Sword of the Alliance

MCA Hogarth has done it again for me! Her writing tends to grip me with the first paragraph and keeps me locked in until the last word. And as usual, I never want the last word to BE the last word! If anyone deserves the title Master Storyteller, it would be Hogarth. Her characters are seldom, if eve......more

Too much death. Too much despair. This series has had a wild swing of lows and highs. It started on an incredibly dark book, had two great character pieces, and now it’s gone through another low. This is a book full of grief and pain, and lacking the redemption and joy which could make it worth the c......more

little too many coincidences Very much like the ethos of the Pelted, where every person is important, and redeemable, but it makes the Alliance failures all the more glaring. A planet torn by war, people carried off to slavery, all because of greed and a thirst for power. The romance/attraction elem......more

Pirates & Planets I wish I had read this series before the Mindtouched series. This gives the origin story of Kamaney, as well as advancing Alysha's story. Considering when this was written, it really represents America's current political clime. Which is scary and sad.......more

I liked the characters and I’m glad it ended well. There was too much loss for it to be anything but a bittersweet one.......more