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Be My Enemy (Everness, Book 2) (Young Adult Science Fiction)	80⁽¹⁾
Published by Pyr on September 04, 2012

Strange Horizons	Review Rating: 80
...a pacy book filled with tropes McDonald takes from across the genre and makes his own, whether it is AI or nanotech, unpeopled Earths or post-apocalyptic worlds. Full Review Link

The Mongoliad (The Foreworld Saga, Book 1) (Fantasy)	60⁽¹⁾
Published by 47North on April 24, 2012

Strange Horizons	Review Rating: 60
Some of the promises of the cover are delivered--this is a book with a great deal of fighting--but I'm not sure I see much sign of building a history of martial arts, nor of definitive input from all the listed authors. Full Review Link

Bringer of Light (Science Fiction)	63⁽³⁾
Published by Gollancz on August 18, 2011

Strange Horizons	Review Rating: 60
Whilst not a great leap in Fenn's work, Bringer of Light is a good point to catch up with the Hidden Empire. Full Review Link

Dancing With Bears (Darger and Surplus) (Fantasy)	78⁽⁵⁾
Published by Night Shade Books on May 17, 2011

Strange Horizons	Review Rating: 80
Although there isn't much to be said about the protagonists themselves, they provide an ingress to a rich and complex world and a clever plot, carefully shown rather than told. Full Review Link

Midnight Riot / Rivers of London (Fantasy)	72⁽¹⁷⁾
Published by Del Rey on February 01, 2011

Strange Horizons	Review Rating: 60
It is bursting with ideas and tripping over itself in the need to deliver them and tell an engaging story too. Full Review Link

Guardians of Paradise (Hidden Empire, book 3) (Science Fiction)	56⁽³⁾
Published by Gollancz on September 02, 2010

Strange Horizons	Review Rating: 60
Guardians of Paradise is good light entertainment, which continues to build a platform on which Jaine Fenn can grow her empire and her audience. Full Review Link

Silversands (Science Fiction)	60⁽¹⁾
Published by Pendragon Press, Maesteg on April 10, 2010

Strange Horizons	Review Rating: 60
There is a lot going for this book, but there is also too much going on. Full Review Link

Servant of the Underworld (Obsidian and Blood Trilogy, Book 1) (Fantasy)	70⁽⁴⁾
Published by Angry Robot on January 07, 2010

Strange Horizons	Review Rating: 80
...both involving and well written. Full Review Link

The Push (Science Fiction)	80⁽¹⁾
Published by NewCon Press on November 14, 2009

Strange Horizons	Review Rating: 80
...an excellent recent example of the satisfaction available to the genre reader. Full Review Link

Terminal World (Science Fiction)	70⁽¹⁰⁾
Published by Ace Hardcover on June 01, 2010 First Published by Gollancz in 2010

Strange Horizons	Review Rating: 60
The pages are filled with alarums and adventures, reversals, betrayal and frightening experiences--as many as one would hope for from a planetary romance Full Review Link

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