Sunday Soupçons #28
A maybe-fantastical historical novel in Tsarist Russia, and a beautiful but horrifying queer awakening in a magical dystopia.
A maybe-fantastical historical novel in Tsarist Russia, and a beautiful but horrifying queer awakening in a magical dystopia.
A Botswanan dystopia, wicked sapphics, and dangerous quests into Faerie!
A Desi Medusa, epic queer science fantasy, shapeshifters, and faeries!
In this second instalment of the Emily Wilde series, Emily and Wendell are off to the Alps! And perhaps some more otherworldly places…
A fungal apocalypse, a glimpse of dinosaurs, and many tentacles!
Magical ballet, enchanted clothing, and sky serpents!
Every year, the Best Ofs are filled with books published that year – but what about the awesome books we read that were published earlier???
I have AGONISED over this list, but here it is at last: the best published-in-2023 SFF I read this year!
Spies, magical murder mysteries, and queer courtly intrigue!
Gods carved into living bones; disappointing dragons; very bad military decisions; boring dryads; and letters I kept falling asleep reading.