Felicia Davin

I've only read one other novel that blends science fiction and m/m romance this well. (Taji From Beyond the Rings, by R. Cooper.) I am impressed.

Edge of Nowhere has great worldbuilding, and great characters with some serious internal conflicts. Weird challenges! Danger! Weirder danger! Also, trust issues, ethics, found family, blood family, and morals. Also, for those of you who dislike sex scenes, they are few and pretty easy to avoid. But though I am tired of the usual, I enjoyed them specifically because they were Kit and Emil. That's excellent writing.… (mehr)

I thought for awhile that the author didn't start this with the clearest idea of the main characters. But at the first plot twist, I blinked twice, genuinely surprised. So.

It is not a fast read, it builds on the first book and there are a lot of complications, some of which Aiden causes. But I really, really enjoyed those last several chapters, and I will be reading book 3. Congrats, author, on making book 2 this strong. Notably, there are very few typos, a sign of a very good editor/copy editor. Bravo.… (mehr)

I've been writing too many bad reviews lately, but this book hardly seems to have any bad reviews, despite the fact it was extremely problematic. So a bad review it's going to get.

The writing is overall good, the worldbuilding creative if a bit poorly executed, I loved Iriyat, I liked the magic system, and the characters are vegetarian. It would have been rated much higher if it weren't for. . . .

1. When you have a price on your head and you need to get out of the city quick, don't stand around with aphobic gossip.
These fools of protagonists, instead of escaping the city, have to discuss "hey did you know this woman isn't interested in sex?" "Golly gee, what a weird idea. Are you sure? OMG, I've never heard anything so weird. I wonder what's wrong with her." (Okay, that's not exactly what they said, but that's the gist of it.)

2. Why is the whole plot hinging upon Alizhan rescuing a guy who tried to kill her?

3. Ev is a Mary Sue
Her only trait to speak of is that she is "good hearted".

4. The worldbuilding is poorly executed.
The author did not put enough thought into her world. Does it even rain? I never did get that question answered.

5. The romance is stupid.
About two hours after they meet properly, Alizhan has to inform Ev that "we can't be together", a refrain that has to be repeated roughly every two or three chapters.

6. The worldbuilding has shockingly traditional gender roles.
In a world with interesting physical attributes and religions, everyone sure puts up a fuss about a girl having short hair or wearing pants. Also, everyone is cisgender.

So, I think that about sums the book up.… (mehr)