Fundamentally Fun: The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth
A ghost and three witches walk into a bar…to solve a murder.
Tag: sapphic
Sunday Soupçons #22
Chinese bandits taking on the Empire; a world where eating is taboo and sex is casual; and midwives with otherworldly powers!
Get the Hell Into Dodge City: Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens
Listen: it’s not SFF. It is the Wild West.
But it’s so, SO great!
Fun and Frustrating: The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
When your sibling is kidnapped by the Empire, obviously you go after them.
Even when the Empire’s capital is a giant flying black rhombus with way too many assholes in it.
April DNFs
Living stars, nonbinary assassins, and fairy-narrated sapphic romance – alas, these three didn’t work out for me.
Consider Me Enchanted: A Hunger of Thorns by Lili Wilkinson
This is a story about transcending stories.
A Myth-Making Masterpiece: Rituals by Roz Kaveney
This is a tale of a woman who hunts gods and another who makes magic come undone, and absolutely everything about it is perfect.
(Well. Except for that cover. Sigh.)
Not Desperate, Just Glorious: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
In which humans are the monsters of the universe, Gaea needs to be burnt to the ground, and every bit of hype around this book is absolutely warranted.
King Arthur Can Suck It!: The Winter Knight by Jes Battis
The Winter Knight is not a retelling.
The explanation behind the Arthurian knights being in Vancouver is much weirder (and queerer and more wonderful) than a mere retelling!
Trans Rights Readerthon Wrap-Up (+ mini-reviews!)
Eight books for the readathon means $80 for A Place For Marsha!