This is Esme and I's finalist in this year's SPFBO! I have historically bounced off a lot of Fletcher's work, not because it isn't well written or enjoyable, but because it is often super, super dark. I've been known to like some grimdark here and there but like... real dark, y'all. Esme got super excited... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: No More Levels by Benjamin Barreth
I'm just flying through these finalists!* Today I'm diving into my review for No More Levels - which surprised me a lot! LitRPG and I have a complicated relationship, and so I don't always go into them with the highest of expectations (not that they aren't written well or have their audience or anything, but... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: The Hallows by H.L. Tinsley
Time to jump into these finalists in this year's SPFBO! I'm starting with The Hallows, because I have read Tinsley's work and enjoyed it so I figured that it was a good starting point. I do enjoy the idea of a noir tale with battle nuns too, so here we go!The Hallow serum was once... Continue Reading →
Review: Everybody’s Perfect by Jo Walton
Tor reached out with this one and I couldn't help myself but jump on it because Jo Walton... but also honestly this fantastic cover! So thanks to the author as well as Tor via NetGalley for the review copy! The Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads... Continue Reading →
Review: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett
I had 'Request the next Ana and Din mystery' on my to-do list when an email asking if I'd like to read it came in. Uh, yes please. I love this series! So thanks to the author, as well as Del Rey via NetGalley for the review copy. In the canton of Sapirdad, two of... Continue Reading →
Review: The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden
I haven't read any of Katherine Arden's work, but I have heard nothing but good things, so when this one and its beautiful cover slid across my requests, I couldn't help but jump at it! So thank you to the author, as well as Del Rey via NetGalley for the review copy! Anne of Brittany... Continue Reading →
Review: Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos by Seanan McGuire
Random House was all like 'Hey, would you like to read this MtG book written by Seanan McGuire?'Uh, yes?! Yes I would. So thank you to the author, as well as Random House Worlds via NetGalley for the review copy! Eula Blue was supposed to be a mage. That was before the war cameโbefore the... Continue Reading →
Review: How to Fake It in Society by KJ Charles
KJ Charles is another author that I will absolutely read anything by. She could write a nonfiction book about a subject I am not at all interested in and I would be all over it. Thanks to the author as well as Bramble via NetGalley for the review copy! It is 1821 and Nicolas-Marc, Comte... Continue Reading →
Review: Only Spell Deep by Ava Morgyn
I really enjoyed my time with The Bone Witches, so when this one was offered to me and I read the synopsis it sounded right up my alley! Thanks to the author, as well as St. Martin's Press via NetGalley for the review copy! Judeth Cole has always had certain uncanny abilities. But when she... Continue Reading →
Review: Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher
Y'all. I can't stop won't stop with T. Kingfisher whether she is doing horror, or romance, or a little of both maybe, or fairy tale retellings, or whatever. Thank you to the author, as well as Tor via NetGalley for the review copy. Sonia Wilson is a talented scientific illustratorโbut she is only able to... Continue Reading →