Frustratingly: Contrarywise 2.0 … except it came first.
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Charlemagne's Champion by Gail Van Asten
What’s the term for “deus ex machina” if the god is malevolent or inscrutable? Charlemagne’s Champion suffers from that.
Contrarywise by Zohra Greenhalgh
What the hell happened to my bookshelf?
Song of the Pearl by Ruth Nichols
It’s like the universe wanted to prove to me that I could hate-read harder.
Sorcerer's Legacy by Janny Wurts
Ah, my first hate-read
The Dimensioneers by Doris Piserchia
Pulp at its pulpiest — ie, worst.
The Nonborn King by Julian May
Do you love reading about awful people? Then boy-howdy, The Nonborn King is for you!
The Guardsman
I’m calling it quits on The Guardsman by P.J. Beese and Todd Cameron Hamilton. There’s some reticence in this decision. I’m curious about where the story will go, but, I’m almost compulsively curious.
Demon Drums by Carol Severance
Demon Drums is my least favorite sort of reading experience because there’s so much I wanted to like, so much potential, but, with one exception, I don’t think it ever got there.