Orbit (2013) ISBN: 978-0-316-08090-3
Score: 3

Conclusion of the Spiritwalker trilogy, in which the heroines return to Europa to violently shake up the social order.

Next Book: Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Sea Watch

Kate Elliott, Traitors' Gate
Tor (2009) ISBN: 978-0-7653-1057-6
Score: 3

Conclusion of the Crossroads trilogy, in which villains come and villains die, and things are resolved in a somewhat darker manner than I expected.

Next Book: Michelle Sagara, Cast in Ruin

N.K. Jemisin, The Shadowed Sun
Orbit (2012) ISBN: 978-0-316-18729-9
Score: 3

Second (and maybe last) book of the Dreamblood series, about rebellion and a deadly nightmare ten years after the previous book.

Next Book: Kate Elliott, Traitor's Gate

Kate Elliott, Shadow Gate
Tor (2008) ISBN: 978-0-7653-1056-9
Score: 3

Middle volume of the Crossroads trilogy, in which the general population finally realizes the scope of the conflict, many characters wallow in unrequited love, and the reader meets nearly all of the Guardians.

Next Book: Michelle Sagara, Silence

Kate Elliott, Spirit Gate
Tor (2006) ISBN: 978-0-765-31055-2
Score: 3

Start of the Crossroads epic fantasy trilogy, which seems to be trying to show what happens when a setting like Lackey's Valdemar goes rotten.

Next Book: Charlaine Harris, Deadlocked

Kate Elliott, Crown of Stars
Daw (2006) ISBN: 978-0-7564-0406-2
Score: 3

Conclusion of the Crown of Stars heptalogy, in which all the main conflicts are settled to the satisfaction of the survivors.

Next Book: Alison Sinclair, Shadowborn

Kate Elliott, In the Ruins
Daw (2005) ISBN: 0-7564-0268-9
Score: 2

Sixth book of the Crown of Stars series, in which the survivors struggle to continue surviving. Didn't GRRM once threaten to write 1000 pages of wind blowing ashes through bones? That was the thought that kept going through my mind while reading this.

Next Book: Robin Hobb, City ( Read more... )

Kate Elliott, The Gathering Storm
Daw (2003) ISBN: 978-0-7564-0132-0
Score: 3

The fifth book of the Crown of Stars series, in which everyone spends a couple years trying to get into position for the climax (the last 50 pages of this book). Hard to believe there's two more 600 page books after this.

Next Book: Carol Berg, The Daemon Prism

Kate Elliott, Child of Flame
Daw (2000) ISBN: 0-7564-0014-7
Score: 3

Fourth book of the Crown of Stars series, in which the two main protagonists each take a long journey (one to the past, one to the heavens) and discover the truth about the situation. Everyone else continue to kill and be killed in ignorance.

Kate Elliott, Cold Fire
Orbit (2011) ISBN: 978-0-316-08099-6
Score: 3

Middle of the Spiritwalker trilogy, in which the characters leave Europa to learn about fire mages and topple some governments in Amerike.

Next Book: Sherwood Smith, Blood Spirits