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I completely loved this. A Sci Fi political intrigue novel with strong mystery elements. Mahit has been sent by her home world as an emergency replacement for their missing ambassador at the centre of the Empire. She needs to find out what has happened to the missing ambassador Yskandr and somehow ensure her homeworld remains out of the empire‘s expansionary plans. Really interesting world building, tech and interplanetary politics. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3.75⭐. I thought this was great but maybe 50-75 pages too long. I really enjoyed Tesh's writing. I found myself sinking into the story as soon as I picked it up and flying through the pages. The characters were not likable, but they each had believable growth through complex challenges. I have been really craving space reads and this scratched the itch perfectly.

4.5/5

The perspective of a livesuit solider, on the other side of an endless and timeless war.

I'm really enjoying this series. There are definitely a lot of horror elements to the series and the aliens.

A bit ridiculous to post March wrap up most of the way through April but end of March/beginning of April was busy busy. I've been working through the nebula nominees, so I also read the short stories and novelettes in March but not counting those in my stats.

Dreaming of reading in bed. Saturday can‘t get here soon enough.

Just did a post about my bookish day off routine over on Wildwood Reads if you‘re interested. Idk what it is about morning routines but I‘m obsessed with watching them, so I thought I‘d make my own

https://wildwoodreads.com/2025/04/04/my-bookish-morning-routine-day-off/

Solid entry to the saga of folks who search out ancient technology to adapt it for their own use.

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This is a story of a group of people exploring planets for resources. Instead of dying you get reprinted. Apparently the printer in space can make misprints of people! Weird!

Hi. I would like to report in. I have not disappeared. My life is just in a constant state of chaos.
Empire of Silence was a great read. It was slow to start and the pacing was a little choppy in a few places, but I totally see the hype for this one. I can‘t wait to dive into book two because I need to know if this is a villain origin story or if Hadrian is actually a good guy. I‘m conflicted and have too many feelings.