Sky in the Deep Review: And My Axe
Eelyn is a warrior. Her father and best friend are warriors. Her mother and brother, before they were slain, were warriors. It's in her blood and all around her, for everyone physically able to…
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Space Opera Review: Sing Your Humanity Out
This was the first year I watched Eurovision, in no small part thanks to Catherynne Valente's wonderful Space Opera. I think they owe her some royalties, or at least the chance to do publicity…
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How To Overcome Your Reading Slump – The Wizard’s Way
Perhaps you, the humble wizard, are deep within the stacks of the archives, but when it comes to those tomes on the arcane arts you’re having a hard time of it. You’ve been pouring…
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Lifel1k3 Review: A Little Life
"It's like Romeo and Juliet meets Mad Max meets X-Men with a little bit of Blade Runner cheering from the sidelines." With a tagline like that, there was no way I wasn't going to…
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The Poppy War Review: Love Letters to History
The Poppy War is the debut young adult novel written by R.F. Kuang, inspired and set in China’s 19th and early 20th century. War orphan Fang Runin, aka Rin, seeks to escape being married…
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The Epic Crush of Genie Lo Review: Don’t Judge a Book…
I have a confession to make. I judged this book by its cover. I almost didn't buy The Epic Crush of Genie Lo because it looked like a combination of bad military SF from…
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Smoke Thieves Review: Thick Smoke, Banked Fire
The Smoke Thieves by Sally Green is an intriguing high fantasy with excellent political intrigue but which lacks the grit and pathos of the Half Bad trilogy. It is Green's first foray into a…
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Out of the Blue Review: True Blue
Out of the Blue is Sophie Cameron’s debut novel about how the world continues after tragedy. It isn’t a morbid or cynical social commentary but a beautiful matter of fact. The novel is written…
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Queen of Sorrow Review: Heavy Hangs the Head that Wears the Crown
I live in the heart of a major city, and I almost never think about the fact that nature wants to kill me. Everything I fear on a daily basis is to do with…
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Only Human Review: There’s No Place Like Home
Prior to the release of Only Human, the final entry in the Themis Files trilogy by Sylvain Neuvel, I did a little research. I wanted to see how many Sci-Fi titles include the word…
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