Summary: WARNING! Under no circumstances must employees strike a deal with unauthorized personnel on Dark Enterprises property. Such behavior could result in death…or the end of the world. Colin is a low-level employee at Dark Enterprises, a Hell-like multinational corporation solving the world’s most difficult problems in deeply questionable ways. After years of toiling away […]
Fantasy
Review: Let Sleeping Gods Lie by Ben Schenkman
Synopsis: If jumping off a building to save a raccoon doesn’t kill Corbin Pierce then his next altruistic impulses just might. Pierce, ex-Ivy League community college adjunct and environmental activist, has his hands full keeping the local spirit-creatures out of the hands of poachers while teaching his students about history they shouldn’t repeat. As if […]
Review: Uncharmed (Rewitched #2) by Lucy Jane Wood
I made no secret of the fact that I loved Rewitched, and I’m thrilled to say that I also loved Uncharmed. But, can Lucy Jane Wood please stop releasing books that are so terrifyingly in tune with my life? In Rewitched Belle was about to turn 30 and was dreading the birthday as much as I was, and in Rewitched it’s all about learning that being imperfect is okay, and you don’t always have to be in control. So, yes, Lucy Jane Wood, get out of my life (but don’t because the books always come at the perfect time).
Review: Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts #1) by Carissa Broadbent
My first thought when I heard about Daughter of No Worlds was ‘I’ve really enjoyed Carissa Broadbent’s other books, but the politics in this might make it not work for me.’ I am very happy to say that I was wrong. In fact, I totally forgot all of my reservations and I sped through all 500 pages in under a week during one of the busiest times I’ve had in a while. Usually politics in a book mean I get bored/lost/confused, however Daughter of No Worlds, while having court politics, kept me hooked and I did actually know what was going on!
Firstborn of the Sun by Marvellous Michael Anson
Synopsis In the Kingdom of Oru L’ore has a secret. She is the only one without agbára – the ability to harness power from the sun. On pain of death she must conceal it from everyone. Including her best friend, Alawani. But when the gods declare Alawani an Àlùfáà High Priest – a great honour […]
Book Review: Lies Weeping (The Black Company #10) by Glen Cook
TL;DR Review: Somber and serious military history…as told by sarcastic teenagers? A tonal change to the Black Company I loved! Synopsis: The Black Company has retreated across the plain of glittering stone, toward a shadow gate that would let them trade the dangers of the plain for the questionable safety of the Company’s one-time haven […]
Book Review: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
A beautifully written novella about two sisters—and an audiobook that blends music and prose.
Review: Daedalus Is Dead by Seamus Sullivan
Synopsis Daedalus of Crete is many things: the greatest architect in the world; the constructor of the Labyrinth that imprisoned the Minotaur; and the grieving father of Icarus, the boy who plunged into the sea as they flew from the grasp of the tyrannical King Minos. Now, Daedalus seeks to reunite with Icarus in the […]
Review: Lady Drakeslayer (The Divine Godsqueen Coda #2) by Bill Adams
Synopsis: Never forget the truth of who you are. An orphan, now knowing her trueborn name, shuns the destiny of the blood coursing her veins. Returning to her training, her reputation grows with each codex, but her path to Eminence slowly shackles her. A drake, burdened by the loss of his ward, can think of […]
Book Review: Conan in the City of the Dead by John C. Hocking
TL;DR Review: A classic Conan adventure: dark, bloody, fast-paced, and filled with monsters and magic. Synopsis: Two epics in one hardcover as Conan the mercenary faces hideously transformed wizards and undead creatures in action-packed fantasy combining Robert E. Howard’s trademark sword and sorcery with concepts straight out of Lovecraftian horror. Combines the classic Conan and the […]
Review: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 edited by Nnedi Okorafor
Synopsis: A collection of the year’s best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by award-winning author of Death of the Author and the Binti Trilogy, Nnedi Okorafor, and series editor John Joseph Adams. The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction, and […]
Review: Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines
Synopsis: Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Golden Girls in this humorous contemporary standalone fantasy about a group of former Chosen Ones coming out of retirement to save the world one last time. Three former Chosen Ones have joined together to spend their retirement in peace and quiet, running Second Life Books and Gifts in Salem, […]