The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers is a wonder. This book was not on my radar at all, but I’m glad it fell into my waiting arms. It’s brilliant and tragic and had me in absolute despair. But Violet Everly, our leading lady, would not let me wallow, and she forced me to follow…
Robert Jackson Bennett, Quill to Live favorite, is back with a brand new series about a pair of detectives in a world threatened by enormous sea monsters. The Tainted Cup is the first book of the Shadow of the Leviathan series and it is overflowing with dark, damp, leafy mysteries. These shadowy secrets contrast perfectly…
Imagine asking for pink lemonade and only getting regular. Sure, it’s kinda what you asked for, but not quite right. There’s the rub with Bill Willingham’s Peter & Max, the author’s first and only (insofar as I can tell) prose entry in the Fables universe. It gave me something close to what I wanted, but…
A couple years ago, Cole gifted me Adam Roberts' The Thing Itself. I enjoyed the book greatly, and it lives in a special place within my heart, but I also felt inadequate to the task of reviewing it. It is a dense 350 page book that mixes philosophy with cyberpunk movie action, asking: what is…
I was completely unaware that Emily Wilde’s adventure continued in Heather Fawcett’s Map of the Otherlands. It seems silly to admit because Fawcett left the door slightly ajar at the end of book one, but it ended on a satisfying note that didn’t inspire me to explore further. Still, I was more than ready to…
Continue reading ➞ Emily Wilde’s Map Of The Otherlands – Uncharted Magic
Let's talk about one of my favorite lesser-known subgenres, Eco-Fantasy (short for ecology fantasy). Right off the bat, I want to mention I am playing hard and loose with genre definitions here, and Eco-Fantasy in my mind is less strict definitions and more vibes. Generally, Eco-Fantasy is about fantasy worlds with strong scientific foundations and,…
Continue reading ➞ Eco-Fantasy – Magic Can’t Solve Everything
2022’s Legends & Lattes made waves by acting as a wormhole for many readers into the wide world of cozy, low-stakes fantasy. In our review, we praised the book, adoring its mellow narrative and simple, heartfelt messages. This year, author Travis Baldree followed his landmark hit with Bookshops & Bonedust, a prequel story emblematic of…
Continue reading ➞ Bookshops & Bonedust – Cozy With A Side Of Stakes
The Dark Beyond The Stars, by Frank M. Robinson, was not a book I heard about until I found it at a library book sale. Sporting a decidedly 1990s science fiction book cover (being from that time), complete with the requisite title font, I couldn’t help picking it up for two dollars. It boasted of…
Continue reading ➞ The Dark Beyond The Stars – A Satisfying Step Out Of The Light
A crime is committed amidst the celestial bodies with a tool called the zoi, and all fingers point to Sirius and his infamous temper being the cause. As punishment, the luminaries banish him from the cosmos and sentence Sirius to become one of Earth’s creatures. Sirius is reborn as a dog and must locate the…
Welcome to 2024 everyone, and I wish you a year of excellent reads for all of you. In pursuit of that goal, we have a hot new book right off the press that is a lot of fun. The Dragons of Deepwood Fen is the first book in a new series by Bradley Beaulieu of…
Continue reading ➞ The Dragons Of Deepwood Fen – Every Dragon Has Its Day
