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July 2024 Reading
The Starless Crown, by James Rollins - A variety of unlikely people band together to not only attempt to stop a country from needlessly making war on another country, but also to stop a prophecy that says the entire moon will crash into the world. I can't quite tell if this book is filled with Fantasy Names (like calling the world Urth or making holy buildings kath'drals) or whether it's all supposed to take place in a far-future Earth or alternate timeline, but if it's the latter option, I want to know what happened to throw the world's orbit entirely out of whack in the first place. It's a bit of a dense book to approach at times, but it's still pretty good and I want to know what happens in the sequel, so I expect I'll be picking up book 2 from the library before too long.
My Lady Jane, by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows - A YA retelling of the short reign of Lady Jane Grey, only in an alternate historical fantasy setting where many people have the ability to transform into animals. There's a lot of politics from the time, understandably, but in a fun way that makes it all very interesting; it is YA, after all. After enjoying the show so much, I figured I'd give the book a try, and it's also enjoyable, but different from the show in a number of ways. I liked the humour, and I'm looking forward to reading other books in the series, even if they're about different people throughout history.
My Lady Jane, by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows - A YA retelling of the short reign of Lady Jane Grey, only in an alternate historical fantasy setting where many people have the ability to transform into animals. There's a lot of politics from the time, understandably, but in a fun way that makes it all very interesting; it is YA, after all. After enjoying the show so much, I figured I'd give the book a try, and it's also enjoyable, but different from the show in a number of ways. I liked the humour, and I'm looking forward to reading other books in the series, even if they're about different people throughout history.