Alternate History

Review of Of Noble Family (Glamourist Histories Book 5)

I just finished reading Of Noble Family (Glamourist Histories Book 5) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 After the adventures time in Murano, Jane and Vincent spend some time with the Family in Vienna when Vincent receives a letter from his brother informing him that their father has died and asks him to look after the family affairs on the West Indies’ properties. He is not happy to need to clean up after his father, but the two decide to take the journey.

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Review of Valour And Vanity: (The Glamourist Histories #4)

I just finished reading Valour And Vanity: (The Glamourist Histories #4) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 Jane and Vincent finally travel to Murano to further experiment with encasing Glamour into glass. On the way to their destination, they get robbed by pirates, and thus they arrive penniless in Murano. Luckily there is a kind soul on board as well, and he offers them to use his house. He is a banker from Murano.

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Review of Without A Summer (Glamourist Histories Series Book 3)

I just started reading Without A Summer (Glamourist Histories Series Book 3) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 Jane and her husband Vincent travel to London to handle a commission by an Irish Baron. They decide to take Melody – Jane’s sister – with them to enjoy London and find an eligible husband for her. The author changed the writing style and tone again in this book. Compared to the second issue, this book is nearer to the first book.

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Review of Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories Series Book 2)

I finished reading Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories Series Book 2) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 Vincent and Jane are married and work now together as Glamourists. After a successful commission by the prince regent, they start a honeymoon to Belgium. As the English defeated Napoleon, it is deemed safe again to travel there. But soon after arriving, there are signs that it could not be as safe as thought. The book’s tone has changed; this issue is a lot more adventure-driven, and Jane can finally be herself.

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Review of Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories Book 1)

I finished reading Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories Book 1) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 It is the year 1800, and we follow the days of Jane, a young woman living at home with her parents and sister. She longs for love but thinks it unable to achieve. She is talented in the arts of the glamour, a special kind of magic. Unfortunately, most of the eligible men she finds are more interested in her sister as they look more to the outside of a woman then on then on the inside.

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Review of The Relentless Moon: A Lady Astronaut Novel Book 3

I just finished reading The Relentless Moon: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 This book series is such a page-turner. Starting the book, I was hoping to get more from Elmas POV but reading the title clearly shows that this is not the case. I’m not sure what I was thinking there ;-) In this part, we see what happens on the earth and the moon from Nicole Wargin’s perspective.

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Review of Recovering Apollo 8

I just finished reading Recovering Apollo 8 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.📚 A concise book shows what happens if you give a person with a fixed idea an unlimited amount of money. The main character is a child when the Apollo 8 mission fails in this alternate history novel. And form this moment on, he has the urge to rescue the capsule, which was unable to reach a moon orbit and lost in space.

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Review of Doomsday Game, The Apocalypse Duology Book 3

I just finished reading Doomsday Game (The Apocalypse Duology Book 3) by Gary Gibson.📚 This book action takes place multiple years after the first two issues. The Authority has found an alternate Earth and is working on its evacuation plan. But as always, not everything wants to follow the program. And they need again fight new and old enemies. And there is still the question concerning the Pathfinders. What will happen to them at the end of the day?

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Review of Survival Game, The Apocalypse Duology book 2

I just finished reading Survival Game (The Apocalypse Duology Book 2) by Gary Gibson.📚 Katya is on the run from the Russian Empire. She is a scientist working on a secret project for the Zar. They want her to fix an old artifact, which can send you to every alternate universe you want. Unfortunately, this artifact has some significant drawbacks and can cause the extinction of the Imperium and the Authority.

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Review of Extinction Game, The Apocalypse Duology book 1

I just finished reading Extinction Game: The Apocalypse Duology: Book One by Gary Gibson.📚 A good idea and perfect execution! Jerry is the last human on Earth. He managed to survive a global pandemic created by a sect. Until one day, he finds footprints in his backyard. The book starts slow but takes up its pace towards the middle. I liked the POV of Jerry quite a lot – he is an interesting character, perhaps a bit naive but certainly not stupid.

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Review of The Fated Sky: Lady Astronaut Novel

I finished reading The Fated Sky: Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 The second issue connects directly after the first book. We now have a station on the moon, and Elma York – the main protagonist – works now as a space bus driver on the moon for half the year. But as this does not make for an exciting book, she soon managed to get onto the first mission to Mars.

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Review of The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel

I just ended reading The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 I’m not sure anymore where I found this book, but I liked it! It reminded me a lot to the Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. I think mostly due to a similar structure, but this book is undoubtedly less science fiction and more alternate history. Another aspect is for this story is the accessible writing style of the author.

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