In our Vespertine book review, we answer the age-old question: What does a buddy comedy about a nun and the demonic spirit possessing her look like? Continue reading “‘Vespertine’ by Margaret Rogerson: Nuns and Saints team up with spirits to fight evil”
This Reclaim the Stars book review explores Zoraida Córdova’s anthology and the stories that go above and beyond. Continue reading “‘Reclaim the Stars’ amplifies Latinx voices across realms and space”
Marjorie Liu’s Wingbearer, her middle grade debut, is about a girl who faces an unknown world to save her home from darkness. Continue reading “Marjorie Liu talks ‘Wingbearer’ and kindness as a superpower”
In our Iron Widow book review, we go on a wild ride with a sci-fi retelling of China’s only female emperor. Continue reading “‘Iron Widow’ by Xiran Jay Zhao: Pacific Rim robots battle aliens and the patriarchy”
Looking for some next portal fantasies to escape into? Where I Can’t Follow author Ashley Blooms has five perfect contenders. Continue reading “Author Ashley Blooms offers 5 portal fantasies to read after ‘Where I Can’t Follow’”
Our Bone Spindle book review explores Leslie Vedder’s novel about a girl on a collision course with destiny. Continue reading “‘The Bone Spindle’ by Leslie Vedder: The genderbent Sleeping Beauty of your dreams”
Our Kendare Blake interview tackles writing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel (In Every Generation), creating a brand new Slayer, and what’s next for Frankie. Continue reading “Kendare Blake talks ‘In Every Generation,’ being a ‘Buffy’ vessel, and why she wants to bring Wesley Wyndam Pryce back”
Our In Every Generation book review is a spoiler-free discussion of Kendare Blake’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel set years after the show’s original run. Continue reading “‘In Every Generation’ by Kendare Blake: ‘Buffy’ nostalgia infuses every page”
Our Skin of the Sea book review dives into Natasha Bowen’s lush story about one mermaid who dared to defy the gods. Continue reading “‘Skin of the Sea’ by Natasha Bowen: West African mermaids shine in this historical fantasy”
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood is a luxuriously dark fantasy that mixes horror and romance in such a way that it will leaving you gasping for more. Continue reading “‘Within These Wicked Walls’ by Lauren Blackwood: Come for the horror and stay for the romance (or vice versa!)”
This Year of the Reaper book review is a spoiler-free discussion of Makiia Lucier’s fantasy in which Lord Cas, long thought to be lost, returns home to face new trials and tribulations. Continue reading “‘Year of the Reaper’ by Makiia Lucier is a dark epic fantasy that offers a glimpse of hope”
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow pits the modern against the classic as we see the tale of Sleeping Beauty in a completely different light. Continue reading “‘A Spindle Splintered’ gives Disney princesses their own ‘Spider-Verse’”
Christopher Paolini’s fantasy Dragon series Inheritance Cycle was a rocky roller coaster of ups and downs, tracking the author’s growth as an artist and adult. Continue reading “Third Thursday Throwback – From ‘Eragon’ to ‘Inheritance,’ ‘Cycle’ in-depth book review”
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