The Last Contract of Isako is a difficult novel for me to rate. It has so many things I love—a strong heroine in her later years, a male character who wields cunning more effectively than his triggersheath, and incredibly interesting world building. Unfortunately, that same world building that I found so fascinating was also, well, depressing. “To Serve is to Live. To live is to die.” It’s hard […]
Every once in a while, a reader comes across a book that is capable of shaping the mind of a young reader—that is the case with Breath of the Dragon. Breath of the Dragon is a novel that is about so much more than a martial arts tournament—it’s about family, friendship, expectations, politics, moral codes, and the meaning of what it is to fight and what it is that is […]
Untethered Sky is the first time I’ve read any of Fonda Lee’s works. And while I knew my failure to read her works was a crime even before reading Untethered Sky, I am now unquestionably certain that I must read more of the author’s works as soon as possible. Immediately, I was sucked into the world of Untethered Sky, where ruhkers train with massive and deadly birds known as rocs. […]