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Book Review: Murder by Memory, by Olivia Waite

Cover of Murder by Memory, by Olivia Waite, featuring a woman sitting in an armchair with her back to us, with her hair in a bun, amid shelves and shelves of books, plus some books floating in space.

The novella starts when Dorothy Gentleman wakes up and discovers she’s been uploaded off schedule and into the wrong body, and she finds out soon that someone else is dead. As one of the ship’s detectives, she shelves her personal feelings (that’s my little in-joke) and immediately starts investigating.

Book Review: The Cost of Power: Return, by Joyce Reynolds-Ward

Cover of The Cost of Power: Book One: Return, by Joyce Reynolds-Ward. Orange-gold lettering against a dark red background, with gold decorations on the borders.

Gabe and Ruby’s story is the heart of The Cost of Power: Return, by Joyce Reynolds-Ward. Their story in this iteration, looking at the oeuvre of the author, is to be one of a series of futures/worlds in a multiverse of stories revolving around the Martinieres in general and Gabe and Ruby as well.

Book Review: Vampires of El Norte

Cover of Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

I enjoyed reading Vampires of El Norte. The young lovers’ misunderstandings feel natural, not artificially belabored, and the problems they’re dealing with, of trying to negotiate societal and familial expectations and demands to find some degrees of choice, are depicted with understanding, compassion, and warmth. The monsters are scary, the action scenes are exciting, the love story is sweet, and I found the conclusion very satisfying.