I adored this book so much. It shows perfectly how the gaming community can be wonderful and horrifying at the same time. I've known people very much like the VP in this book and dealt with the harassment (Not on the level that Divya does but it was still pretty awful.) I really appreciated that Aaron's savior complex was called out as not a good thing. There was so much I identified with in this book and I got the feeling that Smith really understands why we game and the lovely communities we build despite the gatekeepers. This book is greatly appreciated.

So, this is an interesting one for the Netgalley archives! I requested to read the Harper version which looks like this! Then, the Jo Fletcher version popped up as a Read Now option a bit later and I grabbed it because I am impatient and desperate to read things like Eoin Colfer's shopping lists. I was approved and I gobbled it up. The Jo Fletcher cover looks like this! Have you ever considered what it would be like to see a dragon doing burpees? If so, this is definitely the book for you! The book tells the tale of Very, the last dragon on the planet. Very is a hard-drinking curmudgeon who hates Game of Thrones  due to the way the dragons are treated and it's these character beats that really make Vern as a character for me. This is the story of Vern and a not so hapless doofus called Squib who meet when Squib is trying to get the goods on EEVIL constable Regence Hooke. Hooke wants to bed Squib's my m and he is not thrilled at th

This was a pretty solid mystery. I had read the previous entry, "Past Due for Murder" and enjoyed it very much. When the skeleton of a struggling nusician hippie is found the secrets of an old commune are at risk of being exposed and when the members start dying in mysterious circumstances, it's up to Amy to figure out what's going on. I really like Amy's relationship with Richard. It's very sweet.