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: five star reviews
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.
Starlit Adventure: Tarashana by Rachel Neuemeier
A deeply introspective adventure beyond the lands of Sun and Moon!
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!
Sunday Soupçons #28
A maybe-fantastical historical novel in Tsarist Russia, and a beautiful but horrifying queer awakening in a magical dystopia.
A High-Octane Religious Experience: Exordia by Seth Dickinson
Snake aliens and souls and my first six-star read of 2024!!!
Rich With Delight: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
In this second instalment of the Emily Wilde series, Emily and Wendell are off to the Alps! And perhaps some more otherworldly places…
This Way to Perfection: All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows
A beautiful, intrigue-packed sequel that’s a treasure in its own right.