Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga #1) by Peter F. Hamilton ★★★★★

Welcome to the future.

Old age, true death, and lack of space are things of the past. Wormholes have given us new worlds, peace, and prosperity.

Through a grand cast of characters, side stories and back stories, Peter Hamilton makes you a resident of the Commonwealth. Nine hundred pages of investment before the nuke hits the mountain and your gut clenches. 

I downloaded the kindle and audiobook to Judas Unchained before writing this review. 

Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman ★★★★☆

"When night came down on Whitbrow it came down hard. It came down like an army that had been waiting for the chance to sack and plunder the roost of its ancient foe." 

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ★★★★★

Welcome to America, every day, every headline, a dystopia. That Fahrenheit 451 reads like it was written last month should be a chilling thought. The intolerance of minorities, the screaming social media, the anti intellectualism, the unmoored anger...

Not for the first time, or the last, I want to gather all my books and leave the country.

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist ★★★★☆

"I’m only twelve. But I’ve been twelve for a long time.” 

Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons ★★★★★

"Saul shivered. Behind the calm voice and the human puppet was a man who had directly murdered scores - perhaps thousands - of human beings." 

Life Ever After by Carla Grauls ★★☆☆☆

No amount of production value could change the fact that this was just two people arguing for an hour.

The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy #1) by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan ★★★★★

“Everything’s a weapon if you’re willing to use it...” 

- Carillon Thay 

ALL THE STARS!!!
George R.R. Martin without the rape. Brandon Sanderson without the extra five hundred pages of drudgery. 

Epic fantasy has a new king: Gareth Hanrahan. Bow down nerds. 

“We’re thieves,” says Cari, “call it a heist.” 

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler ★★☆☆☆

Ah vampires…

Sexy, sexy vampires…

Autonomous by Annalee Newitz ★★☆☆☆

Man: Hey Blue Bot, you’re looking good.

Blue Bot notices Man’s erection.

Blue Bot: Did you want to have sex?
Man: No! I’m not gay!

Blue Bot researches humans on the internet. Blue Bot replaces its blue carapace with a pink one.

Man: You’re pink?!?! Why are you pink?

Pink Bot: I decided this was me. Do you want to have sex?

Man: Yes!

After sex.
Man: Did you enjoy that?

Pink Bot: I enjoyed that you enjoyed it.

Man: I knew you were a woman.

Spectre's Rest (The Brackenford Cycle #3) by Nick Moseley ★★★★★

I’ve called in a Code Black with the Custodians...'

‘What sort of response time can we expect?’ 
'They’re guaranteed to arrive two minutes after we’re all dead,’ said Oscar.