I haven't connected with a character like I did with Murderbot since the first time I read Green Rider! Just wanting to be left alone to watch shows while the world happens around you is so relatable, and I couldn't get enough. I read every book in the series in less than a week, even the short stories.
I very much enjoyed the atmosphere of this book as well. It was very reminiscent of the first Alien movie. Creepy, dark. Not really gory. I love a good creature flick and I've rarely read a book which captured that so well.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells begins The Murderbot Diaries, a new science fiction action and adventure series that tackles questions of the ethics of sentient robotics. It appeals to fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or lain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans. In a corporate dominated s pa cef a ring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by…
Magical Academia blended with King Arthur would've been enough for this book to register as a potential high mark. The way this book wove in ancestral magic and root lore was phenomenal. I love when history and legend get woven into the lore of a story, and Legendborn delivered, big time.
It definitely helped that Bree was such an out-of-bubblegum main character. (Yes, that's a 'They Live' reference.) She was dynamite incarnate and even when she was afraid, she embraced it. One of the strongest YA heroines I've read since Katniss.
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award
Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn’s YA contemporary fantasy reinvents the King Arthur legend and “braids together Southern folk traditions and Black Girl Magic into a searing modern tale of grief, power, and self-discovery” (Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles).
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill…
The thing I loved most about this book was I couldn't predict it! I've been reading adult level books since I was very young, and I've taken a lot of writing classes. Most stories follow very set patterns and even when I turn most of my brain off for a book, if the author has done a decent job of it, I know where things are headed. Which isn't to say I dislike the journey—it's just rare for me to be surprised.
But Mur Lafferty blends timelines and character POVs with such a deft touch into a plotline where the characters themselves don't know what's happening. It's done with such finesse, I was in fifty pages before I even realized I'd been hooked! It's a fantastic ride.
In this Hugo nominated science fiction thriller by Mur Lafferty, a crew of clones awakens aboard a space ship to find they're being hunted-and any one of them could be the killer.
Maria Arena awakens in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. She has no memory of how she died. This is new; before, when she had awakened as a new clone, her first memory was of how she died.
Maria's vat is one of seven, each one holding the clone of a crew member of the starship Dormire, each clone waiting for its previous incarnation to die so…
What is it like to be born knowing the name of your soul mate? What happens if that name suddenly changes? Khiriellen Fortiva is a member of an Elven clan that believes not knowing the name of your destined mate is akin to being soulless, and altering your fate is impossible. When Khiri steps forward to begin her life with her mate and finds he's no longer the one, her fate is forever altered. With her entire future crumbling to dust, Khiri is forced to leave her home and search for answers.
Estan is devoted to his goddess, but has learned a terrible secret about those that follow her. He seeks the leaders of a war that has been over for twenty years, hoping that they can aid him in returning his order to righteous ways. Estan's only clue to finding these leaders lays within the pages of a tome that has had the name of its author removed.
The lands of their world are fraught with perils. Demons prowl the wilds, thieves roam the streets, and assassins lurk in the shadows. It's not safe to travel alone. Joined by paths of ill fortune and a band of unlikely followers, Khiri and Estan find themselves on a road that leads as much to the past as it does the future.
