post-apocalyptic

REVIEW: the dead and the gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

REVIEW: the dead and the gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Dear Ms. Pfeffer, Your previous novel, Life As We Knew It, completely blew me away. Your vision of earth overcome by a disrupted climate affected me in a way that hasn’t happened in a very long time. And since I can’t get enough of apocalyptic settings, no matter the genre, I was beside myself when [...]

REVIEW: Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews

Dear Ms. Andrews, When I read your first novel, Magic Bites, I was struck by your fresh worldbuilding. Sometimes I feel like many urban fantasy novels feature similar worldbuilding details. Execution makes all the difference, of course, but because of those similarities, I really appreciate unique worldbuilding when a book presents it to me. That [...]

REVIEW: Twist by Colby Hodge

REVIEW: Twist by Colby Hodge

Dear Ms. Hodge, I greatly enjoyed the first batch of books Shomi published last year, so I’ve been looking forward to the imprint’s second offering. Yours is the first of those I’ve read, and for the most part, I am not disappointed. Abbey Shore works her way through architectural school by flipping houses. Her latest [...]