A review by mjfmjfmjf
Updraft by Fran Wilde

4.0

Good, but definitely not as good as I would have hope. I was a big fan of [b:Windhaven|67957|Windhaven|George R.R. Martin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388467654s/67957.jpg|2960816], though it has been a very long time since I've reread that one. This one didn't strike me nearly as strong. But this world is definitely a weird one. I can almost believe the people in this world are alien, that is not human - though they seem human enough. It's just the pacing was off. And the setup against Kirit too unfair. And her skills just a little too strong. The conflict between the groups not quite strongly enough explained. But it was a story started in the middle, and it worked enough. 3.5 of 5.