Book Review: The Captive, by Kit Burgoyne
I do highly recommend The Captive for anyone who can get onboard with the premise and can stand the sometimes graphic and often violent plot.
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Book Review: Making History, by K.J. Parker
It’s a short, sharp, biting read, and thoroughly engrossing; I highly recommend it for lovers of history, linguistics, politics, and truth.
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Book Review: SCHOOL OF SHARDS by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey
Given this is the final book of a trilogy, I’m breaking this review into two sections: one for readers who have already started the series, but first one for readers who haven’t dived into any of it yet.
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Book Review: THE STARVING SAINTS by Caitlin Starling
There is a strong layer of familiarity underlying it all, particularly in its vaguely Medieval European setting and fairy story folklore inspirations. But Starling takes these basic ingredients or flavors and cooks them into something unexpected and astounding.
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Book Review: Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell
You see, the protagonist/narrator is a shapeshifting monster who keeps rebuilding her body from the remnants of defeated enemies, but a lot of the people she deals with are monstrous in their own ways. … and when she meets a uniquely likeable and caring woman, Homily, and tries to help her and communicate with her instead of just eating her, readers like me end up cheering for both of them.
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Into the Wardrobe: WAIT TILL HELEN COMES by Mary Downing Hahn
It’s a dark-fantasy/supernatural-horror middle grade novel that would’ve delighted young me with its spookiness and darkness, but also the strong central story and its emotional resonance.