Story is set in 1876, our world but with a few magical additions. The story is full on action once it gets going, with the romance taking a backseat up until the last chapter or so.Clever, inventive world. Non-stop action. Great bad guys. Feisty, independent heroine. Stubborn, different kind o...
Native Star is set in 19th century America, an America which is vaguely steampunky, but much more magical. Both sides in the Civil War used magic, which is presently divided into three schools: animancy (that may not be right, but it's close), traditional magic using herbs and things from the earth....
I became aware of this book through sporadic listening to the Escape Pod Podcasts which is basically an audio zine that publishes short fantasy, science fiction and horror fiction. M.K. Hobson is an occasional contributor and host of the podcast and ever since the book was announced a couple years ...
This was an excellent steampunk western, and I'd fully recommend it to anyone who loves steampunk or just alternative history adventures.M.K. Hobson blew me away with her world-building and sassy wonderful main characters. Both Emily and Stanton are a such contradiction as in they are polar opposite...
3.5 stars. This book was definitely not the steampunk adventure that I was expecting, but I still found it engrossing and highly readable. Review to come!
Very slow beginning where I had to force myself to read it. Then a little less than halfway, the story finally started grabbing my attention. I'm planning on reading the rest of the series.
I wrote an long-ish review for this and then hit the back button which deleted the entire thing. That should teach me...As such, this will be a bullet-pointed quick review until I muster up the strength to re-write this, if possible:-Fantastic, dynamic leads. -Stubborn, back-country witch -Preac...
Normally I am not a fan of magic in books, since most of it just seems nonsensical to me. What this book does a pretty good job of, though, is laying out the ground rules for how the magic works in this universe, and it even delves into the source of it all, which reminded me a bit of the Xanth nove...
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