Days of Shattered Faith – Piecing It Back Together

Listen, if you haven’t already bought into The Philosopher Tyrants series by Adrian Tchaikovsky, I don’t know what you’re doing. We at QTL put both of those books as #1 for 2023 and 2024 respectively. Go out there, dig into City of Last Chances, gobble up House of Open Wounds, and set a vigil for…

You Weren’t Meant To Be Human – A Dark and Bloody Birth

Despite my recent tendencies to avoid newer releases at their release, You Weren’t Meant to be Human, by Andrew Joseph White, had an idea that was a little too tantalizing to pass up. However, I feel I came away from it with more mixed feelings than I expected, especially since I so easily slipped into…

The Strength Of The Few – Triplicate Triumph

Welcome to a somewhat mysterious review about a somewhat mysterious book. I would hazard a guess that most of you have heard of the incredible breakout success, The Will of the Many by James Islington. If you haven’t, great news, you have a justifiably popular book awaiting you with a number of cool stuff–check out…

The Hexologists: A Tangle of Time – Discordant Chronomancy

Josiah Bancroft is back with a new entry in his Hexologists series. Book two is called A Tangle of Time, and it appears that Bancroft is aiming for a more episodic take on his fantasy mystery series, very reminiscent of how the original Sherlock Holmes stories were organized. Iz and Warren Wilby have found themselves…

Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea – Bland Brew

Another day, another review from my local bookstore’s summer reading challenge! The category was “A Cozy Fantasy,” and the book was Rebecca Thorne’s Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea. I’ve read and reviewed my fair share of zeitgeisty cozy fantasies. This one didn’t particularly break the mold, but it was pleasant enough.  Reyna, a former Queen’s…

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Walking Practice – Survival Of The Fittest

Let’s close the spooky season with an out-of-this-world but extremely relatable horror novella, Walking Practice, by author Dolki Min. It’s funny, it’s gory, and it’s going to stir up your emotions and encourage examination of love, identity, and how we connect as humans.  After crash-landing on Earth, a solitary alien has spent years perfecting its…