smartflutist661's reviews
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Not as good as I was hoping it would be, but still pretty good. I think I was expecting a little more TTRPG inspiration, and it seemed to be trying to avoid leaning into the ridiculousness of the power morpheme concept in the beginning, which just made it awkward. Also Isobel was lowkey a terrible narrator. 

Pretty mil-spec fantasy romance—neither Clio nor the incubus are nearly as interesting as the various Guild Codex protagonists. But fun enough, I suppose.

Different enough from the first to not get stale, not different enough to improve upon it. I'd like to see if the sequel series is better, so I'll probably get to book three next time I need some brain candy.

Enjoyable enough but not very memorable. May pick up the rest of the series at some point.

The "explain the minutiae of every experiment, including numbers" was a bit tiresome, but calmed down partway through. But this was pretty much exactly what I expected based on The Martian—fun nerd porn with smart people doing smart things to save themselves/others.

Rocky

made it different enough that it was interesting, and more compelling in some ways.

A nice expansion of the worldbuilding and of Kate's character. 

We get a bit more historical context in this one, which was nice. A bit more mil-spec than the previous book, though still enjoyable.

Solid urban fantasy, with a lot less romance than I was expecting. The concept of the magic waves makes for some very interesting worldbuilding. If I have a specific criticism, it's that Kate (and Curran) are the same as all of Andrews' others protagonists. But that's not unexpected.