Summary: DRACULA? A mere figment of superstition, a thing that could not exist. SABELLA? A very real person, an enticing girl of flesh and warmth - who detested the sunlight, who required the blood of young men to feed upon, who was all that Dracula was said to be except never one of the "undead." … Continue reading Book Review: Sabella or The Blood Stone by Tanith Lee
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Book Review: A Song For a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
Summary: In the Before, when the government didn't prohibit large public gatherings, Luce Cannon was on top of the world. One of her songs had just taken off and she was on her way to becoming a star. Now, in the After, terror attacks and deadly viruses have led the government to ban concerts, and … Continue reading Book Review: A Song For a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
Book Review: The Queen’s Advantage by Jessie Mihalik
Summary: When Queen Samara Rani fulfills the promise she made to Emperor Valentin Kos to visit his court and meet with his advisors, she knows they won’t welcome her with open arms, especially when she’s been tasked with discovering the traitors within their ranks—traitors she tricked out of five million credits. As soon as Samara … Continue reading Book Review: The Queen’s Advantage by Jessie Mihalik
Book Review: The Spec Set by Taya Okerlund #20BooksofSummer
Summary: Copernicus Science camp looks harmless enough on the surface, at least no one will tell you otherwise, least of all Max McKenzie, who doesn't speak at all. He can't even defend himself when he's implicated in a high stakes chemical theft from the camp lab. Or can he? His brother Emile is desperate to … Continue reading Book Review: The Spec Set by Taya Okerlund #20BooksofSummer
Book Review: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Summary: Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident--or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political … Continue reading Book Review: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. And … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Dark Age by Pierce Brown
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Dark Age by Pierce Brown
2019 r/Fantasy Book Bingo Reading Challenge
Some of you have probably noticed me talking about book bingo around here and were wondering what exactly I was going on about. Well, now that it’s after April 1st (the start of the new bingo period) I thought I’d do a post about it. r/Fantasy Book Bingo is something I initially started on kind … Continue reading 2019 r/Fantasy Book Bingo Reading Challenge
Book Review: Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik
Summary: In the far distant future, the universe is officially ruled by the Royal Consortium, but the High Councillors, the heads of the three High Houses, wield the true power. As the fifth of six children, Ada von Hasenberg has no authority; her only value to her High House is as a pawn in a … Continue reading Book Review: Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Outside by Ada Hoffmann
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. The Pride of Jai was supposed to be humanity's greatest accomplishment—a space station made entirely by humans and their primitive computers, without … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Outside by Ada Hoffmann
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