Sunday Soupçons #25
A gothic mansion with swords and monsters, and an investigative journalist AI!
Tag: four star reviews
Sunday Soupçons #24
One book I loved, with massive misogyny problems; one book I could barely stand, that had so much potential it didn’t live up to.
A Magic Trick: The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth
A ghost and three witches walk into a bar…to solve a murder.
August DNFs
A new record – NINE DNFs this month.
Meep.
Softly Finding Your Place: Pluralities by Avi Silver
On one side, an alien ex-prince and his sentient spaceship bestie; on the other, a not-girl seeing visions and playing Stardew Valley.
Sunday Soupçons #22
Chinese bandits taking on the Empire; a world where eating is taboo and sex is casual; and midwives with otherworldly powers!
April DNFs
Living stars, nonbinary assassins, and fairy-narrated sapphic romance – alas, these three didn’t work out for me.
Sticks The Landing: The Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
Falconry, but with monsters.
An Epic Dawn: Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott
Gender-flipped Alexander the Great, IN SPACE, is every bit as excellent as it sounds!
(And yes, it’s very queer.)
Teixcalaan By Way of Cleopatra: The Stars Undying by Emery Robin
Queer sci-fi Cleopatra.
What more do you need to hear???