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Activation Degradation

“Why look after the soul of a thing if you’ve trained it to believe it has no soul?”

Activation Degradation by Marina J. Lostetter

October 6, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 1 Comment

Oh, hello, blurb that barely scratches the surface of this book. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was getting in to with this book, but it was exactly what I needed right now. At its heart, it’s a book about found family, about finding the people who love you even when you mess up, who love you for who you are and not what you can do for them. “It had a job to do. It wanted to do its job. It wanted to pilot […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, found family, Marina J. Lostetter

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:100 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, found family, Marina J. Lostetter ·
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The Helm of Midnight

“Breaking takes less effort than building, that is the way of the world.”

The Helm of Midnight by Marina J. Lostetter

June 12, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 2 Comments

I’ll be honest that I almost didn’t pick up this book. Neither the cover nor the blurb really grabbed me, but I reconsidered when I started hearing other reviewers talk about the book. Character-driven? Fascinating world-building? Serial killer mystery? Check, check, check. And while this is the first book in a trilogy, there’s no cliffhanger ending and there’s a good balance between what’s resolved and what’s still left to explore. Krona, a Regulator usually responsible for helping retrieve lost enchanted objects, is a bit bored […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Marina J. Lostetter

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:54 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Marina J. Lostetter ·
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