Happy Wednesday everyone. I hope your week is going well. This week I thought I would share a couple of books that I’ve finished reading (Corpses and Cognac, The Rising Tide, & The Shoreless Sea) and my reviews. I hope you enjoy and please do check out these authors and their stories they are amazing.
Corpses and Cognac (Deadly Drinks #2) by Dorian Graves
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A Terrific Continuation of the Story
This is book two in the Deadly Drinks series by Graves and what an amazing continuation. This is not a stand-alone book, so you will need to read book one first (and you won’t regret it). There are a lot of story elements to love about this novel, and for me, there are a few features I wasn’t crazy about. The writing is solid and Greaves does an excellent job with their characterizations and plot. We continue to follow Jarrod and Retz who are brothers and half-huldra and I adore them and love getting to read more about them and where the story progresses. Corpses and Cognac is a unique story filled with colorful and odd (in a good way) tale. I don’t want to get too in the weds here about the novel, so I won’t. As I’ve mentioned, the characters are well developed and enjoyable to read about. The brothers are my favorite. Sadly for me, this did not extend to Nalem (the god-like being that is connected to Jarrod) this go around. I found them annoying and uninteresting even though we got some wonderful background information and we got to learn more about them, which was nice). Regardless, the plot was well written. The writing is fantastic, as is the continued world building.
I’m looking forward to the next book, as I’m very interested in how this often-mesmerizing story will end.
The Rising Tide (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #2) by J. Scott Coatsworth
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More Sci-Fi Greatness
This is book two in the (Liminal Sky: Ariadne Cycle Book 2) and it’s a wonderful continuation. Coatsworth does an amazing job continuing the story of the people who live in Forever. There are so many elements to love about this story it’s difficult to pick one thing to focus on. I love the world building and the storytelling. I felt Coatsworth made a conscious choice to be more inclusive in this story, which is a good thing. However, in doing so, some characters felt a bit thrown into the story, which was disappointing. Still, all the characters are amazing and wonderful to read. I love Eddy and Andy; they were wonderful and their interplay was a joy to read. What I loved most about this story was how Coatsworth created such a rich world in a confined space (we are inside a generation ship so there are only so many places to go (or are there?).
If you need a good sci-fi series, I suggest you start with book 1 and go from there, cause you don’t want to miss a thing.
The Shoreless Sea (Liminal Sky: The Ariadne Cycle #3) by J. Scott Coatsworth
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I Want so Much More
This is book three in the (Liminal Sky: Ariadne Cycle Book 3) and wow! I’ve been sitting on this review for a while, because there is so much to love about this book and this series, however, I had a really hard time with the story. I don’t maybe I wanted too much, or maybe I loved the first two books too much. Anyway, we continue our adventures inside Forever, humanities generation ship, that houses the last of humanity, or so we are told. There are bits about this story that made me a little sad, because I wanted so much more from the story. I had a tough time believing that many of the people inside the world ship no longer believed there was an Earth and they were from there. They believed Forever was their world, and that is where humanity came from. Not everyone believed this, of course, but it threw me for a loop since it had only been a generation, maybe two. Anyway, that was a small bit of the story.
Overall, for me, this story was a battle for the soul of humanity and where we would end up. Lilith is the ‘big bad’ of the story and sadly she fell flat for me. Especially since there were so many other wonderful characters to enjoy. What is great about this story is how Coastworth connects this story with the first two books (which means you really need to read books one and two so you don’t miss anything). I really loved how unique Coastworth made each of the Liminals (I can’t dive too deep here because this is a big plot point in book two). However, understand these characters are brilliant and you’ll be cheering for them.
Despite me being picky on this book, don’t get me wrong, I loved it and I enjoyed the series. This is how Sci-Fi should be written and I could easily see the series be developed for TV (pay attention Netflix and Hulu) cause this is a gem that needs more attention.
Well that is all for this week. I hope you have a wonderful day and see you next time.