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Michelle Diener

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Tekijän teokset

The Emperor's Conspiracy (2012) 139 kappaletta
In a Treacherous Court (2011) 127 kappaletta
Dark Horse (2015) 102 kappaletta
A Dangerous Madness (2014) 66 kappaletta
Dark Deeds (2016) 63 kappaletta
Dark Minds (2016) 47 kappaletta
Keeper of the King's Secrets (2012) 45 kappaletta
Banquet of Lies (2013) 45 kappaletta
The Golden Apple (2014) 42 kappaletta
Mistress of the Wind (2013) 33 kappaletta
In Defense of the Queen (2013) 28 kappaletta
The Turncoat King (2021) 26 kappaletta
Dark Matters (2019) 26 kappaletta
The Rising Wave (2021) 19 kappaletta
Daughter of the Sky (2013) 18 kappaletta
Breakaway (2018) 18 kappaletta
Sky Raiders (2016) 17 kappaletta
Dark Class (2022) 16 kappaletta
The Silver Pear (2014) 14 kappaletta
Interference & Insurgency (2018) 12 kappaletta
Breakeven (2018) 12 kappaletta
Trailblazer (2019) 11 kappaletta
The Threadbare Queen (2021) 11 kappaletta
Dark Ambitions (2020) 10 kappaletta
Dangerous Sanctuary (2012) 9 kappaletta
Breaking Out: Part I (2015) 8 kappaletta
Breaking Out: Part II (2015) 8 kappaletta
High Flyer (2020) 7 kappaletta
Wave Rider (2021) 6 kappaletta
Calling the Change (2017) 5 kappaletta
Shadow Warrior (2018) 4 kappaletta
Enthraller 3 kappaletta
Intended 1 kappale

Associated Works

Entangled (Anthology 10-in-1) (2011) — Avustaja — 69 kappaletta
Orphans In the Black: A Space Opera Anthology (2017) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta

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female
Syntymäpaikka
London, England, UK
Asuinpaikat
South Africa
Australia

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Kirja-arvosteluja

The third book of Michelle Diener's terrific Rising Wave series focuses on Massi, Luc's close friend and lieutenant, and Duncan, a new character to the series with a novel kind of powerful magic. Massi and Duncan, together with Ava, Luc, and other members of the Rising Wave, work to finally vanquish the dark forces that carried out Ava's abduction in book 2 and threaten new, promising but hard-won political alliances. Massi and Duncan are a compelling couple, but it's Ava and Luc's interactions that I still enjoy the most. Diener's female characters are refreshingly strong and independent, capable of rescuing themselves and their heroes, and Ava is my favorite example.… (lisätietoja)
 
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SheLovesMaisie | Jan 3, 2024 |
This is science-fantasy, not science-fiction.
While there are a few instances of surprisingly well-thought-out sci-fi concepts that I haven't seen being considered before even in harder sci-fi, in general, this violates all the rules of sci-fi.
It's nothing more than a somewhat interesting backdrop for a pretty cheesy romance story and some friendship dynamics with an AI companion.
All clichées apply.
While it certainly doesn't deserve any originality or consistency awards, it was at least entertaining.
Low 3 stars.
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omission | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 19, 2023 |
It's a bit of a misnomer to call this romance, as the story is definitely more spaceships-and-intrigue than it is kisses-and-cuddles, but I want it on the same shelf as [b: Dark Horse|25615831|Dark Horse (Class 5, #1)|Michelle Diener|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1432783528s/25615831.jpg|45427378] (which was excellent, btw, you should totally read it if you want kisses and spaceships). I quite liked reading this, even if there are marked similarities to Dark Horse and a real lack of naked-funtimes. The alien cultures are pretty cool (I approve of an Elven Warrior alien race, eleventy billion thumbs up), the thinking systems are cool and scary, and the ladies seem pretty cool? Although, they do seem to take "abducted by aliens, oh noes" extremely well.

Whatever, I'm all over the next book, as soon as it's available.

ETA: on re-read, I still enjoyed the story (and my re-read of [b: Dark Horse|25615831|Dark Horse (Class 5, #1)|Michelle Diener|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1432783528s/25615831.jpg|45427378] but these ladies are like ~*~magical~*~ with new languages. How does one learn TWO new (ALIEN!!) languages in 3 months? And they don't just learn enough to be conversant, they communicate like native speakers. And there are so many other inconveniences explained away by reasons. It's a totally entertaining story, but it requires a lot of suspension of disbelief.
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wonderlande | Jan 1, 2023 |
Good world building. Interesting, different magic use. The heroine was a little too good at it. Nothing seemed a struggle for her. But that’s a fairly minor quibble. I enjoyed the characters we met in both armies. I felt that the hero could have been fleshed out a bit. Also you definitely need to read the short prologue story before this one to understand what’s going on. Will probably read the next one fairly soon.
 
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Luziadovalongo | Jul 14, 2022 |

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