This book made waves when first published, but it took me awhile to get around to reading it because it is brutal and alien and I have to be in the right mood for something like that.The Mirror Empire will appeal most to those who like high-concept dark fantasy: there are parallel worlds, populated ...
I struggled with rating this. On the one hand, I really didn't enjoy it very much. As in, every time I picked it up to read it I had the urge to go and do something else. On the other hand, I think this is more of an issue with my thoughts on epic fantasy than with the book. Because, let's be ...
Really enjoyed this. Hurley's far-future novel sees a number of Islamically-inflected societies locked in a centuries-old holy war on a distant desert planet. Refreshingly, the novel's focus isn't on the war (although it does inflect and affect everything that goes on in the novel) but on a woma...
The dark star Oma is on the rise, bringing splintered realities back into alignment while tearing the outliers apart. The worlds must be reunited into a single reality, but crossing over is only possible when your analog is dead. Invading empires crash into and over the existing nations, and their...
Don't you just love the cover art on this one? Gorgeous. Will probably make it into the rotation for iPad wallpaper. I posted a short review on twitter. So you don't have to click through: I finished Empire Ascendant. Short review: jazzed about book 3, but moar Taigan, please. All Taigan all th...
The ending of this book came to me as a surprise.....mainly because I had hoped it would keep going. Dammit! Now I have to wait god knows how long to get the conclusion of this story! This is book 2 in the Worldbreaker Saga and let me say....it kept you interested. There was action after action. ...
Nyx is back for one last job. Yeah, we have all heard that one before. Even older and less in shape, she is a force to be reckoned with. The pacing isn't quite as brisk, but the world is a lot weirder and the new characters are all a lot of fun. Kage. Can I get a whole novel about Kage? The wor...
Wonderful, powerful, fantastic sequel to God's War. Everything I loved about the first one plus some welcome character reveals and development for a secondary character. Basically Nyx is my Patronus, and years after the misadventures of the first book, she still hasn't figured out how to die. No m...
This review originally appeared on The Speculative Herald. Last year’s The Mirror Empire was one of the most exciting (and sometimes divisive) entries in an already stellar year of fantasy fiction. Kameron Hurley crafted a book that was daring, original, and even challenging. While putting her ow...
This is one of those books, that at the beginning I was not sure I would enjoy. But as it progressed I liked it more and more. The main reason for my worry was that, the world building was so dense. There were so many places, and names and history and questions, that I found myself confused and di...
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