Initial Thoughts UH. WHAT WAS THAT ENDING?! This was a great welcome back to Ravka and to Nikolai, who was pretty much the major reason I rated the original trilogy so high by the end. I also loved that this was a Zoya book, because I never not loved Zoya from the very beginning. Nikolai [...]
I've been reading pretty hefty books lately, so I've gone through more audiobooks as a way to break away from the big reads. These were good listens, though! I can't believe I waited this long to read anything of Jemisin, because The Fifth Season was so good (and I'd heard her later books are even [...]
Initial Thoughts I do like me some books about dragons, and this had dragons galore! The dragons themselves are adorable characters, and I might actually have preferred them over the humans (go figure). Still, it was a good tale, and the worldbuilding was lovely, and I'm actually curious about what's going to happen next! ASCENDANT [...]
Initial Thoughts: The last two stories made the entire collection for me. I think this was where things really lead up to the beginning of the series. "Sword of Destiny" and "Something More" were hands down my favorite. SWORD OF DESTINY by Andrzej Sapkowski, David French (Translator) Orbit Books, December 2015 High fantasy, short stories [...]
Initial Thoughts: As an entry point into understanding all the lore pulled from Sapkowski that entered the Witcher games, this one is fantastic. It added details to certain passages I'd read in the Witcher 3 codices and thensome. My personal favorite was The Lesser Evil, though for major plot purposes, The Last Wish and A [...]
Story and Somnomancy 