Marvellously Merciless: Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo
In which a scientist is absolutely not drift compatible with a wolf (but definitely thinks she is).
Category: Sci-Fi Reviews
An Epic Dawn: Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott
Gender-flipped Alexander the Great, IN SPACE, is every bit as excellent as it sounds!
(And yes, it’s very queer.)
January DNFs
False princes that flopped; feel-good sci-fi that does not feel good; a magician’s daughter whose tricks did not impress; and a magical circus that did not enchant.
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.
A Roadmap to a Future I Can Believe In: Everything For Everyone by M.E. O’Brien & Eman Abdelhadi
I’ve read a lot of books with their own takes on a ‘better future’.
But this is the first one I’ve ever seen that actually shows us how to make that future.
Teixcalaan By Way of Cleopatra: The Stars Undying by Emery Robin
Queer sci-fi Cleopatra.
What more do you need to hear???
Run, Don’t Walk: Fractured Infinity by Nathan Tavares
What do you do when it’s a choice between someone you love and the lives of billions?
You grab your person and you run.
Sunday Souçons #17
A very literal bride hunt, and a political space opera that runs on sex magic.
Elegantly Monstrous: Leech by Hiron Ennes
A delicate horror-scifi that will infect you and take you over.
A Book of Meh Revelations: The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
A would-be-not nonbinary Messiah in a far-future empire protected by angelic mechas.