Tag: two point five star reviews

June DNFs

Posted 29th June 2025 by Sia in Fantasy Reviews, Horror Reviews, Reviews, Sci-Fi Reviews / 4 Comments

I’m not gonna list the titles I DNFed, I’ll just tell you there were 12 of them!

Mini-review: The Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi

Posted 15th June 2025 by Sia in Fantasy Reviews, Queer Lit, Reviews / 3 Comments

So it turns out that I still don’t enjoy paranormal romance. Who could have guessed???

May DNFs

Posted 30th May 2025 by Sia in Fantasy Reviews, Reviews, Spec-Fic Reviews / 4 Comments

The Adventures of Mary Darling; Wearing the Lion; Meet Me at the Crossroads; The Duke Steals Hearts & Other Body Parts; Ruins of Ambrai; Going Postal; Awakened; Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil; Six Wild Crowns; The Sun Blessed Prince; Black Salt Queen; Beasts of Carnaval; Legend of the White Snake; The Wee Free Men; Blood Slaves; The Barbed Coil; and Violent Desire.

Left Me Hungry: The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

Posted 16th May 2025 by Sia in Horror Reviews, Queer Lit, Reviews / 4 Comments

I’m still not really sure how you make ‘Medieval sapphic cannibal horror’ fall flat.

Mini-Review: Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame by Neon Yang

Posted 3rd May 2025 by Sia in Fantasy Reviews, Queer Lit, Reviews / 2 Comments

A dragonslayer finds her heart…but her story doesn’t.

April DNFs

Posted 29th April 2025 by Sia in Fantasy Reviews, Horror Reviews, Reviews, Sci-Fi Reviews / 6 Comments

A Palace Near the Wind; The Library at Hellebore; The Secret Market of the Dead; Fatal Shadow; Aurethia Rising; and Disco Witches of Fire Island.

March DNFs

Posted 30th March 2025 by Sia in Fantasy Reviews, Reviews, Sci-Fi Reviews / 4 Comments

Important question: why do I do this to myself?

Aka, The Cursed Melodies; Transmentation/Transience; What Wakes the Bells; Gryphon King; Behooved; Aunt Tigress; Lovely Dark and Deep; The Mercy of Gods; and Dungeon Crawler Carl.