Book Reviews
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EARTHLINGS by Ray Star (BOOK REVIEW)
Ray Star’s debut Earthlings is the opening volume in a planned trilogy examining the realities of speciesism. The theme is not so much cli-fi as eco-criticism, ... -
WINTERLIGHT by Kristen Britain (BOOK REVIEW)
Now, if you are like me, and have been reading the Green Rider series at least since the publication of First Rider’s Call, then you are ... -
THE WOLF MILE by C.F. Barrington (BOOK REVIEW)
The Pantheon is a world-wide game, funded by the wealthy elite and talked about in hushed whispers by the general population, a source of unending speculation ... -
THE LORD OF STARIEL by A. J. Lancaster (BOOK REVIEW)
The Lord of Stariel opens with our main character, Hetta Valstar, returning home to her family’s estate after a long absence, so that she can attend her ... -
THE MALEFICENT SEVEN By Cameron Johnston (BOOK REVIEW)
Note: This review includes mild spoilers for the prologue and first few chapters of The Maleficent Seven. A ruthless necromancer trapping souls to forge the ultimate ... -
THE GOBLIN EMPEROR by Katherine Addison (BOOK REVIEW)
“The lantern light mocked him, a taunting reminder of the light of the world. He shut his eyes so that he would not have to watch ... -
SPELLSLINGER by Sebastien De Castell (BOOK REVIEW)
Spellslinger is a YA fantasy with a (gasp) male protagonist! Kellen, our main character, is a fairly ordinary teenage boy, whose magic is subpar, and not ... -
AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS by Rivers Solomon (BOOK REVIEW)
“That’s what ghosts really are, Aint Melusine had said, the past refusing to be forgot. She’d been helping Aster scrub down X deck with ammonia and ... -
TEMERAIRE by Naomi Novik (BOOK REVIEW)
The plot to Naomi Novik’s debut is essentially that, following the capture of a French frigate Novik’s hero Captain Laurence finds himself in sudden possession of ... -
WILD SEED by Octavia E. Butler (BOOK REVIEW)
“She shook her head. She knew now how the slaves had felt as they lay chained on the bench, the slaver’s hot iron burning into their ...
