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Lindsay Buroker

Autore di The Emperor's Edge

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Opere di Lindsay Buroker

The Emperor's Edge (2010) 730 copie
Star Nomad (2016) 259 copie
Dark Currents (2011) 228 copie
Deadly Games (2011) 169 copie
Flash Gold (2011) 166 copie
Encrypted (2012) 160 copie
Conspiracy (2012) 159 copie
Forged in Blood I (2013) 124 copie
Sinister Magic (2020) 116 copie
Mercenary Instinct (2014) 105 copie
Honor's Flight (2016) 102 copie
Blood and Betrayal (2012) 101 copie
Deathmaker (2014) 99 copie
Forged in Blood II (2013) 98 copie
Warrior Mage (2015) 96 copie
Shadows Over Innocence (2012) 93 copie
Shockwave (2019) 92 copie
Blood Charged (2014) 90 copie
The Assassin's Curse (2012) 87 copie
Starseers (2016) 87 copie
Patterns in the Dark (2014) 86 copie
Relic of Sorrows (2016) 86 copie
Dragon Storm (2017) 83 copie
Cleon Moon (2016) 78 copie
Republic (2014) 75 copie
Torrent (2013) 73 copie
Decrypted (2013) 73 copie
Arkadian Skies (2016) 70 copie
The Blade's Memory (2015) 69 copie
Hunted (2011) 68 copie
Perilous Hunt (2016) 67 copie
End Game (2016) 62 copie
Raptor (2015) 62 copie
Soulblade (2015) 61 copie
The Elf Tangent (2022) 61 copie
Enigma (2012) 61 copie
Beneath the Surface (2013) 61 copie
Battle Bond (2020) 59 copie
Mind Over Magic (2021) 58 copie
Eye of Truth (2018) 57 copie
Hammered (2022) 56 copie
Tangled Truths (2020) 54 copie
Solstice Day Gifts (2014) 53 copie
Under the Ice Blades (2015) 51 copie
The Rogue Prince (2017) 51 copie
Elven Doom (2020) 51 copie
Peacemaker (2012) 50 copie
Diplomats and Fugitives (2015) 48 copie
Ship of Ruin (2019) 46 copie
Shattered Past (2016) 45 copie
Cyborg Legacy (2017) 45 copie
False Security (2020) 43 copie
Hero Code (2019) 42 copie
Storm Forged (2020) 42 copie
Trial and Temptation (2014) 41 copie
The Assassin's Salvation (2014) 39 copie
Kingdoms at War (2021) 39 copie
The Ruins of Karzelek (2014) 38 copie
Orion (2017) 37 copie
Secrets of the Sword I (2020) 36 copie
Secrets of the Sword II (2020) 35 copie
Crossfire (2019) 35 copie
Quest: Eight Novels of Fantasy, Myth, and Magic (2015) — Collaboratore — 34 copie
Secrets of the Sword III (2021) 33 copie
Revelations (2017) 32 copie
Junkyard (2018) 32 copie
Oaths (2018) 32 copie
Dragon Blood - Omnibus (2015) 32 copie
Last Command (2016) 31 copie
Planet Killer (2019) 31 copie
Gate Quest (2019) 30 copie
Thorn Fall (2014) 29 copie
Claimed (2014) 28 copie
Blood Ties (2018) 28 copie
Home Front (2020) 28 copie
Star Kingdom: Books 1-3 (2019) 27 copie
Duty Bound (2018) 27 copie
Origins (2018) 26 copie
Mist and Magic (2020) 26 copie
Destiny Unchosen (2014) 26 copie
Betrayed (2022) 25 copie
Unraveled (2018) 25 copie
Any Witch Way (2021) 25 copie
Angle of Truth (2017) 25 copie
Mercenary Courage (2015) 24 copie
Degrees of Delusion (2013) 24 copie
Spell Hound (2021) 24 copie
Gold Dragon (2018) 23 copie
Fractured Stars (2018) 23 copie
Elven Fury (2018) 23 copie
Dragon Tear (2018) 22 copie
Stars Across Time (2015) 22 copie
Layers of Force (2020) 22 copie
Stolen Legacy (2017) 21 copie
Snake Heart (2016) 21 copie
Knight Protector (2019) 20 copie
Trolled (2022) 18 copie
Marked by Magic (2023) 17 copie
Liberty (2016) 17 copie
The Tracker's Dilemma (2016) 16 copie
Charmed and Dangerous (2022) 16 copie
Saranth Three (2016) 16 copie
Treyjon (2017) 16 copie
The Princess Paradigm (2022) 15 copie
Tested (2023) 15 copie
Moment of Tooth (2022) 15 copie
Asylum (2021) 15 copie
Dragon Bond (2016) 15 copie
Beginnings (2017) 15 copie
Sagitta (2017) 15 copie
Wounded (2014) 15 copie
Great Chief (2019) 13 copie
Assassin's Bond (2019) 13 copie
Ariston (2017) 12 copie
Unchained (2018) 12 copie
Romancing the Alpha: An Action-Adventure Romance Boxed Set (2015) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
The Forbidden Ground (2020) 12 copie
Wrenched (2023) 11 copie
Starfall Station (2016) 11 copie
Zakota (2017) 11 copie
Wanted (2023) 10 copie
Fused (2023) 10 copie
Broken by Magic (2021) 10 copie
Cursed (2023) 10 copie
A Question of Honor (2013) 10 copie
Hierax (2017) 10 copie
Art of the Hunt (2021) 10 copie
Chosen for Power (2021) 9 copie
Smuggler Ship (2017) 9 copie
Bound by Blood (2023) 8 copie
Sky on Fire (2022) 8 copie
Light in the Darkness: A Noblebright Fantasy Boxed Set (2016) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
Orbs of Wisdom (2022) 7 copie
Labyrinths of the Heart (2013) 6 copie
Death from Below (2013) 6 copie
The Box (2020) 6 copie
Driven by Destiny (2023) 5 copie
The Christmas Gift (2020) 4 copie
Mikolos 4 copie
Star Kingdom Omnibus II (2020) 3 copie
Dragon Rider (2017) 2 copie
Remnants 2 copie
Crazy Canyon 2 copie
EE07 Forged 2 copie
Hope Springs 1 copia
The Blade 1 copia
Bearadise 1 copia

