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I think it's a setup for the series?

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 2025-03-25

Mostly it comes down to an innocuous story about three witches who end up finding each other there's no real action until the last few chapters and then it ends as a setup for the series. The narrator is very good and brings the characters to life.I haven't decided yet if it was interesting enough to go for the next book in the series.

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lots of action not much plot

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 2025-03-08

The first book in the series was very enjoyable because it was introducing you to a New world. in this book there is the big war between the two factions. there are lots of action scenes but any non-action seems just feel like filler. in the first book it felt like there were more advantages to having the Alien parasite reside within a character but in this book it just feels like an annoying distraction.

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I really wanted to like this book

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 2025-02-27

long story short it's just kind of boring.

two first Nations people go on vacation to Europe ostensibly to look for a long lost relative. The narrative switches between their current vacation in Prague and pass events from the the protagonist childhood and some earlier vacations.

I really wanted to like this book I kind of like the idea of the author. I was hoping for more humor, there was no humor. there's a little bit of social commentary. I grew to like the characters, but the story never really went anywhere.

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three adventures each stands alone but also goes with the other ones

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 2025-02-11

Jerry is a post-apocalyptic Warrior. in the first tail he hears himself a bit of a reputation, and the second tail that comes back to bite him and in the third tail it sets him up for what I assume are the fourth and fifth books although they all stand alone and could be read separately.

The narrator does a very good job and in my mind has become the voice of this series. I enjoy the humor as well as the interplay of the characters.

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engaging but definitely a ya novel

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 2025-02-03

The cast of characters from the first novel is back and I really can't say anything else without giving away spoilers..

two things stood out, one is that this is definitely a young adult novel. although I found the story more engaging and the action more engaging than the first book.

The second thing that stood out is is definitely written from a point of view of Hank Green who is on social media a lot. and maybe it could be because of my age, that while I'm on social media I don't find it important and I switch platforms whenever I want. I'm not locked into one although admittedly YouTube probably sucks up the best of my time.

The actors that perform each chapter did a very good job. as I said the story is more engaging.

one thing that's interesting is the platforms he was talking about are starting to die. youtube seems to be okay but nobody's ever on Facebook anymore except to send your grandmother a happy birthday. most the stuff that comes up in your feeds is AI generated follow me stuff. I kind of wonder if it's going to sell ads to AI users who watch AI generated ads? but that really has nothing to do with this book

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A YA novel meets a romance novel

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2 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 2025-01-27

I'm not sure why I ended up slogging through the whole book. The characters are relatively flat and they don't react like a normal people would. one minute they're talking normally the next minute they have knives at each other's throats. The main character is supposed to be a witch but pretty much doesn't perform any magic she's just a woman with a switchblade. Every conversation is just a lead up to some sort of overly dramatic scene. This might be a suitable book for a 13-year-old drama queen. but it certainly wasn't for me

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I never considered the concept of death merchants

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 2025-01-17

a guy who owns a second hand shop sees his wife die and see somebody collect her soul. this ends up making him have to join the death merchants who go around collecting souls that are deposited an objects on the subject dies.

relatively humorous, good characters excellent narration, and an interesting take on multiple cultures death mythos

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another great Royce and Hadrian adventure

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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 2025-01-17

it was another good Royce and Hadrian adventure. if you read any of the other Riyria adventures this one fits right in. the plot is sufficiently interesting, and the characters are what you come to expect.

Royce and Hadrian are hired to assassinated dwarf they find a much bigger plot of foot. they get to bring a cast of characters with them on an island vacation. it reminded me a bit of those 70 sitcoms where eventually they all end up going to Hawaii 😆

first off the bad. after reading all the previous adventures this one is a bit confusing from a timeline perspective. I was kind of hoping it was going to be an adventure post Riyria Chronicles and Revelations. instead it fits in the middle someplace. it did flush out some of the characters although the romance part with Gwen went on way too long it could have been shorter by a couple of chapters and it's sort of, in my opinion slowly diminished the voice character.

the good. the good far outweighs the bad it was another enjoyable adventure I was worried that because of its length it would become tedious but it didn't. Gerard Butler once again who I consider The voice did an excellent job on narration the plot was interesting the characters were interesting.

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I never did trust cats

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 2024-12-29

An out of work reporter who is working as a substitute teacher, living in his dead father's house barely keep me as head above water because his siblings want to sell the house becomes a sole heir of his estranged Uncle. If you read the title it's not exactly a spoiler that his uncle's a villain,. Or was it building before he died

there's some cool technology some interesting Intrigue the odd plot twist it's a decent romp, Scalzi as usual has an entertaining writing style and Wil Wheaton presents it very well

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a decent mad Max type environment.

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 2024-12-28

Jerry is a post-apocalyptic Warrior he tries to sell his services but they kick him out. Logan is also a post-apocalyptic Warrior, but he looks more the part so they bring him in.

overall the characters were okay, the narrator gave a decent performance. The book moves along at a fairly good pace. if I had one criticism it's just that the twist could be seen coming a mile away.

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