The Unkindness of Ravens by Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Started: 5/7/19
Finished: 5/10/19
A good novella, interesting magic. The story is the member-of-nobility-hides-with-the-common-people-and-learns-a-lesson type, but it’s done well.
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The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
Started: 4/7/19
Finished: 4/9/19
Steampunk fantasy novella set in post-Civil War New Orleans. I’m not always a fan of stories that use gods to fuel the magic system (capricious gods that act like children annoy me), but I liked it this time. Details built an alternate New Orleans without a lot of exposition, and the characters were well done.
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
Started: 1/23/19
Gave up: 1/25/19
This is the first book in the Craft Sequence. I wanted to like it, but I couldn’t get into the story. I didn’t find the characters particularly interesting, and the pacing was odd, so I wasn’t feeling involved. I gave up after a couple of days of avoidance.
The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
Started: 1/14/18
Finished: 1/15/18
It was interesting and not at all what I expected and I LIKED it but I didn’t love it. A kid and a teenager and a demigod and some sentient robots in South Africa.