July DNFs
A lot of objectively great books that just didn’t work for me. Not their fault!
Tag: BIPOC
Not My Goddess: Inanna by Emily H. Wilson
Writing a book this bad about a goddess has to be some kind of blasphemy.
Undomesticated Magic: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
There’s a support group for UnChosen Ones; do I really need to tell you anything else???
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.
Soaring High: The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao
Queernorm Desi solarpunk with flying plant cities – and a reveal you’ll never see coming.
Fun and Frustrating: The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
When your sibling is kidnapped by the Empire, obviously you go after them.
Even when the Empire’s capital is a giant flying black rhombus with way too many assholes in it.
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!!!
April DNFs
Living stars, nonbinary assassins, and fairy-narrated sapphic romance – alas, these three didn’t work out for me.