A Glorious Chimera of a Book: The Councillor by E. J. Beaton
Long live the Councillor!
Tag: five star reviews
There’s No Right Way to Be a Person: Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
Tl;dr: another beautiful, brutal, and powerful instalment in a series that really ought to be mandatory reading by now.
The Past Stays the Same, But History Changes: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
A beautiful story that raises thoughtful points on history and who gets to tell it.
Move Over, Howl, There’s a New Heart-Eater In Town: Night Shine by Tessa Gratton
Queer, magical, utterly stunning.
Some Recent Reads (and mini-reviews)
It’s hard to write about books everyone’s talking about: what is there to add to the conversation? Nonetheless, a few comments…
You’ll Never Side With the Superheroes Again: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Her superpower is Powerpoint, and she gets shit DONE.
Also, it is faster to just read the book than to read all my feels about it.
Made of Magic: The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
So many feels. SO MANY.
In Music Our Memory: The Chimes by Anna Smaill
A world where music has replaced memories, and two boys who might just save it.
Magic is Here, Queer, and Ready to Fuck You Up: The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke
Scapegracers doesn’t need you to love it. It dares you not to.
These Books Will Carve You Open: Hollow Folk series by Gregory Ashe
This series is a phoenix, and it will set your soul on fire and burn your heart to the ground, and it’s so fucking beautiful that the pain of it being over is a thousand times worse than what it puts you through.