Premee Mohamed’s Beneath The Rising trilogy cemented her in my mind as an author to watch. She had a unique perspective on the Cthulhu mythos, dismantling it and rebuilding it with a fervent glee that paid homage while making her own compelling story out of it. Her focus on character and the strife between her…
Continue reading ➞ The Siege of Burning Grass – Smells Better Than Napalm, Though It’s Just As Bleak
Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell is a weird and wonderful book. I was honestly hooked the moment I read the summary, and the story absolutely delivered. Nest takes after its shape-shifting protagonist and combines elements of horror, comedy, mystery, adventure, and queer romance into one tale that will definitely stand…
Happy March Madness, everyone! Every year in March, I find myself roped into all sorts of fantasy and sci-fi fight conversations. “Who would win in a fight between X and Y” is a constant topic among fans as everyone wants to make an inane argument about who would win in fisticuffs. Boring. This year I…
The Unlikely Story Of Felix And Macabber is a monstrous graphic novel by writer/letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and artist Juni Ba. The story contains speckles of greatness and a deluge of eye-catching art, but it ultimately falls short in the narrative department. Felix is a monster in the literal sense of the word. Everyone who lives…
Continue reading ➞ The Unlikely Story Of Felix And Macabber – Monsters Sink
I’ve been thinking a lot about Alastair Reynolds lately. Specifically about his Revelation Space universe and all of its thematic elements. And while I eventually want to dig into his space of gothic and cosmic horror, I decided I would pick up another of his books that didn’t seem to carry as much controversy within…
Continue reading ➞ House Of Suns – It Rises, But Not In New Orleans
The Prisoner's Throne felt like coming home—a home belonging to my murderous and secretive fae family. Holly Black is back with a twisty adventure in Elfhame that gave me the same drunk-on-faerie-wine feelings I experienced with The Cruel Prince series. But this time, we hear it from Prince Oak’s perspective as his past and future collide…
I am trying not to make this the year of generation ships, so let’s settle for the quarter of this wonderful sub-genre. This is just what happens when Alex gets to read what Alex wants. I want to highlight this particular book because Adam Oyebanji’s debut hits on so much of what I crave in…
Sangu Mandanna’s The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches came to me by way of a book trade. “It has Cerulean Sea vibes,” my friend told me, and hot diggity damn, was she right. Mika Moon is lonely. She is also a witch. The two truths are inextricably intertwined. All her life, Mika has been…
Continue reading ➞ The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches – The Secret’s Out
I have been looking forward to A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal for some time now. Everything about this story was alluring, from its fearsome crime boss serving tea to the city’s elite by day and blood for the vampires by night. However, I fear my anticipation built up too much, and I ended…
I find myself in a very strange position when it comes to The Bitter Crown, by Justin Lee Anderson. It’s the second book in the Eidyn series and I struggled heavily with book one: The Lost War (I highly recommend you read my review for context). I found that my difficulties with book one were greatly…
