Review: Archangel's Light

Archangel's Light by Nalini Singh
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and Berkley for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this one. I knew it wouldn't be as... graphic... as the others, as this is a mainstream M-F series, but I was okay with that. I'm just happy that we got this pairing. Maybe I shouldn't be so happy for scraps, but as I wasn't expecting her to actually go there, I'm just pleased beyond words. I love Bluebell and Sparkles! We got a lot of Illium and Aodhan's backstories (finally), and I'm so excited to see what comes next.

Trigger warnings for this one, though, as some of Aodhan's history is rough, and we get some information (not in too much detail, thankfully) about that.

This slow burn of a novel doesn't have much "action," but it does have a lot of events that are building up the next phase of this world's story. Lijuan's influence isn't gone, and there certainly seems to be something coming.

And the COVER. Can't we all agree that this cover is absolutely STUNNING?

Highly recommend this series, but please don't make this the place you start the series. You'll have no idea what's going on. Jump in from the beginning - you'll want to catch up for sure.

View all my reviews

Review: Along the Saltwise Sea

Along the Saltwise Sea by A. Deborah Baker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher, Tor.com/Tor-Forge, for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Another great entry in this wild fairy tale "book from a book world" series. I'm assuming this one will play a role in Seasonal Fears, like it's predecessor did in Middlegame.

This time we find Zib, Avery, Crow Girl, and Niamh pulled off the Improbable Road and taken to the Saltwise Sea. It's very piraty. :)

I would have given it five stars, but it didn't quite feel like there was a complete story in this one, just some travel and what happened to them during said travel, but no overarching plot.

Still, I highly recommend this one and the first one, Over the Woodward Wall, if you enjoy Seanan McGuire's works or loved Middlegame like I did.

View all my reviews