Lee

This was a fun read even though it starts off slowly. I love whodunit type books (and shows) and had several wrong guesses about who the bad guy was. The relationships between the characters was well done and I wanted Emmy to succeed as I was reading. As with many books, once you get past the 40-ish percent mark it's like cresting the top of a rollercoaster and the rest goes so quickly.

I'm not sure what to expect from a steampunk novel since it isn't a genre I have read before. I'm not even a very big fantasy fan, despite my penchant for fantasy games.

I follow BJ and Austin on twitter and had seen the tweets, like I do for many other authors I follow. I'm not sire why this book over others, but I will say I'm glad I picked it up.

It starts slowly as the characters are being developed, but once it gets going the story seems to flow at a great pace. I don't often have a lot of free personal reading time these days, but I found the time to read this book.

I was excited to know what was going to happen. And I was attached to some of the characters, including Rucca. I enjoyed it and would recommend it, even if you're a steampunk or fantasy fan. Being neither, I was pleasantly surprised.

Well done guys. I look forward to reading more of your stuff.

There are only a couple sticking points for me, keeping me from giving the book 5-stars. The first was some of the misogynistic “gamer” language early on, and The Girl being the “prize” at the end.

The book was entertaining and engaging. I recognized a lot of the movie, television, and video game references, but also had a lot of them lost on me as well.

The book was a good, entertaining read. I enjoyed my time following Wade in OASIS.

The Doctor Who supplemental novella was exactly what I wanted. It was a quick read, and followed along like I was watching an episode of the show. It was slightly campy, very much predictable, but also enjoyable. It was an entertaining read, and I enjoyed getting a story from the mind of River Song.

I'm not sure what I was expecting. By the end I was just confused. This was a suggested book to me and I thought it was going to be more horror-y, but it wasn't. I was intrigued and curious about the story, but I just found it odd. I didn't like it or dislike it, just indifferent. I read it but wouldn't recommend it.

I think another review said the different perspectives were written the same so it was hard to tell whose voice was who's and that definitely was the case for Lena after reading Magos. While there's a lot going on about how their lives all interweave and affect one another, there's no emotional depth to any of them. Magos is selfish and self-absorbed, Lena is loyal to a fault, and Joseph is bland. Monstrilio is the most interesting of the four perspectives, he's still one-dimensional.