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Best yet

Revisado: 09-19-20

Somehow, someway, this series manages to keep on getting better. While there is not a single book in the entire series that I do not like a great deal, this one has instantly become my favorite. I don’t want to say too much more, this is not a book that I am willing to risk giving even the slightest spoiler for. I will add one suggestion for anyone who is new to the series, however. Don’t start here. You really should start at the first book and work your way through that way.

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Perfection

Revisado: 11-09-19

The Night Circus took my breath away. I have, ever since, simultaneously yearned for and feared a second offering from the author. Could they catch lightning in a bottle twice? What if Jim Dale played too big a part in the magic, and not getting him back lessened the experience? I shouldn’t have worried. Somehow, by some strange alchemy, this book has managed to be even better. It broke my heart. It mended it. Not over the same matters, but multiple times each. I’ve never read anything like this before. and now? I wish it hadn’t ended, but know that it had to.

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Triumphant

Revisado: 09-09-19

“Triumphant” is such a reviewer buzzword, but that is honestly the best word to sum up this book. This whole series, really. I’m deeming these books as must-reads. This is sci-fi that has been humanize, where baking pies and fixing toilets goes hand in hand with EVA’s and landing on an alien planet. Moreover, these books deserve all the praise for portraying a realistically happy marriage. That is, one that has arguments, but never any cracks in the relationship. Wonderful, wonderful books.

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Entertaining & Inspiring

Revisado: 08-05-19

I picked this up as one of Audible’s free original programs, and it’s so good that I almost regret it as it is definitely worth a credit or outright payment despite it’s short length. As a blind person, I identified with this book to an almost scary degree, but this is a great listen for sighted people, as well. Molly is engaging and inspiring, not because she’s blind, but because of her outlook on life and facing challenges. I’m a bit social media ignorant, I have little clue about influencers, so this was my first exposure to her, but I am now a subscriber to her YouTube channel.

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Unique premise

Revisado: 07-08-19

For a story based in some pretty old traditions, the premise of this novel somehow manages to be unique. Perhaps it’s the contrast of ancient and the near-future, I’m not sure. But I loved it. The only nitpick is actually with the narration. I love this narrator, but think he was the wrong choice for this. A first-person story whose main character is English ought to have been done by someone who can maintain the accent. Aside from that small thing, though, I loved this.

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Breathtaking

Revisado: 06-20-19

This is a triumphant and Adderly beautiful book. And of course, it’s well read, how could it not be? When it’s written by one of my favourite narrator’s, good narration is just a given. I cannot suggest this book highly enough.

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Best So Far

Revisado: 01-27-19

While I love the entirety of the series, In An Absent Dream is so far my favourite. It is charming and whimsical, and tells a story I have long wondered about.

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Better and better

Revisado: 03-19-17

I've loved this series ever since the debut novel 'Flex'. The worldbuilding is truly unique, with a spin on magic I'd never seen before, the characters weren't carbon copies of every other chistle-jawed hero and svelte heroine we so often see.

Good as Flex was, though, the second book - The Flux - was better still.. and yet. Yet, Fix blew the first two out of the water. This is by far the best of the trilogy, bringing new spins and twists that I simply did not see coming, and eventually, after a wild ride, bringing the series to an emotionally satisfying conclusion.

As to the narration. I admit, I found the performance in Book 1 to be a bit lackluster. But it has improved over the series to the point where I don't even remember what I thought was lacking. In this book, the narrator is truly wonderful, bringing the characters to like.

My only word of warning is this: Do not start with Fix. To enjoy this series, you need to start with Book One and work your way through in the proper order.

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The Reality of fairy tales

Revisado: 01-23-16

Seanan has done it again. Every book she writes, I love, but the only contestant for books loved quite as much as her Indexing books are her Velveteen books. So when I realized there was going to be a second one, I did a dance of joy. There may have been some squeeing involved.

And this book does, just as the dedication promises, tell us what happens next. Though it has a less episodic feel than Indexing, the overall flavor of the first book carries through into the second one, answering some of the questions left dangling. This is, however, very much a sequel, and not suggested to be read prior to book 1.

Mary Robinette Kowal does her usual stellar job of narrating Seanan's work, bringing life to the different characters and never making you wonder who is talking (even if I do snort a little at the "Nova Scotian" accent... sorry, Mary, I can't help it, and you don't lose points for it)

All in all? A must listen for lovers of fairty tales. Besides, it references one of my favourite childhood tales, even if Disney never animated it until I was in my 30s (and probably gave the ATI Management fits with the changes to the narrative when they did)

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Bbetter and better

Revisado: 10-10-15

So. I came into this expecting to like it. After all, I loved Flex, the first book in this series. But I am well aware that sometimes book 2 in a series is a bit lacking.

The Flux? Wasn't. It managed, in fact, to be what I thought it could not be: Actually better than the first one. And that is really saying something.

The story was thrilling, full of unexpected turns, the characters were believable (which is again saying something since a fair few were Mancers). There were even donuts.

I also found the narration improved over the first time through, though I have trouble putting my finger on precisely what made it better. All in all? Well worth a listen. But if you're new to this series, go back and start at book 1, and prepare yourself for a fascinating jaunt into a rarity in modern fantasy: an actually unique magical system.

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