This book’s greatest strength is also its worst weakness. The author has spent an incredible amount of time and creativity in fabricating an epic fantasy world, rich in placenames, history, politics and above all multiple types of magic, magicians, and magical beings. The pages teem with them, new types in every chapter, with loving descriptions…
Month: February 2022
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“How to Suck at Business Without Really Trying” by Marah Archer
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This book has a much longer subtitle, but I’m trying to encourage authors not to try to tell us everything on the cover because it spoils the surprise of the book. So, I’m ignoring it. And, as you can already tell, this is going to be a difficult review to write, because this book defies…
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“The Exiles” by Rae Lewis
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I am seeing a lot of this new genre lately: YA Space Operas. It’s a tempting area to work in for a beginning author, because of the looser writing standards of the original genre and a less sophisticated audience. However, writers should not take this as permission to be sloppy in style or execution. The…
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“Offworld Empire” by Scott Billups
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This story has all the elements of a Space Opera and a few more besides. In fact, it gives the impression that the author is not too sure who his audience is. But first the positives, especially the worldbuilding. This author has spent a great deal of creativity and effort to create a 200-years-in-the-future solar…