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Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle Book 1) - Kindle edition by C. L. Polk. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.:
This was a giveaway– I think it’s still currently ongoing via tor.com– and so I downloaded it for free, not knowing anything about it. This morning I was stuck in a doctor’s office waiting room (everything is fine, it was a scheduled thing!) and so I got to read it.
It’s quite good! I almost don’t want to tell too much, because I went into it knowing absolutely nothing, not even having read a summary, guessing it had to be spec fic of some kind since, y’know, Tor– but I’ll say it features magic, possible government conspiracies, and some supernatural stuff, set in a slightly steampunkish fantasy setting, with a same-sex will-they-won’t-they romance at the center (wellllll towards the middle, anyway; it’s both a romance and a mystery and it’s hard to say which is more important) of it, and some deliciously complex sibling and family relationships spinning around the plot. There’s basically no infodumping, so you’re just pulled along in this world and you just have to catch up; there are no extraneous details but it’s nonetheless extremely vivid.
Five stars, would recommend! Tor.com does a monthly free download of a novella, and I suppose this one was also novella-length– the problem/bonus with ebooks is that I have no idea how long they are, I just read until they’re done. It felt novel-sized, but again, there was nothing extra in here, it was all vivid and directly in service to the tale.
There appear to be two books in this series, and I’m contemplating buying the second one; this one does wrap up entire, with a satisfying resolution, but I wouldn’t mind getting to know the world a little more.
I’m not doing, like, a regular Book Reviewin’ Thing on this blog, I just thought you know, I ought to review some of the books I read and like, and since I’m currently spinning in the deep currents of trying to write an original work, and have consequently spun pretty free of any fandoms, I’m in a position to read some more books. I’m going to try to read like a normal person instead of in addictive binges. We’ll see how well I do.
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Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle Book 1) - Kindle edition by C. L. Polk. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.:
This was a giveaway– I think it’s still currently ongoing via tor.com– and so I downloaded it for free, not knowing anything about it. This morning I was stuck in a doctor’s office waiting room (everything is fine, it was a scheduled thing!) and so I got to read it.
It’s quite good! I almost don’t want to tell too much, because I went into it knowing absolutely nothing, not even having read a summary, guessing it had to be spec fic of some kind since, y’know, Tor– but I’ll say it features magic, possible government conspiracies, and some supernatural stuff, set in a slightly steampunkish fantasy setting, with a same-sex will-they-won’t-they romance at the center (wellllll towards the middle, anyway; it’s both a romance and a mystery and it’s hard to say which is more important) of it, and some deliciously complex sibling and family relationships spinning around the plot. There’s basically no infodumping, so you’re just pulled along in this world and you just have to catch up; there are no extraneous details but it’s nonetheless extremely vivid.
Five stars, would recommend! Tor.com does a monthly free download of a novella, and I suppose this one was also novella-length– the problem/bonus with ebooks is that I have no idea how long they are, I just read until they’re done. It felt novel-sized, but again, there was nothing extra in here, it was all vivid and directly in service to the tale.
There appear to be two books in this series, and I’m contemplating buying the second one; this one does wrap up entire, with a satisfying resolution, but I wouldn’t mind getting to know the world a little more.
I’m not doing, like, a regular Book Reviewin’ Thing on this blog, I just thought you know, I ought to review some of the books I read and like, and since I’m currently spinning in the deep currents of trying to write an original work, and have consequently spun pretty free of any fandoms, I’m in a position to read some more books. I’m going to try to read like a normal person instead of in addictive binges. We’ll see how well I do.
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Date: 2019-02-15 09:28 pm (UTC)But maybe this will be the kick in the pants I need.