Opere correlate

Star Rebels (2016) — Collaboratore — 84 copie
LEGENDS: Fifteen Tales of Sword and Sorcery (2015) — Collaboratore — 38 copie
EPIC: Fourteen Books of Fantasy (2014) — Collaboratore — 36 copie
The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF, Volume 4 (2018) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Orphans In the Black: A Space Opera Anthology (2017) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
You Are Here: Tales of Cartographic Wonders (2016) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Beyond the Stars: New Worlds, New Suns (2017) — Collaboratore — 2 copie

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I never regret reading any of her series. The snark and character building are great
 
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stormy50 | Dec 28, 2023 |
I read and enjoyed the first three books in the Death Before Dragons series before coming across this prequel. Mist and Magic gives you a chance to meet Val before she gets involved with Willard or Sindari. The characters and the snark make for a very entertaining read.
 
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Kindleifier | 1 altra recensione | Nov 17, 2023 |
You can find my rant about this series here in the bottom "Edit" section and inside the spoiler at the bottom in particular.
 
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omission | 1 altra recensione | Oct 19, 2023 |
This is a mature female MC second chance PNR cozy mystery.
It follows the cozy mystery pattern like drawing by numbers and it doesn't even do a very good job.
I believe this was entirely accidental. I don't think the author was aware of this herself.
The only difference is that this is only half of the story.

Maybe this was in part an issue of incorrect expectations. From the title, blurb, and cover I expected something different. Something more urban fantasy or at least romantic with a little more action.

The number of total characters in the book is very small. I have a relatively low frustration threshold for being bombarded with lots of characters so I actually enjoy more contained stories that are more limited in characters. But if you only have a few, they have to carry the story, which doesn't really happen here.
While I wasn't really frustrated or bored out of my mind there wasn't anything particularly captivating either. The entire book had very little substance and the characters were bland.
The most obvious flaw is the slow pacing which isn't helped by the MC circling around the same thoughts endlessly. There are a lot of words in this book that don't contribute to any aspect of the story. Usually, even in slow books, the words at least serve some world-building or character introduction/development purpose. Or it's just building atmosphere. None of those are the case here.

I very much feel like the author tried to make this first book sufficiently long without going through too much of the overall plot.
I have little interest in actually continuing the series despite a lot of open questions.

To be honest I can not really put my finger on the core issue here. It just felt off somehow.
Neither her "The Emperor's Edge" series nor "Death Before Dragons" felt so... uninteresting? I guess?

