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Before you jump into a review, start here to understand how you can avoid spoilers in reviews, and how my review process works.

Little Brother

When Marcus skipped school to play an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) with his friends, the worst he thought could happen was to get expelled. But when a terrorist attacks San Francisco, thousands are killed and Marcus and his friends are… Continue Reading →

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Locke and his gang of priest thieves are in for the biggest score of their lives. They’ve been conning wealthy merchants out of their money for years, relying on the merchant’s shame to keep their crimes secret. Despite their impressive… Continue Reading →

Calamity

Its the origin story of Calamity Jane… if she’d had an alien for a sidekick and access to some awesome, sci-fi weaponry. We meet Jane at her most vulnerable, and it’s only because of the Green Man’s timely arrival that… Continue Reading →

Three Body Problem

Physicists all over the world are dying, and no one really knows why. Some commit suicide, while others are killed in bizarre, and seemingly random, ways. When a professor of nanotechnology is pulled into a secret, multi-government meeting to try… Continue Reading →

Stormdancer

Yukiko’s father is addicted to Lotus, stricken with grief, and bound by honor to attempt to hunt for a mythical beast where failure means death. And even though she hates him, he’s the only family she has left. They set… Continue Reading →

The Rook

Myfanwy Thomas wakes up on a rainy London night with a letter from herself in her pocket and no memory. When given the choice to run or to stay and find out what happened to her, she chooses justice, or… Continue Reading →

Defy the Stars

Noemi’s home planet of Genesis has a suicidal plan that may give them a chance to disrupt the murderous flow of mechs coming from their mortal enemy’s home planet: Earth.  But when a practice run turns into a full fledged… Continue Reading →

Priest

Heden is the kind of priest that you don’t want to mess with. A lifetime with a sword, and the ability to ward his friends and smite his enemies with a quick prayer, he can handle himself in almost any… Continue Reading →

American Assassin

Mitch Rapp wants revenge. And he’s willing to disappear to do it. He’s trained by a former spook who has built his own draconian training and brain washing program to become the kind of killer that the CIA doesn’t officially… Continue Reading →

Six of Crows

There’s a new drug in town, and it turns even the weakest Grisha into super soldiers with incredible powers to heal, warp minds, or control the elements. But the drug is highly addictive, turning the user into a husk of… Continue Reading →

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