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A review by libellesalome
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection by Sandra McDonald, Brendan DuBois, Geoff Ryman, Sunny Moraine, Martin L. Shoemaker, Aliette de Bodard, Ian McDonald, Nancy Kress, Karl Bunker, Jake Kerr, James Patrick Kelly, Sean McMullen, Ken Liu, Alastair Reynolds, Alexander Jablokov, Michael Swanwick, Carrie Vaughn, Robert Reed, Damien Broderick, Greg Egan, Melissa Scott, Stephen Baxter, Lavie Tidhar, Paul McAuley, Neal Asher, Ian R. MacLeod, Jay Lake, Val Nolan, Gardner Dozois, Allen M. Steele
4.0
Is this book a clichéd YA? Sort of, yes.
Is this book predictable? Yes.
Does this book have (quite a lot of) problems? Definitely.
But, after all, is this book enjoyable way way way more than the majority of YA "fantasy" books out there? HELL, YES.
It's short, it's fast, it's fun. There are pirates, female captains and no insta-love. As far as I'm concerned, this was exactly what I needed in this period.
Ahoy.
Is this book predictable? Yes.
Does this book have (quite a lot of) problems? Definitely.
But, after all, is this book enjoyable way way way more than the majority of YA "fantasy" books out there? HELL, YES.
It's short, it's fast, it's fun. There are pirates, female captains and no insta-love. As far as I'm concerned, this was exactly what I needed in this period.
Ahoy.