Reflections of Lilje Damselfly reads like literary fiction, with a touch of fantasy. It’s a story of healing, belonging, and love.
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Review: The Lepidopterist’s Beautiful Daughter by David Rae
Synopsis Born to wealth and stifling privilege, Tito lives a cocooned life of luxury and dull Edwardian convention. Groomed to follow a career in the church, he finds joy in the unlikeliest of places: Vanessa Agnew, the daughter of a once renowned professor who studies butterflies and moths. Yet, just as Tito wins her hand, […]
Review: Don’t Let It Out by N.A. Betts
Synopsis: The assignment was simple: contain the forest. Don’t let anything out. FBI Agent Daniela Rojas arrives with a secret mission of her own. To uncover the truth behind Project Greenfall, a classified experiment buried by the Canopy Collective. RCMP Corporal Cade Mercer is there for a different reason. Two years ago, his wife vanished […]
Review: Songs of the Sun Eater by Christopher Ruocchio
Synopsis: Thirteen tales from the universe of the bestselling Sun Eater series, compiled for the first time. Plus, a never-before-seen novelette following Hadrian Marlowe after the series’ conclusion! Ambitious universe-building combines with intimate character portraits for storytelling on a truly epic scale – for fans of Orson Scott Card, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Patrick Rothfuss, and Jack […]
Review: Carrying by Samantha Josephs
Synopsis SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeGolden Poppy Book Award Finalist She’s serving.She’s eating.She’s . . . Carrying. In this electrifying horror debut that’s equal parts funny and harrowing, a stealth trans woman desperate to maintain her picture-perfect life discovers that she’s seemingly—impossibly—pregnant. “Carrying is a totally […]
Review: The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue #1) by Christopher Buehlman
I’m rereading both The Blacktongue Thief and The Daughters’ War in time for the upcoming The Thrice-Bound Fool; Buehlman’s magnificent book of goblins, krakens, crafty thieves, cantrips, and war corvids gets better every time you read it. I laughed, I cried, and I had a lot of fun.
Review: House of Curses (Royal Houses Book 3) by K. A. Linde
Synopsis: From bestselling author K. A. Linde, House of Curses is the third swoon-worthy, slow-burn romantasy in the Royal Houses series. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Holly Black, and Rebecca Yarros. Against all odds, Kerrigan Argon passed her dragon training. She’s now an official member of the Society. Everything should be well. But […]
Review: The Iron Crown by L.L. MacRae (Dragon Spirits #1)
Synopsis Fenn’s first and only memory is finding himself in the middle of a forest, face to face with a dragon spirit mocking him, all knowledge gone apart from his own name. Lost and confused, his only hope for answers is Calidra—a woman living on the edge of the world with her partner. Forced to […]
Review: This Is How The World Ends by Disco Barrington
Synopsis “Through apocalypse, dystopia, and renewal, the throughline of empathy, love, and human determination in Barrington’s THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS keeps the story profoundly human. An impressive debut that leaves the reader with a bittersweet, hard-won hope that feels especially resonant in our uncertain political moment.” – Seth Haddon, author of VOLATILE MEMORY […]
Review: The Fires of December (Hoid’s Travails #3) by Brandon Sanderson
Synopsis: In the next Cosmere standalone novel, Hoid has an epic tale to share: In a forgotten land sustained by colorful rivers of demon blood, a young woman named December learns a devastating plague is on its way. But who will believe her? Against impossible odds, she sets sail up the River Violet to warn […]
Review: Her Bloody Vengeance by N C Scrimgeour
Roses are red, violets are blue, this book is grim and it’s good for you Synopsis Alderose Mortimer is no stranger to grief. As she roams from one bleak countryside village to another, killing monsters for coin, she’s haunted by the loss of her first love, slain on their wedding day with two puncture wounds […]
Review: Echoes of the Imperium by Nicholas & Olivia Atwater
Synopsis A fallen empire. A goblin airship captain. One big, blasphemous problem. Captain William Blair has taken shady jobs before—what goblin hasn’t? But this shady job has pirates off the port bow and legendary aethermancers knocking at his cabin door. Unfortunately, Wil has sworn an Oath to escort his newest dubious passenger wherever she wants to go… […]