Pros: Very original and interesting! Wonderful characters! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre’s Honor Among Thieves (Honors Book One) is a wonderful sci-fi novel with fantastic worldbuilding. It’s the year 2142. 100 years earlier…
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Review: “The Reddening,” Adam L.G. Nevill
Pros: The second half gets pretty weird Cons: The first half is slow and dull Rating: 4 out of 5 Adam L.G. Nevill’s The Reddening: A Folk-Horror Thriller introduces us to an unusual find that a paraglider, Matt, found: a…
Review: “Sinkhole,” April A. Taylor
Pros: Decent basic storyline Cons: Downright silly; unlikable characters Rating: 3 out of 5 SPOILER WARNING: I’m afraid that I just can’t review this one without dropping a few spoilers in. April A. Taylor’s horror novella Sinkhole: A Horror Story…
Review: “Alien: Prototype,” Tim Waggoner
Pros: Rollicking good action! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 At the time I bought Tim Waggoner’s Alien: Prototype (set in the universe of the Alien and Aliens movies), it wasn’t at all obvious on Amazon that this was…
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Review: “Alien: River of Pain,” Christopher Golden
Pros: Great depiction of the lead-up to the Aliens movie Cons: Doesn’t really conclude the trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 I’ll get this out of the way first. If you’ve read the first two books in the trilogy, you’re…
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Review: “Alien: Sea of Sorrows,” James Moore
Pros: High-action, creepy, and fascinating! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 James Moore tackles the second volume in the Alien Trilogy, Alien: Sea of Sorrows (Novel 2). (Book one was by Tim Lebbon.) Book one was good; it took…
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Review: “Strange Love,” Ann Aguirre
Pros: Silly, sweet, and deliriously fun! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Ann Aguirre’s Strange Love: An Alien Abduction romance (Galactic Love Book 1) features Zylar of Kith B’alak, who has failed four times at the Choosing. If he…
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Review: “Alien: Out of the Shadows,” Tim Lebbon
Pros: Interesting installment in the series universe! Cons: A bit straightforward at first. Rating: 4 out of 5 Tim Lebbon’s Alien – Out of the Shadows (Book 1) (Alien Trilogy 1) definitely hit the spot. I was looking for a…
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Short Take: “Trying to Survive, Part 1,” C.J. Crowley
Pros: Standard post-apocalyptic survival story Cons: Nothing new; not very interesting Rating: 2.5 out of 5 C.J. Crowley’s novella Trying to Survive (Part 1) is another entry into the post-apocalyptic survival genre of stories. Brothers Walt and James are trapped…
Review: “Underneath,” Robbie Dorman
Pros: Fascinating premise Cons: A couple characters become one-dimensional bad guys Rating: 4 out of 5 Robbie Dorman’s Underneath is a wonderfully chilling tale of Antarctic horror. Medic and former marine Mary Jensen gets a call from an ex, Mike:…