The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency, #2) in Pick-a-Shelf

Dec 11, 2022 Nat rated it really liked it

Shelves: scifi

Fun and very satisfying. The bad guys are foiled, the good guys pull off great tricks and come out ahead, etc. The second book syndrome is pretty minor here; there's stuff happening and it feels like the plot is being moved along. There's a good ending while still leaving plenty of room for the final book to wrap it all up. Like the first one, the story's not super complex. Clever writing and a good set of characters makes for a very pleasant read. ...more

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Oct 31, 2018 Sandy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi-fantasy, netgalley, read-in-2018, audible-owned, src-fall-2018-read

Thanks to Netgalley for a "teaser" of this book. I was initially annoyed to see that the edition provided was only the first 6 chapters, but I got over it - that gave me the excuse I needed to go ahead and get the audio version. Wil Wheaton's narration is always perfect for a John Scalzi book!

John Scalzi's books are always fun - that's the first word that always comes to mind when I pick up a new one. I can safely guess that it will be a good adventure, interesting characters, and an amusing plo ...more

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Apr 13, 2020 Cora rated it really liked it

Shelves: american-author, kindle, science-fiction, space, audible, political-intrigue, space-opera

The Consuming Fire is the second book in the Interdependency Trilogy. The books are easy fast reads set in a time where humans inhabit a variety of planets that depend on each other for survival. However soon the way that they travel through space will disappear and they will all be on their own. The new Emperox must work fast to convince others of their impending troubles while maneuvering the cutthroat politics of the empire.

This was a good middle trilogy book. It moves the story along and se ...more

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Mar 10, 2018 Deedee marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, series-2nd, series-next, year-2018, published-in-10october, 0t-space-opera, title-has-fire, c2, j3, 00f-16p-pagecount-has-16

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