Book Review: Gemina

Although you’re not reading this, my biggest thanks to you for giving me one of the best gifts in 2016, my co-employee!  I really regretted the fact that I did not read Gemina sooner because it’s so mindblowing I’m still picking up my brain pieces at the moment. Like the Illuminae, Gemina was written in epistolary format complete with letters, transcripts, journal writings and drawings, chat messages, etc.  The variety of methods that Kaufman and Kristoff used to tell the story surely guaranteed a phenomenal and wild ride. The plot was also a feast for the mind as it challenged…

Book Review: Skyfarer

Finally, I was able to mine a gem in Netgalley. Despite some minor issues, Skyfarer didn’t disappoint from beginning to end. The story goes like this: An apprentice sorceress, Aimee de Laurent, just finished school and had a taste of what the real world is by becoming a portal mage for a spaceship named Elysium. As she was learning the ropes, Aimee and the rest of Elysium’s crew crossed paths with an evil, powerful and ruthless mage knight, Lord Azrael, who is on a quest to find the Axiom Diamond by any means possible. Wow! This was a highly entertaining…

Book Review: Polaris

Is it me or is it the book? This, I asked myself after reading Polaris. The things that made Avalon awesome are still in this book but then, everything just felt off. Avalon made me excited. Avalon made my emotions run high. Avalon made me feel like I was one of the crews of Malleus Shade. Avalon made it to my list of Best Reads in 2014. Avalon was awesome.  Polaris is… not. I think my disappointment with Polaris lies with the characters particularly Jeth Seagrave.  If you’ve read my review for Avalon, you’d know that I have an issue…

Book Review: The Way of Kings

The Way of The Kings is one of those few books that has every right to be lengthy, a bit draggy and verbose. And yet, you find yourself slowly falling in love with it.  It is the type of book that you want to read before you go to sleep and the one you wanna hold right after you wake up.  I was supposed to finish The Way of Kings on March as part of a read-a-long event wherein the organizers controlled the number of pages that we should read every week…~100 pages/week.  But I broke that rule… I finished…