by Lindsay Buroker
I read "The Emperor's Edge" a while ago, the first in Lindsay Buroker's Fantasy series, and I thought it was ok. Enjoyable enough, nothing to complain about. But I really had a blast reading "Star Nomad". The female protagonist is an ex-combat pilot for a successful rebellion, so she's familiar w...
Lots of shitty sff tropes hitched to the specific kind of ugly sexual politics one finds in romance novels overwhelm what should (and occassionally is) a quipping romp through the universe. Rape threats and straight up sexual assault continue regularly from the first scenes to,the end of the novel. ...
So I'm a bit conflicted with this book as I really enjoyed it. It was well written in a style that focused on the the characters more than the tech and it really did feel like I was reading an episode of some SciFi TV show. So good job there. There was a paragraph at the start however the was throwi...