In the Garden of Iden by Kage BakerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I was skeptical when I opened this book (because SF and cyborgs aren't really my thing), but only until I read the first couple of paragraphs. The main character's voice hooked me instantly.
The one aspect of the story I didn't care for [SPOILER ALERT] as a romance reader was that the romance thread had a horribly unhappy ending. Although, because of the time-travel aspect, there's a hope the love might be resurrected. [END SPOILER]
That said, the ending of the story delivered with satisfying irony, and it instilled in me an urgent desire to read the next books in the series. And the story actually concluded rather than feeling like a teaser for the next book, which was nice.
So I guess I might be a SF fan after all.
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4 comments:
Curious. If SF and Cyborg aren't your thing . . . how did you happen to be reading it? Just wondering. They're not mine either, but you made it sound pretty enticing. Is it a recent publication?
It was a free read I downloaded (legally, of course) way back before I had an e-reader. I was collecting e-books with the intent of one day having an e-reader.
Previous to this book I'd made it partway through a couple of romances and some literary fiction, and I wanted something different. So I tried it. The cover was obviously SF, but I didn't find out about the cyborgs until the main character had already enchanted me, and by that time I was hooked.
In the Garden if Iden was published in 1997.
And though it's a SF novel, it's set in sixteenth-century Spain and England, so it has that special something that historical novels have to offer.
I love Kage Baker, and In the Garden of Iden is still one of my favorites.
Spoiler Alert -- there is a happy ending to Mendoza's romance, but not until the end of the series. And it's kinda weird. -- End Spoiler
Ooh, I like happy endings. Thanks, Bettie. I've read the first three books of the series so far, and I'll be sure to read the others.
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