Book Review: Driftwood, Marie Brennan Fantasy: Driftwood, Marie Brennan Where do worlds go to die? The answer is Driftwood, a place where the apocalypse is ongoing. Some worlds come in fairly intact, gradually shrinking into oblivion. Others come in with as few as two survivors, a hopeless remnant bearing witness to a lost […]
Book Review: Imaginary Numbers, InCryptid Book 9, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Imaginary Numbers, Seanan McGuire It is a testimony to both the volume and quantity of books Seanan McGuire writes that I am only now featuring one from her InCrypted series. Nominated for the Hugo Award for best series, InCryptid tells the stories of a […]
Book Review: The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl, Theodora Goss Fantasy:The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl, Theodora Goss If you have not read the two previous books in this series by Theodora Goss, stop. Find them, read them, and come back. Not because I will give away (too many) spoilers, but because […]
Recipe & Review: The Courtyard of the Others and The World of the Others, Anne Bishop The Courtyard of the Others: The foundation series featuring Meg Corbyn, for the best reading experience start with the first book Written in Red and follow the series order. The World of the Others: Series set in the Others […]
Book Review: Come Tumbling Down, Wayward Children Book 5, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Come Tumbling Down, Wayward Children Book 5, Seanan McGuire We’ve met Jack and Jill before in the Wayward Children series. Born to parents who tried to mold their daughters into their ideal of the “perfect” child, they escaped by finding a doorway to […]
Book Review: Hollow Kingdom, Kira Jane Buxton Fantasy: Hollow Kingdom, Kira Jane Buxton I am not sure how to begin describing a book one person called a mash-up of The Incredible Journey and Dawn of the Dead. The apocalypse has come. Humanity is done. Over. Finito. Kaput. Good-bye, people. Hello, animals. S.T. is […]
Book Review: Borne, Borne Series, Book 1, Jeff Vandermeer Fantasy: Borne, Borne Series Book 1, Jeff Vandemeer Jeff Vandermeer may be a perfectly delightful and ordinary person, but his writing is as strange as it gets! The Southern Reach trilogy was a fantasy/sci fi amalgam that zigged and zagged in so many directions that […]
Book Review: Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo Fantasy: Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo Galaxy Stern grew up in a single parent household in LA. A troubled teen, she became involved with drugs and gangs until she ended up in the hospital. Police had found her unconscious in an apartment full of dead gangsters, lying beside a dead […]
Book Review: Steel Crow Saga, Paul Krueger Fantasy: Steel Crow Saga, Paul Krueger UPDATE (6/28/2020): Since the publication of this review, author Paul Krueger has been accused of extremely troubling behavior toward women, particularly women of color. He has issued an apology of sorts. It is not our place to accept or reject his apology. […]
