Tor reached out with this one and I couldn't help myself but jump on it because Jo Walton... but also honestly this fantastic cover! So thanks to the author as well as Tor via NetGalley for the review copy! The Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads... Continue Reading →
Review: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett
I had 'Request the next Ana and Din mystery' on my to-do list when an email asking if I'd like to read it came in. Uh, yes please. I love this series! So thanks to the author, as well as Del Rey via NetGalley for the review copy. In the canton of Sapirdad, two of... Continue Reading →
Review: The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden
I haven't read any of Katherine Arden's work, but I have heard nothing but good things, so when this one and its beautiful cover slid across my requests, I couldn't help but jump at it! So thank you to the author, as well as Del Rey via NetGalley for the review copy! Anne of Brittany... Continue Reading →
Review: Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos by Seanan McGuire
Random House was all like 'Hey, would you like to read this MtG book written by Seanan McGuire?'Uh, yes?! Yes I would. So thank you to the author, as well as Random House Worlds via NetGalley for the review copy! Eula Blue was supposed to be a mage. That was before the war cameโbefore the... Continue Reading →
Review: How to Fake It in Society by KJ Charles
KJ Charles is another author that I will absolutely read anything by. She could write a nonfiction book about a subject I am not at all interested in and I would be all over it. Thanks to the author as well as Bramble via NetGalley for the review copy! It is 1821 and Nicolas-Marc, Comte... Continue Reading →
Review: Only Spell Deep by Ava Morgyn
I really enjoyed my time with The Bone Witches, so when this one was offered to me and I read the synopsis it sounded right up my alley! Thanks to the author, as well as St. Martin's Press via NetGalley for the review copy! Judeth Cole has always had certain uncanny abilities. But when she... Continue Reading →
Review: Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher
Y'all. I can't stop won't stop with T. Kingfisher whether she is doing horror, or romance, or a little of both maybe, or fairy tale retellings, or whatever. Thank you to the author, as well as Tor via NetGalley for the review copy. Sonia Wilson is a talented scientific illustratorโbut she is only able to... Continue Reading →
Review: A Murder Most Camp by Nicolas DiDomizio
Is there a better way to enter Pride month than reading a super gay murder mystery? (Trick question - there is clearly no better way.) Thanks to the author, as well as Poisoned Pen Press via NetGalley for the review copy. Mikey Hartford IV has coasted through his twenties in a distracted blur of yachts... Continue Reading →
Review: River of Bones and Other Stories by Rebecca Roanhorse
I love a good book of short stories, and when this one was offered to me as having a Sixth World short story in it, I was in. I'm running behind on reviews, which always seems to happen when the SPFBO comes around, but dammit, I am catching up! Thanks to the author as well... Continue Reading →
SPFBOXI Cuts the Second – With a Second Semifinalist!
Done done done! It is time for me to cut the rest of my batch and announce my second semifinalist! Let's begin! A Fallen Hero by Sara A. Noรซ Full Review This was definitely a unique take on ghost stories, to be sure. It reads a bit like an offshoot of the unwilling test subject... Continue Reading →