modern retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's 'William Wilson' by the author of 'The Old drift,' a young black …
Tak! rated Dragonflight: 4 stars
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a …
Tak! commented on Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, …
It always makes me wonder when women write books that are loaded with systemic misogyny (in a "this is fine and normal" way). Does it actually seem fine and normal to them? Or was this required for a commercially successful fantasy series in *checks publication date* 1968?
Tak! commented on Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, …
Content warning overall plot spoiler
Wow, this took a hard turn from tepid dragon fantasy to time travel paradox adventure.