Great cast of characters. Loved the world-building, especially the magic system and the way it provided the framework for the entire work. The plot’s intricate folds opened at just the right pace to keep me reading and reading.
One woman’s curiosity reawakens the power of legends—and reveals her dangerous destiny.
Jaslan is a High Lady coming into her own. Always gracious, and innately curious, she’s one of the brightest Water Wielders of her age. On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she chooses a Focus that honors her late father’s memory and allows her to follow her passion. But not everyone approves.
Meanwhile, Jack—Jaslan’s charismatic best friend, and the younger brother of her betrothed—is there, supporting her in every way. Even when he joins a secret organization, and later joins forces with the most powerful man in the…
In The Worst Ship In the Fleet, Ramirez introduces an intriguing collection of characters including the washed-up, alcoholic war hero Brad Mendoza and the victimized and abused Jessica Lin. He brings aboard even more colorful characters as the series unfolds (keep an eye on Hayley Uvalde) and does a great job creating a rich and varied universe that kept me turning pages until I fell off the end of the series.
Warning: Book 1 is pretty short and Ramirez almost lost me at a cliff hanger ending mid-series, but I kept reading in spite of it. The series was just so compelling, I pushed on.
Brad Mendoza is an idiot. He knows it, and so does everyone else in the star nation of Prometheus. A promising naval career down the drain just because he accidentally killed 504 civilians. So, it's time for him to give up and accept a dead-end command on Persephone, the worst starship in the fleet. Until he meets the beautiful and cunning Jessica Lin, his new executive officer, who harbors a terrible secret of her own. Now, with an enemy warship four times their size bearing down on them, Brad's in a race to save Jessica and his stupid ship.
Azalea Ellis puts her own spin on portal fantasy with A Conjuring of Ravens. Rather than being transported into another world, Siobhan finds herself in a different body in the same world with its own trials, troubles, and dangers. Balancing secrecy against her burgeoning powers and talents to keep her out of harm's way rapidly becomes vital to not only her survival but to the survival of those she comes to care about as well.
The tremendously rich world building and motley collection of characters kept me turning pages late into the night.
In a world where magic is a science, Siobhan is a genius.
But even geniuses need schooling.
When Siobhan stumbled into the theft of a priceless magical book, she thought her dreams of becoming the world's most powerful sorcerer were destroyed.
But then a mysterious spell changed her life forever...
Siobhan is now wearing the body of a strange man and has a new identity—Sebastien. With a new chance for a new start, she allies herself with a local gang—secretly a revolutionary party funding itself through crime. Now, she is bound by vow to repay them in magic and favors.…
For five grand a month and a million dollar chaser, Roger Mulligan didn't care how crazy the old geezer was. All he had to do was keep Joseph Perry Shackleford alive and keep him from squandering the estate for a year.
