Miss Percy's Guide to the Restoration of Dragons is a wonderful conclusion to this trilogy. The ever-growing cast of excellent characters that feel so real continues to grow, bringing more great characters and also giving more depth to some of the characters that were already introduced in the previous two volumes. This book is full of adventure and difficult situations for Mildred and the others, so much so that I felt intense anger and stress for her future at times, but it's also full of that same cozy vibe that permeated the other two. With this series the coziness stems from the character interactions and the fact that even though it's a book about dragons you can see similarities and connections to very real behaviours that a pet or child might display. The way Mildred cares for the dragons - and for everyone else around her, really - is so reminiscent of a mother or other caregiver worrying about and caring for their kids, which makes it all so believable in t...
Kir's Fury is the second book in the Godeena Codex. I loved the first book, Godeena, which stood well enough on its own with a satisfying story that wrapped up nicely, but I was definitely thrilled when I found out the author had written a second book. Because I wanted to dive in right away, I decided not to re-read Godeena, and this showed me that Kir's Fury also works fairly well as a stand alone, though of course, I would still recommend reading Godeena first! This book has a much wider focus, showing us many different planets, characters from various different civilizations, and all kinds of interesting tech levels and even some supernatural powers. It felt epic in scale, which I really loved. It starts on the planet Godeena, six years after the events of the first book, and starts with the archaeologist Diana and her team doing their explorations of that planet, trying to uncover the secrets of the lost civilization that once inhabited it. What they uncover exposes a t...
I've been quite busy this year with writing and doing some re-reading/editing. I'm working on a series right now and this year I wrote books 4 and 5, re-read and edited the previous books in the series, and also re-read Children of the Dead City because it has a little bit crossover with book 6 which I've just started. This means that I only actually read 9 books this year, but they were all so great I couldn't choose which ones to put on this list and which ones to leave out! So I guess I should have called this post "the 9 great books I read in 2024" or something, but well... I wanted it to fit with all the other "top" posts from past years so... Before we jump in, check out my past top books posts: Top 6 Books I read in 2024 Top 5 Books I read in 2022 Top 8 Books I read in 2021 Top 5 Books I read in 2020 Top 3 Books I Read in 2019 Top 5 Books I Read in 2018 Top 3 Books I Read in 2017 A couple of these are books I discovered through judging...
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