I want to sit in a dark, cabaret corner and slowly sip on the cocktail of chaos that is Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M. Lin. I absolutely loved this book. It’s a breathtaking story that proudly stands on its own like the most beautiful woman in the club, and it steals the attention of…
Continue reading ➞ Daughter Of Calamity – Devastatingly Good
A little bit of bad, a little bit of good, and some humor for extra flavor. Boom, you’ve got the recipe for A.E. Kincaid’s The Demon, The Hero, And The City Of Seven. This quick-hitter introduces two characters with a unique relationship and a world populated by fantastical creatures galore. It’s certainly worth a read,…
Continue reading ➞ The Demon, The Hero, And The City Of Seven – Good, Bad, In Between
I don’t venture into contemporary romance much, but my interest was piqued when I heard about Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver. Friends and acquaintances described the book as a romance with horror and true-crime fixins, and it sounded dark and twisty enough to make a modern love story interesting. If you love this particular…
I am always a little unsure how to describe something like Service Model, as it is a book that lives more as a humorous opinion piece than a traditional story. The absurdism and commentary in Service Model add up to a fascinating 4th wall break that intentionally does away with the usual narrative barrier between…
2024 will always be the year I remember getting my dream Craft novel. For those unfamiliar, The Craft Sequence is a confusingly laid out set of books set in a modern fantasy setting about corporate employees using magic to fight gods and horrors in a terrifyingly broken world. It’s truly one of a kind. Gladstone…
Often I feel weird reviewing a novella. Sometimes they feel too short to warrant a full review, but other times I find myself wanting to dissect them even more than the standard length novel. This makes their brevity a vulnerability when it comes to trying to avoid spoilers. But luckily, these kinds of novellas are…
Continue reading ➞ The Practice, The Horizon, and The Chain – Casting Off Long Held Beliefs
Come for the demons and stay for the relationship drama in S.T. Gibson’s newest book, Evocation. In this story, we follow two ex-lovers trying to play nice in their secret magical boys club, and there is plenty of character development and paranormal problems to satisfy your spooky soul. The only thing that can make the…
I’ll be honest folks, this next one snuck up on me. Even though I adored Micaiah Johnson’s debut, The Space Between Worlds, I wasn’t quite ready to return to Ashtown. My current aversion to exploring sequels does not help either. But on a whim, I decided you know what, the library has it, I might…
If you haven’t been following the Paladins series by T. Kingfisher, I wouldn’t blame you. The series is published by a small studio that could do more marketing, especially because anyone who isn't reading this series is missing out. T. Kingfisher is continuing to gain more mainstream acclaim via her more traditionally published bangers, but…
Welcome to a brief respite from our usual sci-fi and fantasy fare! Today, I’m reviewing The Puzzler by A.J. Jacobs, a man obsessed with finding the world’s best puzzles, digging into their history, and attempting to solve them. I imagine the Venn diagram of SFF readers and puzzle lovers probably has at least a few…
