Sunday Soupçons #38
A Britain where the Norman Conquest never happened, and an extremely sweet fantasy romance with reversed gender roles!
Tag: reviews: speculative fiction
October DNFs
…Twelve DNFs this month, eek!
September DNFs
Immortal Dark; The Grand Ellipse; The Naming Song; Blood of the Old Kings; Sargassa; The Black Hunger.
Chillingly Awesome: The Gathering by C.J. Tudor
A 50yo detective is called out to rural Alaska to investigate what looks like a vampyre murder – and potentially sign off on a Cull.
Sunday Soupçons #28
A maybe-fantastical historical novel in Tsarist Russia, and a beautiful but horrifying queer awakening in a magical dystopia.
Great Premise, Meh Story: Proud Pink Sky by Redfern Jon Barrett
In another timeline, Berlin is the world’s first Gay State.
Unfortunately, the book about it isn’t nearly as interesting as it should be.
Come For the Perfume, Stay For the Murder: Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly
How can you not want to read about a nonbinary serial-killing perfumer???
Does Not Shine: The Actual Star by Monica Byrne
I wanted to love this so badly, but I just didn’t.