Sunday Soupçons #32
Are you in the mood for sentient gargoyles, or nonbinary angels and pixie dust?
Category: Science-Fantasy Reviews
Built Like the Tardis: The Sunforge by Sascha Stronach
You know how most of the books that get comped to Gideon the Ninth really shouldn’t be?
This one fully deserves it.
Seek Revenge, Dig (At Least) Two Graves: Lord of the Empty Isles by Jules Arbeaux
He was trying to murder his brother’s killer; now he has the lives of thousands in his hands.
Too Full of Scat: Sandymancer by David Edison
A girl and a god go travelling across a wasteland…and get nowhere, basically.
Softly Finding Your Place: Pluralities by Avi Silver
On one side, an alien ex-prince and his sentient spaceship bestie; on the other, a not-girl seeing visions and playing Stardew Valley.
Soaring High: The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao
Queernorm Desi solarpunk with flying plant cities – and a reveal you’ll never see coming.
An Infinitely Mindblowing Finale: The Infinite by Ada Hoffman
I really did not know how Hoffman could possibly wrap everything up in just one more book.
But she did – and blew me away.
Sunday Souçons #17
A very literal bride hunt, and a political space opera that runs on sex magic.
Fungal Houses & Queer Paladins: The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach
Queer fungi-punk where it’s paladins vs cops.
More Like Trash Fire: Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor
The biggest disappointment of 2022.