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Bryan Redeagle

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I like to read, but I have a hard time finding time to read. I need to do better because now I'm in a life or death contest with my wife for how many books we read.

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Magic for Liars (Paperback, 2020, Tor Trade) 4 izar

Everyone has a secret...

MURDER MYSTERY MADNESS MAGIC

What are you hiding?

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Quality writing, a bit of a bummer story.

4 izar

The quality of the writing is good. The explanation and description of events, magic, and emotions are clear and well done. The explanation of the magic in this world felt like there was a logic to it, but it's hard to comprehend. Which is how you want it when the protagonist, Ivy, was never a part of this world. She's an outsider looking in.

The story itself was pretty good, but not a particularly positive one. It's a bit of a downer. Personally, I found most of the characters unlikable. They had a haughtiness to them that made me want to smack each one of them upside the head. The exceptions being one of the teachers and the school secretary. The main character, Ivy, while not a great person overall, gets a dollop of empathy from me, and her actions make sense within the context of her life. From the …

Deadly notions (2011, Berkley Prime Crime) 2 izar

When one of the town's most insufferable moms is murdered, the Sweet Briar Ladies Society …

Not a lot of mystery in this one

2 izar

I grabbed a couple mass-market paperbacks from my local library. I wasn't expecting an amazing read, but I was expecting a little better than I got.

For a murder mystery, there wasn't a whole lot of mystery happening. The victim dies early in the book, but the majority of time is spent following the main character, Tori, being threatened by her boyfriend's former girlfriend. Tori and her friends are implicated in the murder, and the chief of police takes turns harassing each one without looking for actual clues or checking alibis. He just interrogates them repeatedly, hoping that one of them will confess. In the few moments when Tori does investigate the murder, she has clue and connections drop into her lap, but she doesn't put anything together until the final pages of the book.

Legends & Lattes (Paperback, 2022, Tor Books) 5 izar

Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes …

A Fantasy Rom-Com

5 izar

"A novel of high fantasy... and low stakes"

You get exactly as it reads on the tin for this book. It feels to me like a romantic comedy in book form. An orc woman stops adventuring to start a coffee shop. What follows is hi-jinks, suspiciously convenient events, and mostly non-conflicts. Even the worst thing that happens to the main character in the book is not so very terrible in the end.

Unless you are bothered by same-sex relationships, nothing in this book is a game changer for fantasy nor will it challenge your view of the world. Personally, I loved it. It's like a warm cup of coffee in the morning.