The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon is the second in her dystopian fantasy series – it is the follow on to The Bone Season which I have read and reviewed. It follows straight on from the ending of The Bone Season and deals with the aftermath of the events of that novel. I will say straight off that I enjoyed The Mime Order much more than the series opener. Much of the heavy lifting in terms of worldbuilding has been done – although there is naturally much more to learn – so Shannon is able to concentrate on weaving a strong narrative. What I liked Very strong narrative. For me this worked very well in this book. Our protagonist has a clear, logical goal towards which she is working – the uniting of the clairvoyant underworld to provide a viable opposition to the Raphaim – and while there are lots of twists and turns in the way, it remains the backbone of the story. Personally, I was invested in this plotline and enjoyed watching it coming to fruition. I also felt Shannon kept the plot moving on briskly and had me wanting to keep turning the pages. Engaging protagonist. The…
Hello and welcome to this week’s reading roundup. In actual fact I don’t have a great deal to talk about this week. I’ve been reading/listening to Samantha Shannon’s The Mime Order, the sequel to her Bone Season. I very much enjoyed it and a full review will be coming soon. I just finished it, and have not yet decided what book to pick up next. I am rather tempted to listen to Sanderson’s Mistborn This week I found out that at work I’m almost certainly moving back to nightshifts in a month’s time, which really, really sucks. I’m trying to remain positive, to think of all the audiobooks I will listen to during those shifts. Added to my library this week I only added the one book to my Kindle library this week and it was a free book: Until Midnight by Melissa Landers. This is a novella in her Alienated series which is about a girl who falls in love with an alien. I read the first book and found it a lot of fun so I was happy to pick up this free snippet. As it’s set after the events of Alienated, it’s probably not the best place…