Time to talk about characters! I included technically more than ten, since I chose multiple characters from some books, as I sometimes do, but I'm sure you all don't mind. And I've run out of things to say in these intros, so here are my favorite characters of...
🌟One of my faves!🌟
Back in NY, Jasper is still struggling with the trauma of what he's been through recently and feeling even worse because it's affecting his relationship with Crimson. But Crimson's family is in town, as well as a new stranger who may have answers about Jasper, and there's always some new trouble and danger the pair have to deal...
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🌟One of my faves!🌟
After an intergalactic war, the various sentient species in the galaxy decided to host a singing contest once every cycle in order to determine which species will be eliminated. When humans are forced to join, it's "electro-funk glamgrind" rockstar Decibel Jones who's chosen to perform and whisked away, along with bandmate Oort St. Ultraviolet, to meet aliens, avoid assassination attempts, and...
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When James gets sent to Eton, he stands up to the bullies and quickly makes a name for himself, hated by some and admired by others. He befriends spiders to do his bidding, gets into a duel, falls for a young sultana, and eventually finds himself working on a ship with his best friend, hoping to one day find...
Sebastian, spaceship captain and smuggler, is hired for a job by the man whose ship he stole. But it turns out what they had was more than just a con or a fling, and their time together reignites the feelings they never quite...
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Harrow, brilliant necromancer and bone mage, has agreed to help the Emperor and is now living on his space station along with him and four others. But something has gone wrong, she's being guided by letters she wrote to herself but doesn't remember writing, one of her teachers wants to kill her, and none of it will even matter if the revenant of a dead planet kills...
Eugene is a spoiled prince in a high fantasy kingdom, but one day he finds a flyer and decides to join an adventuring party. They reluctantly allow him to join because they're desperate, and frustration (for the characters) and hilarity (for the readers) ensues as they set off to investigate disappearances in a nearby...
Characters! I love 'em. But I especially love some of them. And that's what this post is about! As I sometimes do, despite the post title, I've included a couple non-book characters. This is my one chance to really gush about all the characters I love, I'm not gonna pass that up. I have to admit, taking up five of the ten (technically twelve) spots, this is a vampire-heavy list 😅 I do...
For this quick review post, I have another complete series to review. This time the Reconstructionist series by Meghan Ciana Doidge. It's part of the Dowser series world, but it's probably possible to read just these if you want to. These books have my favorite character from the Dowser series as more of a main character. Anyway, here are my thoughts and links to the full...
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When the Ninth House necromancer receives a summons to take part in trials to ascend and become immortal, Gideon agrees to pretend to be her cavalier in exchange for freedom from indentured servitude. But not long after all the house necromancers and cavaliers arrive, people start being murdered, and they realize they're all trapped and going to die unless they can figure out what's going...
