Books
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The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark: REVIEW
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins shot to the top of my most anticipated reads of 2024 after reading P. Djèlí Clark’s Ring Shout, which is one of my favorite SFF novellas of all time. Clark’s writing is among the best in the SFF community, and his world-building in Ring Shout is immensely captivating. I went into Continue reading
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A Tribute of Fire by Sariah Wilson – REVIEW
I have a confession. I’ve never read a Reylo book. You see, I’m a huge Star Wars fan, and I thought I could never enjoy reading books based on the Rey/Kylo Ren ship. However, I recently decided to try a Reylo book for the first time. A Tribute of Fire fit the bill! It’s a Continue reading
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Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa – REVIEW
Lost Ark Dreaming pulled me in with the promise of Snowpiercer meets River Solomon’s The Deep. What more could I want? I love it when speculative fiction really “goes there,” like both Snowpiercer and The Deep did. Please give me brutality, economic divides, and world collapse in speculative fiction. I want to think and feel Continue reading
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For She is Wrath by Emily Varga – REVIEW
If you tell me a book is a fantasy retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo, I’m already going to be sitting down, ready to listen. Add in some Djinn magic, a stabby heroine, a killer revenge plot, and an incredible female friendship, and you have the makings of a five-star book. Did I mention Continue reading
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A View from the Stars by Cixin Liu – REVIEW
Cixin Liu used to be on my list of Ten Popular SFF Authors I Haven’t Read (But Actually Want To). Now, I can officially cross him off that list! I was given an ARC of his anthology of short stories and essays, A View from the Stars, and loved it so much that I nearly Continue reading
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There is a Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes, Jr. – Review
I’ve been excited to share my review of There is a Rio Grande in Heaven for a long time now. This anthology blew me away and resonated with me deeply. It’s difficult for an anthology to have no misses at all, but Ruben Reyes, Jr. accomplishes that feat in this debut. Continue reading
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The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray – REVIEW
The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh is the latest entry in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney series, one of my favorite ongoing series. Claudia Gray is one of my auto-buy authors, and I love almost everything she writes. Her Firebird series series is one of my all-time favorites, and I have also devoured Continue reading
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One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon – REVIEW
If you read contemporary young adult fiction, you’ve probably heard of Nicola Yoon. Her wildly popular novels The Sun is Also a Star and Everything, Everything adored by readers and were even made into movies. To be perfectly honest, her young adult novels never appealed to me. However, Yoon’s upcoming adult debut, One of Our Kind, is a very Continue reading
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Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3) by John Grisham – REVIEW
There’s something you should probably know before you read this review. Camino Ghosts is comprised of many small elements that individually mean a lot to me. There are characters I feel I know. There are mentions of Ole Miss, a place I have far too many memories of. Most significantly, I’ve been to Bay Books, the bookstore Continue reading
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Time-Marked Warlock by Shami Stovall – REVIEW & BLOG TOUR
Today I’m sharing my review of Shami Stovall‘s Time-Marked Warlock as a part of its Blog Tour with The Write Reads. I have been so thrilled about this book since I first saw an email pop up about it. A hardened warlock PI helping a young witch after her mother is murdered? Color me very Continue reading