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Review: Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken Macleod

The first entry in the Lightspeed trilogy, Beyond the Hallowed Sky is billed as a hard sci-fi space opera; I found it to be a bit of a mixed bag (in more ways than one) and would describe it as more of a near-future geopolitical sci-fi. Let’s get into the up and downs of my thoughts on the story...

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Review: Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Memory is the third entry in the Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I adored both books one & two, but I really struggled with this third book. The narrative format is very different from its predecessors, and when it comes time to reveal what has been happening all this time, the answer is underwhelming, and personally, I found it to be quite unsatisfactory.

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Review: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

I loved the worldbuilding, the characters, and the plot. I found the examination and parallels of religions and patriarchal societies particularly interesting, and the themes of female empowerment and the deconstruction of patriarchy are powerful and important.

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