Baroque, Bizarre, Brilliant: The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
A disaster!queer on the run from AI gods = a confusing but stunning sci fi fever dream.
Tag: best of the year
Soaring High: The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao
Queernorm Desi solarpunk with flying plant cities – and a reveal you’ll never see coming.
Intimate Majesty: Witch King by Martha Wells
It’s been six years since Martha Wells’ last fantasy novel, and folx, it was so worth the wait.
Utterly Enchanting: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
Don’t you want to read a magical book about magic books???
A Dragon-Rider Book Like No Other: To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
QUEER
NATIVE-AMERICAN
DRAGON-RIDERS!!!
A Myth-Making Masterpiece: Rituals by Roz Kaveney
This is a tale of a woman who hunts gods and another who makes magic come undone, and absolutely everything about it is perfect.
(Well. Except for that cover. Sigh.)
Not Desperate, Just Glorious: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
In which humans are the monsters of the universe, Gaea needs to be burnt to the ground, and every bit of hype around this book is absolutely warranted.
King Arthur Can Suck It!: The Winter Knight by Jes Battis
The Winter Knight is not a retelling.
The explanation behind the Arthurian knights being in Vancouver is much weirder (and queerer and more wonderful) than a mere retelling!
Gonna Be Legends, Already Legendary: The Eidolon by K.D. Edwards
An eidolon is ‘an idealised person or thing’, and I am here to tell you that The Eidolon is perfectly named; it is ideal in every possible way.
Breathcatching: The Twice-Drowned Saint by C.S.E Cooney
Okay.
There’s a city. In the shape of a diamond. Surrounded by ice. In the middle of a desert. Ruled by angels.
There is also holy popcorn.