SFF Recs for International Asexuality Day!
Ace books for International Asexuality Day!
Category: Queer Lit
I Give Up: Recent DNFs
Alas, not every book can be awesome.
Beautiful Premise, Hideous Writing: The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad
It’s a stunning concept, but a terrible book.
Sharp as a Knife: No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
I have no clue what’s going on, but it’s so good that I don’t even care.
So Many Ways to be People: A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
An epically beautiful sci fi that asks what it means to be a person.
Powerful, Punk, Poignant: The Velocity of Revolution by Marshall Ryan Maresca
Listen, all you really need to know is BUY THIS BOOK IMMEDIATELY!
Bloodied and Bejewelled: Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
Gibson wields her pen like a sword and runs you through with it – but oh, you’ll thank her for it.
A Glorious Chimera of a Book: The Councillor by E. J. Beaton
Long live the Councillor!
There’s No Right Way to Be a Person: Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
Tl;dr: another beautiful, brutal, and powerful instalment in a series that really ought to be mandatory reading by now.
Unmissable Fantasy & SciFi of 2021! (Jan-June)
32 fantasy and sci fi books you mustn’t miss!