read: shadow of a dark queen

Not as enjoyable as the other series cos it was war heavy, less on the fantasy. The prequel on the saaurs was interesting but fizzled out and they are just senseless lizard murderers in the rest of the book.

read: the forbidden stars

The axiom were sadly not powerful and not so smart. Even Callie can outwit them. Especially the last part. 

It's nice to have a happy ending.

The technology suggested were pretty cool. Interstellar travel. Nano machines. Gravity generators. Bridge generators. VR immersion and so on. The romance was tacky. The situations somehow far too convenient e.g. the marriage to Michael, the AI generate Ashok.

read: the dreaming stars

The romance is starting to get weird but I guess it's true that you get lonely in deep space. Just not what I want to read about in a science fiction.

The whole treatment for Sébastien is weird. And the solution to win by playing a game. At least they made it realistic by having Callie lose the game.

The overthrow of the ruler and making him stop the terror drones and swarm is also a bit bizarre.

 Reading on to part 3 cos I'm curious about the blue eye.

read: the wrong stars

By Tim Pratt

Interesting hypothesis about the Liars and Axiom. 

The romance between Elena and Callie made it weird and unnatural. But the story of a rescue and unearthing the mystery of the Liar race is dramatic enough to keep you reading.

Would be a very colorful movie.

On to part two cos I'm curious about the Axioms. I feel like they must be some sort of very weak race that is highly intellectual and therefore using brainwashing and technology and slaves to hide their inadequacy.

read: hail mary

Went back to reading science fiction and this enthralled me.

It's the details of the science (that I don't understand) that made it feel real. Anthrophage? Its parasitical conquest across the universe. 

The schoolteacher persona felt unbelievable to make it to space, nor was Rocky the other alien but it was all very entertaining.

Good read!

On to my next science fiction.