

Jan 2, 2024
Review of Starter Villain by John Scalzi
First: this amazing cover. Second: Starter Villain is playful, darkly funny, big-hearted, and wonderfully weird. I loved it and I can't...


Dec 22, 2023
Review of Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross
I liked Divine Rivals and the gutsy characters facing wartime struggles and challenges, but I was surprised that the book's fantasy...


Dec 21, 2023
Review of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1) by Travis Baldree
The first in the Legends & Lattes series is a cozy fantasy story about new beginnings, the transformative power of coffee, and...


Dec 14, 2023
Review of The Power by Naomi Alderman
ICYMI: In Naomi Alderman's novel The Power, teenage girls develop unimaginable powers, including the ability to inflict harm. This resets...


Nov 29, 2023
Review of Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros
Yarros's experience as a romance author remains showcased in book two through teen-angst-dramaaatic, romaaantic dialogue. My favorite...


Nov 15, 2023
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty
I loved every bit of the story of willful, sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her strategic swearing, her strength,...


Nov 9, 2023
Review of Secondhand Daylight by Eugen Bacon and Andrew Hook
Although the first section felt manic and uneven as Green hurtled through time, the second point of view offered lovely perspective on...


Nov 2, 2023
Review of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
Emily Tesh's debut novel is a space opera about war, duty, brainwashing, escaping limitations, and reinventing oneself--with fascinating...


Oct 25, 2023
Review of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Starling House is another wonderful, dark, twisty story from Alix E. Harrow, with imperfect characters, a noble, messy quest, layers of...


Sep 13, 2023
Review of World Running Down by Al Hess
Hess's dystopian Utah relies on AI, robots, and the growing, stark split between the haves and have-nots. Trans salvager Val is just...


Aug 23, 2023
Review of The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
I loved the futuristic space-mission capabilities, smart and strong all-woman crew, the mystery and suspicion, and most of all the...


Aug 18, 2023
Six Fascinating Stories Set in Space
Space Stories I've Loved I'm captivated by stories about space--the unknown, the possibilities, the unimaginable challenges, the...


Aug 16, 2023
Review of Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros
The first in this dragon rider series by Yarros is full of dramaaaaatic teen angst, a cutthroat path to becoming a warrior, bucking...


Jul 26, 2023
Review of Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
In the second installment in Leigh Bardugo's Alex Stern series, Alex is as brave, scowling, and unapologetic as ever--and Darlington will...


Jul 25, 2023
Review of Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo
ICYMI: When tough, stubborn Alex Stern is offered a new start after surviving a mysterious multiple homicide, she becomes an unlikely...


Jun 8, 2023
Review of Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle #1) by Tracy Deonn
The first in the series sets up a strong young Black heroine who bucks tradition as she explores her own heritage, flexes her newfound...


May 30, 2023
Review of Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone #1) by Alexandra Bracken
Alternative Arthurian legends twist through this first in a young adult fantasy series, but what hooked me was the fearless, hardened,...


Apr 14, 2023
Six Favorite Bossy Fantasy Reads from the Past Year
Six Favorite Fantasy Reads I love spending Fridays raving about books I've loved! I've also recently posted about favorite reads from...


Apr 4, 2023
Review of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
VenCo offers feminist, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed witches bound together by mysterious forces who undergo a quest to secure their...


Mar 17, 2023
Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year
Six More Great Bossy Science Fiction Reads The Obsessive Wrap-Up of Favorite Reads continues! A while back I posted about Six Four-Star...