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Love in the Time of the Gods’ War: Rebecca Ross – Divine Rivals
There were two things working against this book. One, it is a massively hyped work by a popular author, with people going pretty crazy over it. I put it on hold at the library as soon as I saw they...
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How to Fall in Love With a Haunted House: Alix E. Harrow – Starling House
Alix E. Harrow has been a force to be reckoned with ever since she published her first book and she is only getting better and better. By now, I feel confident in calling her one of my favorite SFF...
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Looking Forward To 2024: Exciting New SFF Publications
2024 is officially here and with the new year comes the excitement for all the new books that we want to buy this year.This will be a very long post, so I’ve grouped these upcoming books into...
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Magical Ocean Shenanigans: Brandon Sanderson – Tress of the Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson makes us all look bad. Not only does the man write consistently over years and years, with several series ongoing and new volumes coming out at an impressive rate (especially...
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A New Arc Begins? Seanan McGuire – Ashes of Honor
So, I’m officially a Toby Daye fan, as of the previous two entries in the series. I have managed not to read any spoilers about what’s still to come, but I must warn you that there will be plenty of...
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What the Hell, Hugo Awards?
On January 20th, one day later than the WSFS Constitution allows, we have finally been given the Hugo Award voting and nominating stats from Chengdu Worldcon 2023. And there are anomalies. A lot of...
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End the War, Gain a Life: Rebecca Ross – Ruthless Vows
Ahhhh, Roman and Iris, my dear sweet marshmallows. I waited a whopping five days after finishing Divine Rivals before diving into the second part of the duology. Lucky for me, it came out just in...
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The State of SFF – February 2024
Apologies for the late post, but better late than never, right? All I can say in my defense is: life with toddler. Quickie News The 2024 Hugo Award nominations are open. If you are a member of the...
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Let Sleeping Beauties Lie: T. Kingfisher – Thornhedge
What do you mean, another T. Kingfisher book so soon? If I didn’t have to save them up, I would gobble up her books one after the other without much of a break. To be fair, though, I had just finished...
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Not For Me: Wole Talabi – Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon
I was quite taken with Wole Talabi’s Hugo-nominated short story “A Dream of Electric Mothers” so naturally I pounced on his debut novel, hoping for adventure and Nigerian gods and a fun heist....
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The State of SFF – March 2024
Here it is, on time. I’m typing this while a small human screams at me, demanding my attention, so there may not be as much news as I had hoped. But at least I’m getting it out on time. Here’s to...
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When Sci-Fi Meets God: Ted Chiang – Stories of Your Life and Others
I read Ted Chiang’s second story collection Exhalation before I picked up his first one. And I saw the movie Arrival before I read any of his work, a movie based on the titular “Story of Your Life” in...
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Perfection in a Small Package: Moses Ose Utomi – The Truth of the Aleke
Why isn’t everybody freaking out about this author? Moses Ose Utomi burst onto the SFF scene with a tiny little novella called The Lies of the Ajungo last year. It was such a standout piece of fiction...
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Brandon Sanderson – Skyward Flight: Sunreach, ReDawn, Evershore
Isn’t it nice when we stick to our resolutions? I wanted to re-read the first two Skyward books and then continue on with the rest of the series – including these three co-written novellas – in one go...
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Oops!… He Did it Again: Brandon Sanderson – Cytonic
How does this man manage to churn out books at breakneck speed and then make them so damn compelling at the same time? And how does he keep me interested and completely hooked over the course of...
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Death on the Magical Murder Boat: Frances White – Voyage of the Damned
Look at me, reading an Illumicrate book only a month after I’ve received it (as opposed to the ones I received last year, or the year before that, and still haven’t read), aren’t I the good girl? And...
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Magical Readathon: Spring Equinox 2024 – Prompts, Side Quests, and my TBR
Yay, it’s time for another semester at Orilium Academy and I am more than ready. As this is my third year pursuing my career of (magical) Scribe, there’s not much change in the classes I will be...
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The State of SFF – April 2024
Lots of news this month, so let’s get right into it. Quickie News The Nebula Award finalists have been announced and it’s a great looking shortlist! I have only read one of the Best Novel finalists,...
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My Thoughts on The Hugo Award Finalists 2024
It is officially Hugo Finalist Reading Season in which we attempt to read ALL THE BOOKS and catch up on those long series we’ve been neglecting. As every year, I’m going to talk a little bit about the...
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Of Weres and Vampires and a bit of Smut: Ali Hazelwood – Bride
I’m working my way through Ali Hazelwood’s STEM-inist romance novels and so far the experience has been very rewarding. I liked The Love Hypothesis a lot, but I loooooved Love on the Brain. This is...
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