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Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Read December 2022 Recommended for fans of light horror ★    ★    ★    1/2 I am a horror pansy. Not my genre. But I am a sucker for chicks-in-space, and after I read more than a few reviews … Continue reading

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Rules of Redemption by T.A. White

Read February 2022 Recommended for fans of Ilona Andrews ★    ★    1/2 Short version: what seems like a space-faring buddy flick turns into a court-intrigue romance novel with a deathly Mary Sue. It feels a great deal like … Continue reading

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Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

Read December 2022 Recommended for fans of Ilona Andrews ★    ★    ★   ★   Fun and well-done example of the genre. There’s not a lot of substance to it, but honestly, it met the goal for sheer entertainment. What … Continue reading

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You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo

Read March 2022 Recommended, I guess ★   ★    1/2 First of all, let me do the completely expected and take a moment out of my day and note how Goodreads has completely failed to live up to its function … Continue reading

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Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather

Read January 2022 Recommended for fans of the Sisters ★   ★  ★  1/2 I was going to say something about how this mostly feels like a thoughtful character study, with a little bit of plot thrown in, until I was … Continue reading

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We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen

Recommended for Read October  2021 ★   1/2 Aka: Science Fiction Written by People Who Watched One Episode of TV Sci-Fi It was on page three when I realized Nguyen and I were going to have differences: “And with no foreign … Continue reading

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Dead Space by Kali Wallace

Recommended for fans of character-driven mysteries Read October  2021 ★   ★   ★   1/2 One sentence review: a character study and mystery with the worst detective ever. “From the first moment we’d stepped off the transport ship and onto Nimue, Sigrah … Continue reading

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Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Recommended for:  fans of The Expanse, Star Trek Read in July 2021 ★   ★   ★   ★        Sooner or later, Adrian Tchaikovsky is going to make me learn to spell his name. His output rivals Sanderson’s, but his … Continue reading

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A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

Edit Edit date and time Read June 2020 Recommended for fans of space adventures! Fast-n-furious!  ★     ★    ★    1/2 This is the literary equivalent of the weekend action-adventure movie. Although initially slow to grab me, in the … Continue reading

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Earthrise By M.C.A. Hogarth

Read March 2020 Recommended for fans of light sci-fi  ★     ★    ★ Taken for what it is, Earthrise is perfectly enjoyable. The captain of a ragtag ship with a mysterious benefactor has a favor called in–a rescue of … Continue reading

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