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…
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…
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi promises an intoxicating world where elves, fae, and humans collide, but I was not pulled under this story’s spell. I liked the premise overall, and think that some cool, hard-earned reveals could have made this story pack a punch, but the execution was lacking. The story’s biggest weakness is that it…
I have quick-talking smart-asses on the brain and in my heart, and I have been feeding that fire with KJ Parker’s massive catalog of books. Parker continues to add to this large body of work by doing stuff like releasing entire trilogies at once at alarming speed. Today's subject is the first book in the…
Continue reading ➞ Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead – Instead Of His Intrusive Thoughts
