October DNFs
…Twelve DNFs this month, eek!
Category: Spec-Fic Reviews
September DNFs
Immortal Dark; The Grand Ellipse; The Naming Song; Blood of the Old Kings; Sargassa; The Black Hunger.
Chillingly Awesome: The Gathering by C.J. Tudor
A 50yo detective is called out to rural Alaska to investigate what looks like a vampyre murder – and potentially sign off on a Cull.
Sunday Soupçons #28
A maybe-fantastical historical novel in Tsarist Russia, and a beautiful but horrifying queer awakening in a magical dystopia.
Sunday Soupçons #22
Chinese bandits taking on the Empire; a world where eating is taboo and sex is casual; and midwives with otherworldly powers!
July DNFs
A lot of objectively great books that just didn’t work for me. Not their fault!
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).
Great Premise, Meh Story: Proud Pink Sky by Redfern Jon Barrett
In another timeline, Berlin is the world’s first Gay State.
Unfortunately, the book about it isn’t nearly as interesting as it should be.
Does Not Shine: The Actual Star by Monica Byrne
I wanted to love this so badly, but I just didn’t.