
Affiliate Link: https://bookshop.org/a/110384/9781982141172 This book is pretty solid. It uses the underdog goes to the top academy for magic users/leaders/etc… trope that’s been pretty popular for a while. I get why it’s popular, I used it in my Good God Damn series. It’s a way to incrementally introduce both the readers and the characters to…
I decided to pick up Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky because I’ve been on something of a kick reading his books. I first read the Children of Time series. Then I moved onto the Final Architecture. I stumbled upon his Philosophy and Tyrants series. In total I have loved every single one of his books.…
This book, The Message, is something of a personal journey for Coates. Like Between the World and Me is written as a letter. This time to a writing class rather than his son. However, it does make the reader feel more intimately connected to what Coates is discussing than if he hadn’t used that style.…