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Note: I don’t think it’s possible to give this book a proper review without at least some spoilers, but since there are several dramatic reveals and—I hesitate to call them “twists” since they’re not…
Read story ↗Forrest Leo’s The Gentleman is a silly book. It knows it is. It exults in absurdity, delights in mishap, and does an absolute jig around the plot. And why not? We need some silliness…
Read story ↗Dragon Hoops, though it features no actual dragons, accomplished something more magical an inexplicable than most of the fantasy I've been reading. Something so inexplicable, so unbelievable, that I previously didn't think it was…
Read story ↗In a world only a little different from our own, there exists a home furnishings store called LitenVärld. That's "Small World" in Swedish, but it turns out that neither the store nor the world…
Read story ↗As the celestial enforcer for the realm of California, Genie already has her work cut out for her. She's managing the yaoguai who invaded in the last book, she's navigating her new relationship, she's…
Read story ↗Bisou is a girl who holds herself apart. She’s friendly but has no real friends, except now, perhaps, for her sweet and loving boyfriend James. She would be happy to just spend time with…
Read story ↗Purists beware: Prosper's Demon, by K. J. Parker, is not a tale of good versus evil. This is mostly a tale of not-as-bad and maybe-worse fighting it out, ostensibly for a greater purpose, but…
Read story ↗When you think of orcs and wizards, chances are you’re thinking of some variation of Saruman with his nameless minions, the wizard in control, the orc eager to be told what to do. Standard,…
Read story ↗Like the immanently forthcoming Prosper’s Demon, My Beautiful Life is a pure K.J. Parker novella. It’s snarky and cynical, fascinated and repelled by power in equal measure. Bad men doing bad things for arguably…
Read story ↗The Wells of Sorcery is the trilogy everybody should be talking about. But the trouble with things published in January is that they’re good for buying with Christmas gift cards, but bad for making…
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