I heard plenty of good things about Sunyi Dean’s fantasy debut a couple years back, but I never got around to trying it for myself. With even more positive reviews coming out about her newest novel, The Girl with a Thousand Faces, I made sure to quickly move it up the list. The Girl with… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Revolution in the Heart was released on September 22, 2026. I’ve read less of Ursula K. Le Guin than many of my bookish friends, but it’s hard not to appreciate her towering influence over… Continue reading Sci-fi/Fantasy Anthology Review: Revolution in the Heart, edited by Jonathan Strahan
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the editor in exchange for an honest review. Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction was released on October 22, 2024. I made a comment on social media about how intrigued I was by the table of contents of the Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy &… Continue reading Sci-fi/Fantasy Anthology Review: Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume Two
Homebound is one of those books that means to be marketed more heavily outside genre spaces than inside them, but after a couple of friends read and enjoyed it, I decided to grab a copy and give Portia Elan’s debut a try. Homebound takes place along several different timelines, with connections that become more clear… Continue reading Sci-fi Novel Review: Homebound by Portia Elan
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Fist of Memory will be released on October 27, 2026. I’ve been enjoying Wole Talabi’s short fiction for several years now, and though his (award-winning) debut novel wasn’t really my style (it was… Continue reading Sci-fi Novel Review: The Fist of Memory by Wole Talabi
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Strangers will be released on September 22, 2026. Naomi Alderman is an author I’d heard a lot about but never read, so when I saw she had a new novel coming out—even one… Continue reading Sci-fi Novel Review: The Strangers by Naomi Alderman
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Engines of Reason was released on September 1, 2026. Elder Race is a nearly perfect novella and is my favorite thing that Adrian Tchaikovsky has written. It doesn’t need a sequel. But when the… Continue reading Sci-fi Novella Review: Engines of Reason by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I don’t read middle-grade fantasy all that often, but my daughter does, and a late-summer complaint that she was out of books sent me scrambling to recommendation lists in search for quality reads that were stocked on our local library shelves. I returned with three, and she immediately picked up the shortest (Dealing With Dragons… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: The Lost Conspiracy by Frances Hardinge
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Slow Burn was released on August 18, 2026. Amal Singh has come across my reading list with a few short stories in Clarkesworld, and they’re always good reads. So, while short fiction and long… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: Slow Burn by Amal Singh
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Preaching to the Choir was released on August 11, 2026. I first read Adrian Tchaikovsky six or seven years ago, and he quickly became one of my favorite authors. But I soon realized that… Continue reading Horror Novella Review: Preaching to the Choir by Adrian Tchaikovsky
