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February 1, 2023

Review: Quarter Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper #1) by Nathan Lowell

SiriusB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAge of Sail / Science Fiction / space opera6 Comments

THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL HAS RETURNED — IN THE YEAR 2351 When his mother dies in a flitter crash, eighteen-year-old Ishmael Horatio Wang must find a job with the planet company or leave the system–and NerisCo isn’t hiring. With credits running low, and prospects limited, he has just one ... more >

December 14, 2022

Review: Artifact Space (Arcana Imperil #1) by Miles Cameron

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsSci-fi / space opera2 Comments

Out in the darkness of space, something is targeting the Greatships. With their vast cargo holds and a crew that could fill a city, the Greatships are the lifeblood of human occupied space, transporting an unimaginable volume – and value – of goods from City, the greatest human orbital, all ... more >

September 14, 2022

REVIEW: Regi’s Huuman (Gods of Misfortune #1) by Lyn Gala

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviewsaliens / Gods of Misfortune / m/m / SFF / space opera5 Comments

Regi has settled into a comfortable life away from his home and family and gods. By choosing to leave the Empire, he chose to leave all those behind and live alone and godless. He still claimed to follow Poque, goddess of wanderers, but he doesn’t expect her to notice him ... more >

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July 12, 2022

REVIEW: Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviewsadventure / Edelweiss / SFF / SFF romance / space / space opera4 Comments

Warning: Spoilers for book 1 follow Dear Jessie Mihalik, The Starlight’s Shadow trilogy, which kicked off with Hunt the Stars, continues with this second installment, Eclipse the Moon. The romantic pairing this time round is Kee Ildez (human, hacker and systems expert) and Varro Runkow (Valoff, telepath, weapons expert), who ... more >

Black silhouette picture of a woman wearing a high ponytail and a man with short hair standing back to back. Their torsos are a starfield with a spaceship moving in it and and in the background is a further silhouette of the same couple together except this time her hair is down and they're standing facing the sky, his arm around her, accompanied by an animal the shape of a small fox
February 8, 2022

REVIEW: Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviewsadventure romance / enemies to lovers / found family / NetGalley / sci-fi romance / SFF / space opera7 Comments

Dear Jessie Mihalik, The DA reviewers had a conversation post recently about the enemies to lovers trope and whether we liked it or not, when and why. I’m generally not a fan of the trope in contemporary romance but it works well in SFF because the stakes are often believably ... more >

October 31, 2020

REVIEW: Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / female friendship / female protagonists / female sexuality / LGBTQIAP+ / murder mystery / POC / POC author / Science Fiction / space opera / teacher / thief / Vietnam / Xuya UniverseComments Off on REVIEW: Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard

Vân is a scholar from a poor background, eking out a living in the orbitals of the Scattered Pearls Belt as a tutor to a rich family, while hiding the illegal artificial mem-implant she manufactured as a student. Sunless Woods is a mindship and not just any mindship, but a ... more >

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