Finished Warcross by Marie Lu over the weekend. Solid 3/5; higher if you’re a relatively new SF/F reader. Great characterization, but both the romance and Zero’s ID were “as expected”, instead of surprising. I did gulp down the last ~100 pages instead of sleeping.
Just finished The Book of Hidden Things. It does a great job of teetering on the edge of real, surreal, and mystic. Plus South Italian small town life… really enjoyable. 4/5.
Finished Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie last night. It’s modern (rather than sci-fi, where I normally read), but it’s such a different world. It’s well worth trying! (4/5) Ifemelu and Obinze are both great characters, though I tended to prefer Ifemelu’s chapters. Their interactions at home and in the west are both bright and clarifying. You root for them, alone and together. Great book structure too.
Victory Conditions by Elizabeth Moon (4/5). An excellent conclusion to the 5 book series about Kylara Vatra. (I decided that I liked her fantasy quite a bit, so decided to check out her SF. It worked out nicely!)