Book #136 of 2023: Defiant by Brandon Sanderson (Skyward #4) [Disclaimer: I am Facebook friends with this author.] A generally satisfying finale to author Brandon Sanderson’s YA space opera Skyward, following three previous novels and a sequence of tie-in novellas cowritten with Janci Patterson. The wider ‘Cytoverse‘ that began with the 2008 story Defending Elysium …
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Book #21 of 2022: Evershore by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson (Skyward Flight #3) [Disclaimer: I am Facebook friends with the first author.] This final (?) Skyward novella feels like the most perfunctory of the lot, the entry whose events would be easiest to summarize in a sentence or two for any readers who skip …
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Book #350 of 2021: Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson (Skyward #3) [Disclaimer: I am Facebook friends with this author.] I love author Brandon Sanderson’s work in general, and I’ve been enjoying this YA space opera, but I have to admit to finding this latest volume a bit perfunctory. There are big worldbuilding reveals of the kind …
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Book #339 of 2021: Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson [Disclaimer: I am Facebook friends with this author.] This novella from 2008 is one of author Brandon Sanderson’s earliest published works, still freely available on his website although now re-released for purchase as an official tie-in to his later Skyward / Cytoverse series. Set centuries beforehand, …
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Book #320 of 2021: ReDawn by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson (Skyward Flight #2) I’m still not entirely sure why these Skyward novellas have been produced as co-written supplements to the main series that many readers will inevitably skip (accidentally or otherwise), but so far they’ve been worth seeking out, both as engaging independent tales …
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Book #285 of 2021: Sunreach by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson (Skyward Flight #1) I wasn’t sure what to expect of this first spinoff novella from author Brandon Sanderson’s main Skyward series, especially after not caring for his previous attempt at YA co-writing, Lux: A Texas Reckoners Novel. Luckily, I’ve enjoyed this one a lot …
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Book #182 of 2020: Starsight by Brandon Sanderson (Skyward #2) This sci-fi sequel goes in a pretty unexpected direction, but it’s all the stronger for it. After spending the first book training as a fighter pilot to defend her planet from alien attack, Spensa is suddenly whisked across the galaxy to the enemy capital on …
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Book #14 of 2019: Skyward by Brandon Sanderson (Skyward #1) I mostly enjoy this Young Adult novel about a girl following in her father’s footsteps to join their planet’s defense armada, although I do feel there are some issues with people’s motivations at the very beginning. That’s not a problem I normally experience with either …
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