Fantasy
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MELIORA by Talli L. Morgan (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: Anxiety/panic attacks; discussion of terminal/chronic illness; discussion of poverty, both systemic and individual, and classism; restriction of access to healthcare. Winter Fae takes a ... -
ORDINARY MONSTERS by J. M. Miro (BOOK REVIEW)
“What else is loss? What is death? Who doesn’t believe in things they can’t explain? God and the angels, gravity and electricity, death and the mystery ... -
KINSHIP AND KINDNESS by Kara Jorgensen (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: (from the author) sexual content, violence, ableism (including internalized), foreshortened future/PTSD, epileptic seizures, remembered child abuse, remembered death of a lover. I’d also add ... -
THE HUNGER OF THE GODS by John Gwynne (BOOK REVIEW)
This review will contain spoilers for The Shadow of the Gods. “To kill a god, we need a god.” The Bloodsworn saga continues in The Hunger ... -
WALKING ON COWRIE SHELLS by Nana Nkweti (BOOK REVIEW)
“A Mami Wata’s essence is moonlight and desire melded to one. Nala knows this in her marrow, in her fins. Lasirèn, Yemanja, Oxum, Erzulie, Jine-Faro, Santa ... -
SOMEONE IN TIME edited by Jonathan Strahan (BOOK REVIEW)
Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance is an anthology of short stories by various authors including Alix E. Harrow, Zen Cho, Jeffrey Ford, Nina Allan, ... -
DEEP’S END by Kai Greenwood (BOOK REVIEW)
“When the Ginka bloom at night, and the Dreamer awakens, the end will be near.” Deep’s End is a standalone novel set within the same ... -
LEGACY OF THE BRIGHTWASH by Krystle Matar (SPFBO 7 Finalist Review)
And so we come to our final review of SPFBO7 and indeed in SPFBO. And the question is, has Legacy of the Brightwash done well enough ... -
THE MORTAL BLADE by Christopher Mitchell (SPFBO 7 Finalist Review)
Just two more to go, and here is our penultimate finalist review of SPFBO 7 The Mortal Blade by Christopher Mitchell A city ruled by Gods, ... -
CRUISING THE COSMERE: The Alloy of Law (BOOK REVIEW)
The world has changed much since the time of The Hero of Ages. Our beloved characters Elend, Vin, Sazed and Spook have become legendary figures, ...
