Despite an impressive collection of genre awards, Amal El-Mohtar had not published a solo work longer than a novelette until this year. So perhaps it’s no surprise that her first solo novella would be one of those books with hype levels that were off-the-charts. It was only a matter of time before I got to… Continue reading Fantasy Novella Review: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. The Memory Hunters was released on July 29, 2025. Seeing a romance reference and an Indiana Jones name-check in the first line of the blurb had me ready to skip Mia Tsai’s new fantasy, The Memory… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: The Memory Hunters by Mia Tsai
We’ve reached the finals of the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4), and the three finalists chosen on my team’s side of the bracket have been joined by three more from the other side. Over the course of the summer, we’ll be reading and scoring these three books that came with such glowing recommendations from Peripheral Prospectors and Ground Control to Major Tom.… Continue reading Sci-fi Book Review: Yours Celestially by Al Hess
We’ve reached the finals of the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4), and the three finalists chosen on my team’s side of the bracket have been joined by three more from the other side. Over the course of the summer, we’ll be reading and scoring these three books that came with such glowing recommendations from Peripheral Prospectors and Ground Control to Major Tom. And… Continue reading Sci-fi Novel Review: Saint Elspeth by Wick Welker
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. Uncertain Sons and Other Stories will be released on September 16, 2025. I’ve been reading Thomas Ha’s work for about four years now, and even though his most natural genre (weird horror) is one I… Continue reading Sci-fi/Horror Short Fiction Review: Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha
V.E. Schwab has a huge readership, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was all over the place in 2020, but it passed me by at the time, and didn’t give much thought to circling back until it was picked up by my in-person book club this year. My online friends had wildly disparate responses,… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
T. Kingfisher is having a moment in genre fandom. Two consecutive Hugo Award wins have given her honors in five separate categories, and she’s made the shortlist in two categories in 2025. I’ve already reviewed the Best Novel finalist A Sorceress Comes to Call, and today I’ll be looking at Best Novella finalist What Feasts… Continue reading Horror Novella Review: What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
We’ve reached the finals of the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4), and the three finalists chosen on my team’s side of the bracket have been joined by three more from the other side. Over the course of the summer, we’ll be reading and scoring these three books that came with such glowing recommendations… Continue reading Sci-fi Novel Review: Whiskey and Warfare by E.M. Hamill
T. Kingfisher has been popular for a while, but her popularity has grown immensely in the last two years, where her Hugo wins for Best Novella and Best Novel has made her just the fourth person ever (and second named Ursula) to win Hugos in the Novel, Novella, Novelette, and Short Story categories. She also… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Inner Space will be released on July 15, 2025. Jakub Szamalek wasn’t an author I’d heard of before this year, but I’m always looking for intriguing books from outside the US, UK, and Canada,… Continue reading Sci-fi Novel Review: Inner Space by Jakub Szamalek
