A review by libellesalome
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection by Val Nolan, Ian McDonald, Greg Egan, Geoff Ryman, Lavie Tidhar, Nancy Kress, Martin L. Shoemaker, Karl Bunker, Neal Asher, Michael Swanwick, Sandra McDonald, Carrie Vaughn, Robert Reed, Jay Lake, Brendan DuBois, Paul McAuley, Alexander Jablokov, Stephen Baxter, Sean McMullen, Jake Kerr, Aliette de Bodard, Alastair Reynolds, Gardner Dozois, Ken Liu, Sunny Moraine, James Patrick Kelly, Allen M. Steele, Ian R. MacLeod, Damien Broderick, Melissa Scott
4.0
Is this book a clichéd YA? Sort of, yes.
Is this book predictable? Yes.
Does this book have (quite a lot of) problems? Definitely.
But, after all, is this book enjoyable way way way more than the majority of YA "fantasy" books out there? HELL, YES.
It's short, it's fast, it's fun. There are pirates, female captains and no insta-love. As far as I'm concerned, this was exactly what I needed in this period.
Ahoy.
Is this book predictable? Yes.
Does this book have (quite a lot of) problems? Definitely.
But, after all, is this book enjoyable way way way more than the majority of YA "fantasy" books out there? HELL, YES.
It's short, it's fast, it's fun. There are pirates, female captains and no insta-love. As far as I'm concerned, this was exactly what I needed in this period.
Ahoy.