Falls the Shadow

 

Title: Falls the Shadow

Author: Skip Horak

Publisher: Amazon Original Stories

 
ISBN: 9781542041416

 

Thoughts: Well-written short story about climate change and the whims of those with excess.

Rating: 4/5

The Fall of Gods and Kings

 

Title: Dawning of Darkness: The Fall of Gods and Kings

Author: James G. Robertson

Publisher: Next Life Publishing

 
ISBN: 9781954638150

 

Thoughts: Very cinematic audio book about a war between characters from myth and history, but nothing groundbreaking in the world of fantasy.

Rating: 3/5

Wish You Were Mine

 

Title: Wish You Were Mine

Author: Tara Sivec

Publisher: Forever

 
ISBN: 9781478920168

 

Thoughts: At times touching and at times infuriating (just like love can be) romance about childhood friends, but there were some timeline issues which often took me out of the story.

Rating: 3/5

Sam

 

Title: Sam

Author: Allegra Goodman

Publisher: Books on Tape

 
ISBN: 9780593612743

 

Thoughts: Rather bleak coming-of-age tale.

Rating: 3/5

The Sweet Spot

 

Title: The Sweet Spot

Author: Amy Poeppel

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

 
ISBN: 9781797149806

 

Thoughts: If you like multiple narrators who all come together in a crazy patchwork, this is the novel for you.

Rating: 4/5

The Rabbit Hutch

 

Title: The Rabbit Hutch

Author: Tess Gunty

Publisher: Knopf

 
ISBN: 9780593534663

 

Thoughts: Hard-to-describe but very interesting story about a variety of interconnected characters that will appeal to fans of Jennifer Egan.

Rating: 3/5

Lost in the Never Woods

 

Title: Lost in the Never Woods

Author: Aiden Thomas

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: This dark fantasy started off so well, but as it went off, some plot points were just not jelling for me, and it felt like the world-building needed a little shoring up.

Rating: 3/5