Karen

Just an all around fun book. I enjoy the witch/detective urban fantasy stories, and the author did a good job building what seems like an interesting world/situation. I look forward to seeing how it plays out.

It was ok, but it it didn't thrill me. I can see how it's a good book and others may enjoy it, but for me the world didn't hold much interest.

Faith Hunter always does a fantastic job of creating a fully fleshed out and interesting world. Interesting world, interesting magic/rules, interesting characters.

Yaasssss. I love everything by Ilona Andrews and I particularly love the world building she does. This series is no exception. Fantastic world, fantastic stories. Lots of fun.

I had some nitpicky issues with the science, but overall it was an interesting read.

I wanted to like this, I really did, but it was just ok. The characters didn't feel distinct or real. For instance, Valerie shifted over the course of a day or two from distrusting Athena and viewing her with slight contempt to complete faith in her and treating her like a trusted officer. I mean.. that's just not a realistic character arc. So, it was an interesting story idea, but the writing just didn't draw me in.

A very cute book. A bit different than the usual librarian trope. It didn't hook me as deeply as I would have liked, but it was still a fun read and I'll try the next one.

A really wonderful conclusion to the story. Although I would have wished everyone made it out alive in the end, it felt like the right way to take the plot. I wish we could have another book though; I feel there's another story to be told about Marce's journey to Earth, and I'd love to see that.

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Just as good as the first book in the series. Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Can't wait to see what happens to these characters.

You can always count on John Scalzi to write a fantastic science fiction story. Interesting and fully-fleshed out characters, unique story, great world building, fun plot. And if you like audiobooks, this one is narrated by Wil Wheaton, so yay!

I felt like this book was... ok. There's nothing wrong with it. But there's nothing about it that particularly stands out from the crowd either. It felt very much like a run-of-the-mill ya/fantasy book. The world building felt a bit flat, and I didn't really understand some of the motivations of the characters, or why they chose certain actions. Everyone beyond the main character felt extremely 1-dimensional, and even she felt flat as well.

I've liked other Amy Tintera books, so I'm going to give the sequel a try and hope it's just the author hitting her stride in a new series.

Mary Robinette Kowal can do no wrong. I love every series by her, and this one doesn't disappoint. This short story is heart breaking and beautiful.

I don't know why I put off reading this for so long, because it's amazing.

I love every book in this series.

The main character Hiro really did feel like Mary Sue (the constant saying that he's the greatest swordsman in the world, which is totally irrelevant, etc) but despite that, I LOVED this book. The idea of an ancient Sumerian proto-language that allows for linguistic bio-hacking of brains? Sign me up.

The second book in the series focuses more on the politics of the world rather than the magic, but considering the fact that the narrative switched to the sister's perspective, it makes sense. An enjoyable read and I look forward to the next in the series.

Definitely requires some suspension of disbelief regarding the genetic science part (which is left deliberately vague, and that's probably for the best) and you need to buy into the premise that there's one specific person who is your best fit; but as long as you can get past that, it's an interesting read. How would society actually change if you could be matched to one specific person? And how would different people handle the knowledge? A fun read.

Well done time travel story. Quick and easy read, but highly entertaining.

A good idea, but the characters didn't ring true to me. I think I would have been more interested if the book had continued further to see the characters adjustment to the outside world.

I enjoy the story, but I feel like there wasn't really any character development in this book. I'll be interested to see if this continues or improves in the next book.

This book absolutely caught me by surprise, in the best way. Maybe I should have expected some of the twists, but I didn't and it was an incredibly fun read. Very much looking forward to the next one.

I continue to read this series because I'm interested in the overall storyline and how it's going to resolve, but the prose and repeating sentence structure tends to feel repetitive. Once you notice it, it's hard to unsee and it tends to pull me out of the narrative.

I love the original concept of this entire series. It's not often that I see an original spin in the fantasy genre, but Ilona Andrews has pulled it off.

This book was ok. That's about the extent of how I felt about it. It had all the right fantasy elements, but for some reason, it just never really came together for me. I feel like that's probably just my experience, and I think plenty of other people will like this book just fine; there's nothing really WRONG with this book. I just didn't feel drawn in by the characters.