Caraval Review: Synesthesia
Scarlett and her sister Tella live on a conquered and colonized isle under the iron fist of its governor, their father Marcello Dragna. The governor is a brutal man, but Scarlett has a glimmer…
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Category: New Releases
The Graces: Because You’re Mine
River Page wants to be a Grace. Within a few weeks of moving to a new town on the edge of the sea, it's all she wants and all she can think about. She…
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Nevernight Review: To Sit in Solemn Silence on a Deep, Dark Cliff
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to your newest obsession. There's murder. A lot of murder. And there's mayhem. So much mayhem. Sex and drugs and--well, okay, there isn't any rock and roll, but there are…
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The Dream Quest of Vellitt Boe Review: My God, It’s Full of Stars!
A girl is missing. A student has fled from her rooms in the middle of the night after or with a young man. At first this means only—only!—that the Women's College might be in…
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The Wolf Road Review: Lone Wolf and Lonely Cub
There was a moment when I finished this book in which all I could do was sit and stare at the last blank page. I was physically disturbed and awed into stillness. "Holy shit,"…
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Too Like the Lightning Review: Not the Best of All Worlds, but Damn Close
This is not a light book. Ada Palmer has rewritten the whole history of the modern world and the onrushing future, according to philosophies both new and old, but deeply held and profoundly discussed…
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Wolf in the Attic Review: A Wolf of One’s Own
I first encountered Paul Kearney in the most tragic way possible: I began his Sea Beggars trilogy. Oh, the trilogy itself isn't any more tragic than any other quality fantasy novel. The tragedy is…
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Quadropolis; The Next Ticket to Ride
Tile laying and city building games are common themes in board games. Personally, they are not a genre that gets me excited to play a board game. Quadropolis, from Days of Wonder, is a…
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The Jewel and Her Lapidary Review: Shine On, You Crazy Ruby
Lin wakes up in a pile of freshly murdered bodies, with a madman screeching overhead and an army on the way and magic all around and gems—which are different from Jewels—and magic threatening everyone…
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A Fierce and Subtle Poison Review: Sweet and Spooky
Lucas Knight doesn't have any shining armor. He's the spoiled child of a wealthy white developer in Puerto Rico, and the most good he's done is all in his head. He wishes things were…
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