Well, as usual I am way behind with my reviews. I had forgotten how time consuming it is to have a girlfriend. Not that that is a bad thing but still, I don’t get as much time to do my usual stuff as I used to. Luckily I still get my reading time. Of course that means that my reviews are falling behind at a frightening rate.
So, here we go with a kind of clean up post of my latest reads.
Nine Souls (The Temple Chronicles, #9) by Shayne Silvers
My rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ out of 5 stars
Not much to say. It’s a decent urban fantasy read read but it’s really not anything out of the extraordinary (any more) and these books are starting to become a bit of deja vu.
The Valkyrie Returns (The Kurtherian Endgame, #7) by Michael Anderle
My rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ out of 5 stars
Another decent installment in the Kurtherian series but, quite frankly, the first books in the series was far superior.
Exodus: Empires at War, #16 and #17 by Doug Dandridge
My rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ out of 5 stars
Simply another two great books in this series. Doug Dandridge is one of the few authors who manage too keep a series going for 10+ books and still keep my interest.
The Steel Dragon (Steel Dragon, #2) by Kevin McLaughlin
My rating: ⭐ ⭐ out of 5 stars
Meh, meh, meh. It’s a shame that Michael Anderle loans his name to pretty much anything in the Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and Science Fiction genres nowadays. Talk about diluting the brand name. I was mildly interested after the first book in this series. This one was underwhelming.
Their Last Full Measure (A Learning Experience, #6) by Christopher Nuttall
My rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ out of 5 stars
Christopher Nuttall is one of my favorite authors and for good reasons. This book is one of those reasons. Well, written, great characters, action, adventure and military strategy.
The Phantom Queen Diaries, #5 to #7 by Shayne Silvers
My rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2 out of 5 stars
This is a quite read worthy urban fantasy series. I quite like the main protagonist and Shayne Silvers generally writes good urban fantasy action although he sometimes goes a bit overboard with the epic fantasy part.
Shade of Devil, #2 and #3 by Shayne Silvers
My rating: ⭐ ⭐ 1/2 out of 5 stars
I quite liked the first book. Then it went downhill. The last book was messy, too many illogical plot twists and kind of ruined the great promise that I saw after having read the first book.
Rouge Renegade and Rebel (In Her Paranormal Majesty’s Secret Service, #1) by Michael Anderle
My rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ out of 5 stars
As a great fan of the real James Bond Movies (the ones with Sean Connery in them) I had great hopes for this one. Turned out to be mediocre at best. Her Majesty’s is a asshole and in addition Anderle felt like he had to sprinkle some green bullshit shaming in there as well. In serious doubt whether I will have a go at the second book in the series.
Border War (Hayden War Cycle, #8) by Evan Currie
My rating: ⭐ ⭐ out of 5 stars
Quite mediocre. Way too much political bullshit and machinations and not enough of the military action and strategy that Evan Currie does so well.
Well, I’ll post this now. I have a bunch more to add but I have already been writing on this meager post, on and off, for a couple of days so, I thought it was better to post something at least.
PG's Ramblings 
I gave up on the Hayden War Cycle after the 4th or 5th book. I’m finding Currie has great ideas at the start of book series but he doesn’t do as well once things have been going for a while. He really needs to concentrate on trilogies and write appropriately…
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Yeah, I’ve pretty much come to that conclusion myself. But as you pointed out in one of your (much appreciated) comments on my posts…I’m a completer…condolences 😄.
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Oh man, you ARE a completer, aren’t you? Best of luck handling that 😀
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