A Certain Hunger Review: Epicurean Extremes
Sometimes a book is so good that you go look up whatever else the author has written and devour that, too. And then sometimes a book is so very, very good that when you…
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Author: Christina Ladd
One of the Books & Comics editors at Geekly. She/her. Sailor Rainbow. Glitter and spite and everything bright.
The Echo Wife Review: The “Other” Woman
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey made me really consider that term: “the other woman.” Other. College English classes asked me to consider: who is the Other? And they made it a verb: to…
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Eartheater Review: Deep as Graves, Strong as Foundations
American stories about people with powers often involve organizations and the general public getting swept up in their struggles. The government wants to use them! Scientists want to study them! The media will hound…
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The Faraway Collection Review
In time for the holidays, Amazon has published a collection of five short stories centered roughly on the theme of fairy tales. The five authors chosen to create it are very different, and they…
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Siege of Rage and Ruin Review: One More for the Road
As 2020 finishes up, one of the very few things I’m sad to see go is the Wells of Sorcery trilogy, a bright spot full of action, romance, and magic that took me out…
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Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower Review: Upstairs Girl, Downstairs Girl
It’s no secret that we here at Geekly love Tamsyn Muir and her gothic sensibilities. But does her necromantic space opera mean that she can write a fantasy-based fairy tale as well? Of course…
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When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain Review: A Story to Keep You Alive
Self-defense storytelling is only a little younger than storytelling itself. Shahrazad is the most famous victor of such a contest, but Egil Skallagrimsson did it in Iceland’s famous Egil’s Saga, and there are fairy…
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Books for Everyone in the Family
Families are weird. You love them, but they’re weird. And this time of year, you have to find presents for these strange people you’re somehow related to. If you’re looking for books (and PS,…
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13 Halloween Titles
Zombies, ghouls, and all the rest of the night’s ilk might be the least frightening things about 2020. I, too, have an approximately once-monthly freakout and want to howl at the moon. I, too,…
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October is the New December: Book Guide for Early Shopping
In the ongoing tire fire that is 2020, supply chains are still messed up and the postal service is still struggling—as are local bookstores. Independent retailers have begun asking that people start their Christmas…
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