Lyda Morehouse

I preordered this book and stayed up all night finishing it. This is not typical behavior for me, since I'm an overworked sysadmin.

It was worth it.

There are a lot of little things in here that made me squee: From the faux book excerpts (love epistolary stuff!) to Morningstar to Dee going with Mouse. But for me, it's the themes of redemption and forgiveness. These are themes that run through Morehouse's work, which may be why she deals with religion so often. These are also the themes that show more draw me to her work, and to Mouse. The moment that completely undoes me in [b:Fallen Host|71414|Fallen Host (LINK Angel, #2)|Lyda Morehouse|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170760916s/71414.jpg|69158] is the moment when Mouse forgives Page. The scene that undoes me in [b:Messiah Node|71415|Messiah Node (LINK Angel, #3)|Lyda Morehouse|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170760916s/71415.jpg|69159] is the scene where Mouse risks his life and sacrifices his freedom to save a woman who, a short time before, pointed a gun at him.

I don't mean to make Mouse sound like some boring old saint. He's also a liar, a sneak, and a very funny thief.

So, in this book, Mouse goes to Egypt seeking forgiveness for the sins of his youth. And here's where the spoilery part comes in, so if you really don't want to know, stop reading here.

Are you still reading?

It's actually Morningstar that undoes me in this one. Not that Mouse doesn't have his moments of grace and not that I don't want to scoop him up and cuddle him, but...

And I still feel like I'm not coherent enough to write a review, so I may tweak this review later. Or not. We'll see.

ETA - I really wish Morehouse had been at WisCon this year. There was a panel called, "The Future's Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed." That's probably the defining motif of the AngeLINK universe, and strongly and explicitly addressed here. There's always inequitable distribution of resources, class, and privilege, but this universe is particularly unfair in that regard. And Mouse is their technological Robin Hood. show less

Yep, so there's still the love square situation happening. Plus, as an added bonus, there's a new vamp prince whose come all the way from the south too annoy Ana. ooh, ooh, and all the vampires are starving! you know, cuz Ana stopped their ceremonial hunt twice now. makes them kinda hungry.

also, here's a sneak peek: I felt most comfortable with people who made obscure references to Star Wars movies or Lord of the Rings books, and people who got excited at the idea of a new Doctor Who show more episodes and extra work in precalculus-- in other words, nerds.

Oh, no! if all that's true, that makes me exactly HALF a nerd! and hear I always thought I was a full nerd. silly me.

yeah, so, anyways, with the vamps starving, Ana once again must pull a Plan that will solve everything and some bad-ass magic out of her butt and save the day. which she does.
unfortunately, not everyone got the memo, so someone ends up dying. :(

also, the boy sitch seems to round itself out rather neatly. Elias has to go and get 'married' (note the quotations) to some dude and has to go away for a while, but he promises (rather swoon-worthily, if you ask me) that his heart is Ana's and he will return for her because their blood bond is forever *serious Fangirling* Nik promises to wait until she's bored with her mortal, which I thought was callous and insensitive and like he thinks he's superior and all-around jerk-tastic of him *hissing in anger* and in the meanwhile, she has Thompson, who is generally awesome.
yep. and again, this is what I call a good ending. All the loose ends have been pretty much tied up, so we, the reader, can have closure, yet there's enough left over plot that we can hold out hope for another book in the series.
If Gena Showalter is reading this, YOU DIDN'T DO THAT WITH TWISTED!!!!!
Again, sorry to everyone else, I'm really sorry because I shouldn't be using every book review I do to complain about that, but I can't help it. Twisted just did not... you know what? I'm not even going to mention that book's name, but IT DID NOT END! it has what I call a non-ending, which is when the author THINKS she's ended, but she really actually didn't do anything.
back to Almost Everything, Great book! yes. good series.
bye, now. show less

This book made me feel like I was watching a grade-B sci-fi cop thriller filmed in the 80's.
In a post-war New York, theocracy has been imposed.
Everyone except the down-and-out have been hooked in to the LINK - a cybernetic brain implant that gives one access to the Internet (basically).
Lately, everyone's been buzzing about the appearance of 'angels' on the LINK. But are these angels a miracle or a hoax? Things get more complicated when our protagonist, a private investigator who's been show more kicked out of the police force and off the LINK, meets some all too corporeal (and hunky) 'angels' herself.
Some may be annoyed by this book's somewhat pro-Christian stance - others may find some aspects of the story totally blasphemous. Still others may be offended by its favorable portrayal of Israeli terrorists. Anything else? hmm. Not that I can think of offhand. Not too many people are offended by portrayals of corrupt politicians. wink.gif
But really, it's just fairly cheesy, light reading. show less

Lyda has returned to her loves, Science Fiction and LGBTQ+ rights. Lucian, a human augmented to be a post-earth soldier, defies an unjust order and deserts. They go to a biohacker where they adjust their body to be female and start a career as a bounty hunter on the run. Of course, if you know Lyda, several plot threads spin out. Lucian, now Lucia, has military mates that want her back, nanoteched into a man she would no longer recognize.