“The universe is always stranger than you think. It didn’t matter how broad her imagination was, how cynical, how joyous and open, how well researched or wild minded. The universe was always stranger. Every dream, every imagining, however lavish and improbable, inevitably fell short of the truth.”11/22/21 3rd reread update:Goddamn, this book is so satisfying. Teresa's journey blows me away every time. How do they keep doing this to me?Original Review:March 26th rolls around, my copy of Tiamat’s

If you’re a fan of this series the very first sentence will break your heart.Do things get better after that? Let’s see what one of the characters has to say about the possibility of good things happening after bad things:”Sometimes it’s just one shit sandwich after another.”Truth.So yeah, there are a couple of moments in this that absolutely suck if you’re invested in these characters. That’s not to say that all hope is lost, and that there aren’t some good fist-pumping “Hell yeah!” moments. Th...

5.0 Stars - Video Review: https://youtu.be/oWtGyTmziscI just can't get enough of this epic space series and this latest installment did not disappoint!As always, I loved getting to spend more time with the returning characters. I missed certain perspectives in this book, including few fan-favourites, but, by the end of the book, I understood why those choices were made.As in previous installments, this book introduced new characters with their own POV chapters. Elvi’s chapters were among my favo...

Another excellent entry, nerve-wrecking as it was. It was beautiful. It was exhilarating. It was sad at times. Corey pulled some punches and hit me right in the gut. I think I cried twice in one day over this. Why? I was invested, that's why. I cared about the characters and their ordeal deeply, having stayed with them for the last, what, four years. A lot of things I said about The Expanse novels in my previous reviews - except Persepolis Rising since I forgot to write one - and I will not repe...

Book 1: 5*Book 2: 4.5*Book 3: 4.25*Book 4: 3.5*Book 5: 4.5*Book 6: 4*Book 7: 4.5*Book 8: 4.25*I will say first and foremost this setup book 9 which is supposed to be the final installment to be quite the epic conclusion. Those last two lines of dialogue were so simple but the ramifications anything but. The problem, and it's a minor quibble, with most of these books in the series is it takes forever to get momentum. Lollygag, review, renew acquaintances while slow burning the story. In the end i...

What a wild ride! This is the 8th book in the The Expanse series and, as far as I know, the penultimate novel. As such, it was time to up the game, for shit to REALLY hit the fan - and boy, did it ever!After Duarte took over, defeating the Earth-Mars coalition in the previous book, we now get a more or less firmly established empire. Laconia is the capital, ruling thousands of worlds much like Rome did so long ago. Our favourite ragtag band is split up: Holden is a prisoner at Laconia, Naomi is

Wow. Just wow.I'm really afraid to say just about anything for fear of spoiling the crap out of this novel. It's just one of those things. I mean, I counted three times I cried and I won't tell you whether it is tears of rage, sadness, or happiness. That would be TELLING, you know?But if I'm okay with being all general and gushy and stuff, and if anyone has read any of my reviews, they know I am, then I'll just go, "Oh, wow, What A NOVEL."Duarte's Empire and the Resistance. There are no whiny ne...

I can’t remember the last time I actually yelled at a book.Coming back to this series felt like embracing family after being gone a few years… like coming home. In my mind, these characters are real people. Their development is so on-point, I always feel their triumphs and defeats poignantly. These authors are brilliant. And I have to say, they really set out to shred my soul with Tiamat’s Wrath. Holy shit.Truth be told, I’ve been really apathetic lately with books. This is the first novel in a

One of these days I’m going to have to do a full-series Expanse re-read. Probably not until after next year, when the last book is published. But whenever that happens, I feel like this book might be worth five stars. Maybe the last one, too. I actually finished it when it was first published over two months ago, but I’m so far behind in my reviews, this one isn’t going to super informative. I remember it traumatizing me, but in a good way.All that to say, this was a really solid penultimate nov...

4.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum https://bibliosanctum.com/2019/04/15/...As the penultimate book in the epic Expanse series, Tiamat’s Wrath gives one the feeling of an entire galaxy holding its collective breath—things aren’t so much happening as they are preparing the field for the final play. And yet, if you’ve been on this train since the beginning, you’ll know that James S.A. Corey, the collaborative team of Daniel Abraham and Ty Frank writing as one, isn’t going to let that get in the wa...

I have a Booktube channel now! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/petrikleo4.5/5 starsWow. I take back what I said before. Tiamat’s Wrath surpassed Caliban’s War and Nemesis Games as the best installment of the series so far. “Distributed responsibility is the problem. One person gives the order, another carries it out. One can say they didn’t pull the trigger, the other that they were just doing what they were told, and everyone lets themselves off the hook.” I'm finally caught up with the...

"...But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper."NO! After 8 books, mysteries and threats don't grow deeper! They get resolved! Enough already!The bait-and-switch of the Expanse continues with more teasing of revelations regarding the protomolecule and the aliens that build the ring-gates that opened up the universe to exploration. But as before, the authors are able to take the premise of the EXPANSION of humanity across the universe

I received this book in exchange for an honest review from Orbit.Tiamat's Wrath is the long-awaited for eight book in James SA Corey's The Expanse series, which follows a range of different characters in a space system that has been colonised by humans. The emergence of a protomolecule that can destroy humanity in seconds tears planets apart and eventually bring them together as they attempt to fight an alien technology far beyond anyone's understanding.Tiamat's Wrath was, like its predecessors