Sunday, May 28, 2023

2023 book 97

 Fran Wilde's The Book of Gems

I found this one to be somewhat frustrating. It starts off well enough, with a young academic on her way to the Valley her family is from (home of the magical gems), to track down the missing mentor who stole her research. But it kind of just goes in circles. I actually think this would have benefited from being shorter, since most of the back half is just one argument going around and around. It was tiresome. B.


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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on June 20th.

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