mdlaclair's review
3.0
I felt like this was a storing second book. However much I love Tinker and Windwolf they spend an awful lot of page time apart which got sorta annoying after awhile. I felt like while the Pony/Tinker had some paged time there was not a resolution to it or how it effected Windwolf.
overall an interesting read
overall an interesting read
mkaber's review
1.0
Ugh, I slogged my way through the first book and hoped that the author had improved in writing style enough for me to enjoy the second book. Not so. The characters were even more irritating and one-dimensional, the political aspects of the world very poorly constructed and the writing itself was more on the level of a precocious high schooler.
nixwhittaker's review
5.0
Oops! Tinker has escaped the Oni and stranded Pittsburgh on another planet and now when she tries to fix the big disturbance in the middle of the city it seems politics are going to get in the way. We have a crazy one eyed elf who is on a death wish. Wolf who rules ex-girlfriend is also on the scene and is on a mission to get him back even if Tinker is a casualty.
It might be easier if Tinker wasn't going slowly mad by someone invading her dreams. Which leads to beheadings and unwise choices.
You should read this short story before you read this book: Pittsburgh Backyard and Garden. And afterwards you should read for blue sky before you read the next book.
Look out on Baen as they often have ARC's of her books.
It might be easier if Tinker wasn't going slowly mad by someone invading her dreams. Which leads to beheadings and unwise choices.
You should read this short story before you read this book: Pittsburgh Backyard and Garden. And afterwards you should read for blue sky before you read the next book.
Look out on Baen as they often have ARC's of her books.
amgeever's review against another edition
5.0
A fantastic continuation of the story that started with Tinker. More of the same exciting characters with twists I never saw coming!
myfrogmonster's review against another edition
4.0
As a read more and more books by Wen Spencer I think back to my early reading days and she would have been the perfect jumping off point into fantasy/scifi. A little romance, a little action, and an incredibly strong female character. I enjoy her books now, don't get me wrong, I just know I would have LOVED her books when I was younger. These books are solid beach blanket reads for the slightly geeky.
silverdire's review against another edition
5.0
*Loved* this book. It's so refreshing to read a sequel that's even better than the first book.
Take a fantasy world, invade it with science fiction, add a little romance, and throw in some theoretical magic and physics, and you have the "Tinker" series. Wen Spencer is fantastic--I really hope she writes another.
Take a fantasy world, invade it with science fiction, add a little romance, and throw in some theoretical magic and physics, and you have the "Tinker" series. Wen Spencer is fantastic--I really hope she writes another.
marktimmony's review against another edition
4.0
Awesome sequel to Tinker.
This book fleshes out more of the fascinating Elven culture that Spencer has created and pushes tinker through a massive learning curve.
I'm very much looking forward to Elfhome later this year.
This book fleshes out more of the fascinating Elven culture that Spencer has created and pushes tinker through a massive learning curve.
I'm very much looking forward to Elfhome later this year.
elusivity's review
3.0
Fluffy, interesting but not as gripping as first novel in the series.
Wolf Who Rules loses some fascination due to parts of story being told from his POV, and the elf man is just not that interesting, nor are the politics particularly intricate when you consider these people all have multiple thousands of years to plot and scheme with one another.
Tinker continues to be impulsive genius, able to recover quickly from all manners of disasters, even return from space with all the improbability of GRAVITY, then hijacking a battle airship to slay a dragon. Enjoyable, but this is moving very far from realism inherent to the background setting of Pittsburgh, even a Pittsburgh that can switch between dimensions.
Finally, I am so tired of these wish-fulfilling fantasies that have elements of harem in them. Why...
Enjoyable, but I don't feel like reading the third book in the series.
Wolf Who Rules loses some fascination due to parts of story being told from his POV, and the elf man is just not that interesting, nor are the politics particularly intricate when you consider these people all have multiple thousands of years to plot and scheme with one another.
Tinker continues to be impulsive genius, able to recover quickly from all manners of disasters, even return from space with all the improbability of GRAVITY, then hijacking a battle airship to slay a dragon. Enjoyable, but this is moving very far from realism inherent to the background setting of Pittsburgh, even a Pittsburgh that can switch between dimensions.
Finally, I am so tired of these wish-fulfilling fantasies that have elements of harem in them. Why...
Enjoyable, but I don't feel like reading the third book in the series.
ld2's review
4.0
I read this book in a day. It was thrilling to see that the Tinker series continued. I absolutely adore Spencer's writing style and humor.
milladamen's review
4.0
These are becoming a guilty pleasure for me. They are not amazing, but way better than some other books you can get your hands on, and it has a lot of interesting fantasy/sci-fi themes and theories.
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