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For an outstanding series, this one still sits apart from the rest. So many significant plot lines, a character set that grows and changes with eachother in complex (and sometimes terrifying) ways, and COOL SPACE SCIENCE.

The show on Amazon follows up to book 6, but there‘s a whole ‘nother trilogy after that 😉

#scifi #expanse #corey #jamessacorey #space #fiction

A thrilling ride, and one that suits its penultimate nature. I was surprised at just how much is packed into these pages. One more book to go.

Just casually reading sci-fi in-between meetings 🚀

Taking selfies with books is hard, so here‘s a picture of me with some whiskey instead 😂 Needless to say, I‘m enjoying this entry in The Expanse series.

New year, new book but still tea and a journal.
Happy New year littens :)

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Finished my reread of the first 8 Expanse books. Now I can start Leviathan Falls. I'm so excited but sad to see it end.

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And I finished Tiamat's Wrath! Now reading Auberon in preparation for the next book's release. What a ride this one was - I laughed, I cried, I gasped. And at the end I totally realised that this qualifies for #frenemies, though to explain why would be a spoiler. #booked2021 @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

The first line of the prologue is a huge spoiler in the series, so I skipped to chapter one.

#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

This one is the last (so far, come on book 9) of the Expanse series. I read it early in 2020 and then reread the entire series via audiobooks. Each book is a 5 star read for me, and the audiobooks are just as fabulous. Jefferson Mays does a brilliant job with the narration. I recommend this series to everyone who asks and to those who don't ask as well. The show is phenomenal too.

#12booksof2020 - Day 3 @Andrew65

As far as the series goes this is a stellar book with plenty of loss and redemption. I am just in awe how this writing duo generate such good storylines that look like they can‘t possibly hold together but in the end wrap up in such a satisfactory way- not always happy but “right”.

I tried to slow down and savor this final book in the Expanse series. It had as much intricate plotting and action as ever, but there were also many reflective moments as the characters deal with separation, loss, and irreversible change. This series has been a pleasure from start to finish, an epic feat of imagination grounded in science and populated with fascinating, well-developed characters. I will miss Naomi, Holden, Amos, Alex and Bobbie!

One thing I love and always have to remember about this writing team, is their ability to pivot a story whilst throwing wrenches and curveballs every which way into their plots- with enough moving pieces you‘d expect it all to go to pot, but these authors have the literary dexterity to right the ship and reweave their story threads into a better version than my expectations of before. It‘s bananas!

I just finished my Goodreads challenge, so it's time to tackle one of the longest books on my TBR!

Don't know if it's just because I'm in a good mood, but felt like another one of the high points in the series. Gratifying variety of world building, character development, arc, (fan service) compared to some of the "half" books that set the stage for the next adventure rather than being their own.

Exciting, exhilarating stuff. This has been a great science fiction series and I can't wait till the final, ninth installment.

🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 Another great book in the series. It really messed with my emotions. I've become so attached to the characters over 8 books so I'm always scared to read what's going to happen to them. This is probably my favourite series.

'Light shit on fire and see what happens' isn't science.

I went to the bookstore tonight and bought books I've already read. 😜

I watched The Expanse TV series and thought I would read the books up to that point and go no further. Well, i did not anticipate how much I would enjoy them. So now here I am at the end of book 8 having also just binge watched the latest season 😂 Now I wait for book 9 and Season 5. This series is fantastic.

Welp, pulled an all-nighter & finished this one at 5 am. Good thing I don‘t have to drive anywhere today! Good book. Sad at times, depressing at others, intense, and full of unlikely solutions to massive problems, but overall easier to take than book seven, even though SOME old friends don‘t survive this book (yes, I screamed NOOOOO!) at least once, and there‘s one scene definitely meant to evoke tears. I NEED BOOK NINE NOW. And some ☕️.

I read the first six books in ten days last year, and then I got really sick of them, and I couldn‘t finish Persepolis Rising because of the horrible things happening. So I checked PR out again, but again, I couldn‘t stand reading it. Instead, I read the plot on an Expanse wiki, and now I‘m reading this one so the next person in line on Libby can have it! Fingers crossed that it ends better than I believe it will. Sigh. #Expanse #sciencefiction

Such an engrossing and amazing series, this one does not disappoint. Great characters, old and new. True sci-fi.

‪It‘s funny to me that I‘ve been reading this series now for about a fifth of my life. It‘s been consistently good, and I find that I‘m really attached to the characters now, and feeling a bit melancholy that the end of my time with them is so near.‬ But I trust the authors to get where they‘re going. Daniel has stuck the landing in each of his high fantasy series, and Ty has had this all planned from the start. Looking forward to it.

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Some shockers, some outright "nooooo," and a character I disliked from earlier in the series returned but in a much more tolerable form.

A good setup for the final installment of the series.

I like this entire series. But it‘s 8 books in, so it‘s hard to remember what it was like not to know Avasarla or Amos or Holden. As it is, the individual characters are so cool and interesting and fun, that I frequently lose site of scary aliens or cut throat politics because I‘m too happy just spending time with Bobbi or Naomi. So my spoilers for this book are: Bobbi! Amos! Amos again!!

Incredible installment to the series. It had everything I‘d been looking for in the previous book and more. There were multiple times while reading it when I said “whoa” out loud and had to pause to take stock of what I‘d just read. Absolutely cannot wait for the next (and final?) book in the series.

“There are people I love. There are people who have loved me. I fought for what I believed, protected those I could, and stood my ground against the encroaching darkness. Good enough.”

Amazing, just amazing. I was actually heartsick at one point and I don‘t usually get emotional like that from reading. Easily a 5 Star. Read this series. Right now.

I took the weekend off from reading. New week, new month, new book. I read a little bit last night before bed, but looking forward to really digging into it this afternoon when I get home.

Eeee! Just in time for the weekend. Hanging up the out of office and disappearing into the black. 😁

HOLY CRIZZAP THE EIGHTH EXPANSE BOOK IS OUT AND NO ONE WARNED ME?????? AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! #TheExpanse I read the first 6 over a FRANTIC 10-day stretch last March/April & then abruptly stopped reading the 7th bc I needed a break - looks like a year was long enough and I‘ll finally go read Book Seven while I wait for this one! AHHHHHHH EXCITE.#sciencefiction

Two new releases that came out today that I am SUPER excited about! 😍📚💕 #bookmail

Devastatingly good. My new joint series favourite - I enjoyed all 4 POV narrators (hooray!) and was on tenterhooks from start to finish. Corey is a master of managing tension - this isn‘t as relentless as Nemesis Games but it pulls no punches. Surprises, horrifying developments, heartbreak and determination. I‘m exhausted, honestly. And deeply satisfied.

STOP BEING RIGHT, FAYEZ, IT ISN‘T HELPING.

But I relate so hard. Also, am having flashbacks to A Few Good Men.

Do you think MAYBE you should be worried now you‘re floating about in this spotlessly clean star system? Or is it just that the cleaners in Labyrinth left deeper scars on my soul than I realised? Aaaaargh

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

...well this is off to a promising start then 😉