I was not quite ready to let October go, so I decided to go for a mini dose of horror with Meg Smitherman’s novella, Fervor. While it was not a strong endcap to my favorite month, it was such a short read that it didn’t do much to dampen my beloved spooky season. Midonia finds…
Whenever I pick up a Caitlin Starling book, I know it’s time to get weird. The Starving Saints is a medieval horror buzzing with Starling’s strangeness, and I ate it up, despite what was on the menu. Castle Ayamar has been under siege for months. Food is scarce, riots are starting, and the king and…
Today’s subject is a powerful, much-anticipated sequel, The Thrice-Bound Fool by Christopher Buehlman. Fool is the second book in the Blacktongue series, except it's actually the third. Buehlman put out The Blacktongue Thief in 2021 about the protagonist Kinch, then put out a prequel book called The Daughters' War in 2024 about his protagonist Galva,…
If you spent tons of time on the internet during the later 2010s and 2020s, you have probably heard of the mysterious and magical Chuck Tingle. The titles and covers of his paranormal romances involving various sentient body parts, inanimate objects, and laser equipped velociraptors live in my mind palace. However, I’ve never read anything…
Spoilers ahead for the Ninth House series. The finale to the Ninth House series has come, screeching like a bat out of hell, refusing to go down without a fight. Center of the universe Alex Stern and golden boy with horns Darlington have joined forces to handle a growing demon problem, and it’s everything I…
Continue reading ➞ Dead Beat – I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again
I don’t know if this will resonate with anyone else, but I am kinda tired of science fiction books that look at the myriad looming global crises and simply wave them away with “everything is going to be fine; it will all work out.” I have recently started seeking out depictions of our future that…
Continue reading ➞ Ode To The Half-Broken – Redefining Success
We’re back at it, folks! Nothing like a casual review of a 1,000+ pager from Stephen King. Today’s special? The Stand, complete and uncut, described by the author himself as “the American Lord of the Rings” (a designation I find to be a massive stretch). The Stand is long, packed with characters, and prescient in…
Nghi Vo stories always find a way to sink their teeth into me and never let go. The Scarlet Ball is my favorite story yet. Vo’s mesmerizing prose and dark, magical world lured me right in and enticed me even further with demon lords who can make your every wish come true. The storm rolls…
Continue reading ➞ The Scarlet Ball – Put Nghi Vo On My Dance Card
Bodies of Magic, by Freya Marske, is a fun, clever book that’s a little rough around the edges but will be a new all-time favorite for a specific kind of reader. The book is an explosively successful mix of popular subgenres (medical drama, dark academia, and murder mystery) that feels different from many of the…
Continue reading ➞ Bodies Of Magic – Magical Medical Murder Mystery
When tickets become available to the outlandish Sanderson worlds I've come to love, I'm often the first to get my ticket punched. I'm a known worldhopper, partial to his Cosmere work, but I'll pick up pretty much anything Sanderson writes. He's among the best in the business today, so his works are typically an easy…
