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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
Oh. Oh, there are space horses. I love it so much when there are space horses.
More found family. More space opera. More delightful melding of science fiction and fantasy elements. More things that are just well done and enjoyable.
More found family. More space opera. More delightful melding of science fiction and fantasy elements. More things that are just well done and enjoyable.
Excellent! I loved what happened with Reese. Glad to see her anger toned down and that she was thinking things through more. Hirianthial's world is fascinating and I'm glad to finally get a good view of the Eldritch. I loved the romance and the politics and just so much! Looking forward to book three!
M.C.A. Hogarth books are not to be undertaken lightly. She will draw you in, sometimes against your will, with her intensely complicated character building until you have no other recourse but to get all the books and read them until the early hours of the morning. The first book in this series was a mixed bag for me, I enjoyed the characters around the protagonist but did not like or understand her. But I trusted Ms. Hogarth and was rewarded with this book, where the layers begin to peel from Reese and she becomes less of an unpleasant cipher and, therefore, much more compelling. I remain suspect of the obvious romantic endgame, but the rest of the story, well, the rest of the story makes the journey worthwhile.
I love the characters in this series so much. They are all so brilliant and different. I loved getting to deal with Reese agoraphobia (or is it claustrophobia? lol Inside joke.) and getting to see how the crew has changed since we last saw them. I will admit, the series plot seems to be going in a direction I never really expected, so that's kind of cool, too.
4.5*
I could not wait to move onto the next book. This book was nothing fance but it was just pure goodness. Learning of "new" worlds and beings. The characters have a great camaraderie. Just like you would in a small fun office. No complicated wording. Very easy reading. It's almost like you are eavesdropping on their lives. Had to go to the next book.
I could not wait to move onto the next book. This book was nothing fance but it was just pure goodness. Learning of "new" worlds and beings. The characters have a great camaraderie. Just like you would in a small fun office. No complicated wording. Very easy reading. It's almost like you are eavesdropping on their lives. Had to go to the next book.
4.75 stars. There were scenes that could have used more sensory detail. I won't reveal which ones due to spoiler content, but at the very times when I wanted to know more about what was going on, the information I was looking for was only alluded to. Otherwise, I continue to enjoy this series and have already started the next book.
Quite a switch in setting from the first book, but I liked it. Unlike in Earthrise, the main romance actually started working for me. I love the Queen and several other Eldritch characters. Really interested to see where the series goes from here!
This is the second book in Hogarth's "Her Instruments" sequence, one of several story-arcs set in her Pelted Universe. I read and loved several books from another of those story-arcs, the Dreamhealers arc, earlier this summer. While I enjoyed much of this book, I didn't come close to loving it. I don't want to make a series of negative remarks about a book that I (mostly) enjoyed, especially given that I've loved other works by the same author, but I will name my single biggest difficulty with it. Spoiler ahead. Rather than recommending this book, I'd instead highly recommend trying Hogarth's "Mindtouch," first in the Dreamhealers sequence, a quiet book that moved me greatly.
About my reviews: I try to review every book I read, including those that I don't end up enjoying. The reviews are not scholarly, but just indicate my reaction as a reader, reading being my addiction. I am miserly with 5-star reviews; 4 stars means I liked a book very much; 3 stars means I liked it; 2 stars means I didn't like it (though often the 2-star books are very popular with other readers and/or are by authors whose other work I've loved).
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The romance thread fell entirely flat for me, enough so that it repeatedly took me out of the story.About my reviews: I try to review every book I read, including those that I don't end up enjoying. The reviews are not scholarly, but just indicate my reaction as a reader, reading being my addiction. I am miserly with 5-star reviews; 4 stars means I liked a book very much; 3 stars means I liked it; 2 stars means I didn't like it (though often the 2-star books are very popular with other readers and/or are by authors whose other work I've loved).
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