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
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. 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
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
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass was released on August 11, 2026. With her roots in fantasy romance, Leslye Penelope is an author I’d seen discussed but had never really sought out in the… Continue reading Science Fantasy Novel Review: The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass by Leslye Penelope
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. A Trade of Blood was released on August 4, 2026. For much of the summer, I’ve been struggling to find long reads that truly captured my attention. With air travel ahead, I was looking… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett
This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Everybody’s Perfect was released on June 30, 2026. I’ve heard a lot about Jo Walton—both for her fiction and her nonfiction—but the only novel of hers I’d read was Lifelode, a strange, experimental piece… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: Everybody’s Perfect by Jo Walton
