A True Pearl: A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rosie Sutherland
The (beautifully queer) take on the selkie myth I’ve been waiting all my life for!
Tag: crescent classics
Babadook Who? Meet Your New Queer Monster Icon: Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
An intense, cosy, poignant comedy-horror-fantasy about a shapeshifting goo-monster who eats people.
A Queer Witches’ Bacchanal: The Feast Makers by H. A. Clarke
The perfect ending to the perfect series.
Or: time for Sideways and their coven to change the world.
Immensely Satisfying: City of Bones by Martha Wells
Politics and magic intertwine in a hunt for three mysterious relics – but the factions looking for them might not be quite what they appear.
These Shrooms Are The Best Shrooms: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Fungal!punk alchemy with leviathans and a genius detective who never leaves her room!
Also I am using the UK cover because it is the BEST!
A High-Octane Religious Experience: Exordia by Seth Dickinson
Snake aliens and souls and my first six-star read of 2024!!!
My Favourite SFF Backlist Reads of 2023!
Every year, the Best Ofs are filled with books published that year – but what about the awesome books we read that were published earlier???
This Way to Perfection: All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows
A beautiful, intrigue-packed sequel that’s a treasure in its own right.
Wonder-Striking: The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan
Sephardic Jewish portal fantasy that taught me how to feel wonder again.
Sunday Soupçons #23
Rereads of two long-time faves!