December will be remembered for the book fair, not the books I read. I bought more than ten and finished seven real ones and one unreal, leaving my pile of unread books growing.
Best
- Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine – 5/5. If there’s one book that stood out, it was this one. An intense serial-killer thriller and the first in a series. I would have bought the second immediately if it had been available in Bulgarian.
- The Detective by Matthew Reilly – 5/5. This was not a sci-fi, who could’ve imagined. Matthew Reilly didn’t disappoint despite that.
- Where the Evil Dwells by Clifford D. Simak – 5/5. The Roman world turned into a fantasy world after an evil invasion. Features a troll who lost his bridge and bloodthirsty unicorns.
- The OC by D.P. Lyle – 4/5. Another intense serial-killer thriller. However, less intense than the other one.
- The Last Days of Kira Mulan by Nicci French – 4/5. The Nicci French duo wrote an activist thriller, where the main character was not Detective Maud O’Conner. Still a good story, but a bit heavy.
Worst
- The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne – 3.5/5. A nice fantasy world with some cool characters shuffling around on a map and engaging in pointless battles. The second part of the series didn’t add much to the story and could’ve been skipped.
- Ninja by David Walters – 4/5 but objectively, worse than the previous one. A prequel to the Way of the Tiger series that fit well with the series as a feeling, but not as well as a story.
- Murder on Mars-4 by Snejana Tasheva – a short story gamebook. It has 20-ish episodes, 1 or 2 actual choices that didn’t impact the outcome, and a hidden episode. I didn’t enjoy the AI use, the story, the size, and the price, and only completed it because it was very short. 1/5.
This concludes my year in books, as the two books I’m currently reading aren’t even halfway through.
Happy New Year! 🍾 🥂
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