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I loved to see Millie and David in good health. The story itself is a short one, but it gives an idea what happened after “Reflex”. And the parasol-giving scene near the end is simply lovely.

Not sure what to think. The ending seems rushed and there is no hint of a third volume coming up, but this one feels incomplete.

Three stories, two of them predictable and with very unsympathetic protagonists. The first one a bit better, but unfortunately dated – today the main clue would have to be set up in advance, probably spoiling the discovery...

Of course not what I expected (Pirates! Space battles!) ;-), but nevertheless very good. Still, I can understand that someone not warned in advance that this is book one with more to come could be disgruntled because of the open ending.

A light read, a not-to-serious take on a first contact scenario.

Spodobało mi się bardziej niż się spodziewałam. Owszem, cykl o Pelagii był uroczy, ale już seria „gatunków” czy nieszczęsny Nicholas Fandorin zupełnie mnie nie przekonują. Ale do Erasta Fandorina jeszcze wrócę.

Liked it much better then the first book. The irony here is that this one is clearly a part of minimum two-book series, but somehow it makes it better then the stand-alone book one.

Jako kryminał chaotyczne, jako powieść „z epoki” zbyt nachalne, no i kolejny antypatyczny bohater. A nawet więcej niż jeden...

Co więcej mogę napisać - podobało mi się. Nie da się ukryc że książka jest nieco staroświecka, ale w końcu powstała przed ponad 70 laty i wolno jej. W każdym razie dorzucam do listy lektur przyszłych kolejne dwa tomy. :-)

I have mixed feelings. I understand the hero is meant to be a boy in man's body, but still, his behaviour is very immature, even for a boy. 2,5 stars rounded up.

Książka odkopana po remoncie, Ogólnie jest dobrze, choć oczywiście każdy będzie miał swoich faworytów. Mnie osobiście najmniej wzruszył Piekara. Nie lubię jego stylu i już.

One star extra for Sun. Without him the plot and overall impression would earn 2...

Now, that's what I call a spam filter! :-D

Could do without the black character, but what's there beside him is still a good exploration story. The exploring is concentrated on the starship, but that is all right, there 3 more volumes for exploring other things.

I have a Thing about stupid protagonists. I do understand that George Dower had to be like that for the plot to work, but it does not mean I have to like it...

A really quick read. But be warned – there is no paranormal element in those books at all. Well, maybe except keeping shoe polish in the linen closet... ;-)

After few dozen pages I was not thrilled. Just another urban fantasy with Faire/Sidhe/etc hiding among humans. But later on the plot got more interesting and I'll be picking up the second volume.
Extra points for the first one being a self-contained novel, without cliffhangers to be resolved in volumes 2...n ;-).

Pros: Interesting world (OK, city), not-obvious plot (except the “orphan with unusual powers” trope which is really old) and interesting enough to check out the sequel.
Cons: Poorly formated ebook – no “scene splits”. And the ending blatantly setting up a sequel, which fortunately had been written and published, but without it one major plot would be unresolved (I assume it is resolved in volume 2).

Ech, żeby inni umieli pisać dla dorosłych tak mądrze jak Pratchett dla dzieci (i młodzieży ;-)).

Mam ochotę siąść i rozrysować sobie „linię życia” Maksyma... Ciekawe ile cykli by mi wyszło. :-)

OK, for me the Great Secret was not a world shattering information. But the Risen culture reminded me of Earthsea's afterlife (the one from first books), which I hate...

Very entertaining space-opera. And, being only half of the story, the Big Question - what is the Eperor's Secret - is still to be answered. Second volume awaits!

I'd say that whoever came with the “Harry Potter meets Ocean's Eleven” tagline (probably the author himself) did not read/see neither of them...

Rachel is bearable in small doses. One book every few months, no more. She can come with a clever idea, but why, for instance, would she ask Al to get her summoning name back, and then question everything he did to do as she asked? I do wonder sometimes that Al did not strangle her, no matter how valuable she is :->.

This was a strange one. But I think I'll buy the second volume when it comes out...