A few honorable mentions go out to the very intentional correction of a few very clichée misconceptions you read in basically every UF book. First, the wolf pack thing. Thank god someone finally explicitly pointed this out. It's a nice fairy tale about the whole pack hierarchy, but it's mostly just that. A fairy tale.
Second is the PC specialist and programmers are supaa-hakkas. For heaven's sake stop it already. Most people in IT have no clue how to hack anything and even if you are a real pro at your programming job doesn't mean shit in terms of actual hacking. Not to mention that most of the stuff hackers do in books is just plain impossible and wrong even if they have literal magic to help them. Thank you for not being one of those books!

EDIT:
I read the second and dropped the third book.
So let me say this first, I do NOT recommend this series. The only reason I rated this first book 3 stars is because there just doesn't happen anything to be angry about because it has no substance.
I have to correct a few of the impressions. First I'd like to revoke my complement for the wolf pack thing. The author forgot all about this and introduced the typical hierarchical wolf pack structure as you find in most fantasy with werewolves.

Second, the first book wasn't dull because the story hadn't picked up speed yet and hadn't reached the meat of the plot yet. There is a bit more direct conflict in the second book but it's not any more interesting than the first one.

My biggest issue with this series is the lack of logic and common sense. This was already the case in the first book but there was too little time to definitively call out this flaw because it could've been a twist in the making.

The priorities of the characters in this book are completely bonkers and completely illogical.
The MC is so ridiculously stupid in the way she misses any and all opportunities to improve her situation. While the book won't shut up about the MC being an introvert and non-confrontational she still ends up in situations where she defends herself and her stance but she never makes the logical arguments that could advance the plot in any way. Instead, she always ends up just helplessly waiting for the next disaster to hit. She is not completely passive or makes the classic kind of TSTL decisions that land her in hot water, but instead, she decides to not do things that might help her over and over. Not explicitly but for any reader that actively follows the plot, it becomes incredibly frustrating how she is not putting things right to defuse conflict which should be exactly what a shy introvert would do. Defuse conflict. But she doesn't, instead, she lets the situation escalate every opportunity she gets by omitting vital information.
This is all really vague so let me give you a spoiler-filled explanation

The witches claim the werewolves are a danger to the public and need to be controlled.
The MC repeatedly has conversations with various witches that don't personally have anything against the MC but are being driven against her by the coven because of their ridiculous werewolf bullshit.
They can literally freeze werewolves in place with magic, or instantly send them to sleep. Why the hell would they also need to control them like puppets with magic.
And I get that this whole thing is very obviously just a ploy to use the werewolves as their magically controlled tools and warriors.
But none of the "nice" witches seem to even consider any of this and the MC never makes any argument of any sort about this either despite being very much aware of it.
I think the excuse the author would give is the endlessly repeated "shy and introverted". I don't even want to count how many times she says this phrase. It's laughable.
But this really doesn't work as an excuse because the MC stands up for the werewolves. She deliberately and explicitly states that she thinks that controlling the werewolves is wrong. But she doesn't give any good argument for why. She never makes any of the many good points she could. There isn't a single instance in the entire series up to book 3 where a which actually has to control a werewolf to defend anyone except for cases where other witches deliberately steered these same werewolves to attack innocent people including the MC. Why does she never bring this up? Various people die along the way. DIE. And the witches are responsible every single time. How is this not worth being talked about? Everyone kind of just shrugs and forgets about it immediately I guess.
Furthermore, the witches argue that the MC only brings trouble and that she is against the coven.
But all the witches did from the very beginning is literally attack the MC. They tried to murder her like 4 times at least without a single provocation. They tried to burn her house down 2 times. Why does the MC never mention this to any of her sympathizing witches? It's incredibly frustrating and lacks any and all common sense. And there is no end to this bullshit in sight. Instead of actually doing anything about this the author just increases the frequency of her mentioning the phrase "shy and introverted".
If you read this with even a little bit of common sense you will probably lose your mind like I did.
And don't even get me started on how the MC STILL wants to join those witches. WTF?! They literally murdered innocent people! And yes, it was not the entire coven but just this one, no, two, no 3, no 4 witches (so far). But instead of starting a large-scale manhunt to bring those witches to justice they just removed one of them from the coven and that's it. They are even still meeting her and talking to her. And you want to be part of this bunch of psychopathic murderers because you want to be closer to the legacy of your gran? REALLY?
Who the fuck thought this was a reasonable reaction?
… (altro)
 
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omission | 2 altre recensioni | Oct 19, 2023 |

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