Foundryside – Robert Jackson Bennett

(I thank Netgalley and Quercus Books - Jo Fletcher Books for sending me the ARC in exchange for my honest review) Foundryside was an excellent fantasy read, enjoyable, without any of the  excesses of its genre, and with good characters, neatly distinctive, some good dialogues and much inventivity. A lot of mysteries are disclosed along …

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Dans la toile du temps – Adrian Tchaikovsky

Ce petit pavé de SF est traduit chez nous aux Éditions Denoël, collection Lunes d'encre, sous le titre inspiré "La toile du temps". C'est une SF ambitieuse et passionnante, que j'ai trouvée très agréable et facile à lire, malgré sa longueur et son alternance de poids de vue à chaque chapitre. C'est un récit lent, …

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Children of time – Adrian Tchaikovsky

It's always a great pleasure when one writer takes time and care to write a deep and thorough story about themes that fascinate me as, in this book, "natural" time travel and "artificial" natural evolution. This fantastic read must enthral you since the very beginning as the text is long, and thorough, quite slow in …

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The mortician’s daughter – C.C. Hunter

I really appreciated this book that I nearly read straight through. The main theme was quite interesting and delicately used, as were parent-teenager relations. Riley's home's atmosphere is oppressive despite the love her and father share, thecp reader is easily immerged in the story. The narration is simple and efficient (just a little too stereotypical …

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