Book Review: Silver Nitrate, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Cover of Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Red background, with a woman's wide eyes looking straight ahead.

Moreno does a great job with the execution of this concept, with the slow build, the worldbuilding and atmosphere, the revelations, and most of all for me, the imperfect yet compelling characters. I loved it!

Book Review: Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk

Cover of Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk

I adored C.L. Polk’s Even Though I Knew the End, a sapphic noir novella set in an urban fantasy version of 1941 Chicago. It opens strongly, unwraps the mystery as a relationship drama unfolds, and includes some breathtaking prose along the way.

Book Review: Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron

Cover of Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron. Tagline says "Magic comes at a price."

As the daughter of two powerful magic users, big things are expected of Arrah. However, while she is able to see magic, she has never manifested signs of having any herself other than a natural resistance to mind-influencing spells. When a friend of hers disappears as part of a spate of child kidnappings, Arrah takes desperate measures…

BOOK REVIEW: THE UNBALANCING BY R.B. LEMBERG

I felt drawn to the mythology of Lemberg’s Birdverse and was intrigued by the structure of the island society, but most of all, I enjoyed the well-developed characters, their contrasts, and where their interactions led — to a relationship, to magical discoveries, and to a struggle for survival amid upheavals.

Interview: Author David Mack

Today on Skiffy and Fanty, I interview the author of Midnight Front and The Iron Codex (among very many other things), David Mack. PW: You’ve penned sequels and follow-on novels in the various fictional universes you’ve written in before. What was different about your process in tackling The Iron Codex? DM: Adding stories to the […]

Book Review: Bookburners Season 3

With the publication of an omnibus edition, the Bookburners, one of the serial stories from Serial Box, comes to officially cap its third season and prepare the ground for the fourth. Bookburners is hardly the only serial from Serial Box, as the release of this third omnibus joyfully coincides with the release of omnibus editions […]