November 🥧

Locks & Keys Anthology: 4.5⭐️ overall

The Farthest Shore: 4.5 ⭐️

Tehanu: 4.5 ⭐️

Dragonsbane: 4.25 ⭐️

Dragonsworn: 4.5 ⭐️

Eldest (re read): 4.25 ⭐️

Brisingr (re read): 4.75 ⭐️

I’m considering making two challenges, one number challenge like this one, and one with prompts. You can double count, just a different way to do it

October 🎃

A Wizard of Earthsea: 4.5 ⭐️

The Tombs of Atuan: 4.25 ⭐️

Iron Gold: 4.5 ⭐️

Operation Aegis: 4.5 ⭐️

The Scion Conspiracy: 4 ⭐️

I shall wear the badge of number 2 with pride

The action and the conspiracy were the strongest parts of the book. I liked how the different POVs brought the sides of the conspiracy together. I enjoyed the characters as well, even when they were making stupid decisions. Some of those scenes were funny.

Overall solid book. 4 ⭐️

September 🙂‍↕️

Forgotten Evil: 3.5 ⭐️
Eternal Dreams: 3.75 ⭐️
Altered Carbon: 5 ⭐️
Eragon (re read): 4.25 ⭐️
The Winds of War: 5 ⭐️

Lmk if you need any content warnings but I think you’ll like it!!

The action scenes were good, and some of the twists were great.
If you're into dystopian futures with cool armored suits, mysteries, and crazy characters, give this series a try!

I do think the author had done some more "showing" and less "telling", but could still use more work. I also think more characterization might've helped with that. For example, there's two characters whose relationship I wasn't sold on as it felt forced/rushed.

August 🌊

The Crystal Heir: 4.5 ⭐️

Murder in Retrograde: 4.25 ⭐️

Operation Icarus: 4.5 ⭐️

Howling Dark: 5 ⭐️

It's separate enough to be read out of order from The Event Horizon Murder but should be read in order. There are also some subtle ties to Hickey's other books - no spoilers!

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