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The Empress by S.J. Kincaid
4.0

3.5 stars.

Kind of a slow start as I relearned the characters and setting, but when the action hit it really came at me — fast, relentless, unforgiving; just like Nemesis’s world. Plot twists fly by one after another after another, but I think I quite enjoyed the ride. The worldbuilding isn’t the most seamless I’ve seen, but it’s unobtrusive enough not to sever the reader’s connection to the story; the characters and settings are all vivid and memorable (perhaps helped by their scarcity of number) if not consistent.

Overall, some minor flaws in the storytelling, but a pretty great story in and of itself.