In Her Name Reviewed by GenreReviews

I submitted In Her Name to GenreReviews not because I expected an easy review, but because I was looking for a trial by fire. If you visit their site and read some of their other reviews, they don’t pull any punches if they don’t like something, and just about every novel gets at least one “snarky” comment in passing (particularly on the cover art – be prepared to be lampooned!).

But after reading through their site, I figured that if In Her Name survived without a major snark-fest, it would be a good confidence-builder!

As it turned out, I thought the review came out really well, with only some modest snarkiness that was – inevitably – aimed at the cover, but which I personally found very entertaining! But I thought Anna Lauder (a.k.a. Ocelott) did a great job of describing the book without givingout any spoilers.

As for her opinions of the book and its author, here are a few excerpts:

In Her Name is an ambitious story, epic in scope with a huge cast of characters.The Kreelans are a wonderfully imaginative race, original and pretty much exactly the sort of thing I like to see explored. Their world and society is fascinating, and I loved that we saw both sides of them, both as the bloodthirsty warmongers from the human perspective and from a more sympathetic angle in their own eyes.

Hicks has a knack for writing protagonists you can root for. I was particularly fond of Eustus, Reza’s right hand from the Marines, and Jodi, a sarcastic and passionate pilot (she’s also a gay black woman,which makes her super awesome). The antagonists weren’t quite as fully formed, but there was certainly enough there to want to see them get their villainous come-uppance.

Given the war setting, there are a good number of battle sequences, all of which are well written and fun to read. There’s a good variety in the weapons and types of encounters, Hicks changing things up just enoughto keep it interesting. The use of sling and stone was especially neat, and something I don’t think I’ve seen used in a novel before.

[In Her Name is]…an intense story by a promising writer. Fans of epic fantasy as well as science fiction lovers will find an enjoyable read here, particularly those who love to visit unique worlds with some seriously beautiful worldbuilding.

So please feel free to stop by and check out the entire review of In Her Name from GenreReviews!

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