A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChina / contemporary fantasy / Dark / Dubai / fiction with strong romantic elements / friendship / India / joint review / journey / LGBTQIA+ / London / New York City / plot twists / POC / Portugal / Recommended Reads / reframing / Wales / YA fantasy3 Comments
Jennie and I reviewed the first two books in Naomi Novik’s Scholomance series, A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate, together (the first with Sirius) and we both really, really liked them. After a breathless wait for The Golden Enclaves (the previous book had one hell of a cliffhanger) the ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArt / astronomy / non-fiction / science / space2 Comments
Hundreds of deep space missions since the 1960s have captured stunning photographs of the cosmos. Many of these scientific images can also be classified as art. This book highlights more than 100 examples, revealing the splendor of our universe. This book is a gallery of human accomplishment that celebrates the ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsAvalon Bay / Contemporary / NetGalley / second chance5 Comments
CWs: mildly spoilerish so click at your own risk Dear Elle Kennedy, Bad Girl Reputation is the second book in your Avalon Bay series and the follow up to last year’s Good Girl Complex. Readers first met Evan Hartley in Good Girl Complex when his twin brother, Cooper, got his ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsAlien Hero / Gods of Misfortune / SFF m/m romanceNo Comments
Regi and Dante landed on one of the Empire’s border planets while the exalteds try to understand the involvement of the gods. Regi’s people are xenophobic, so he’s determined that his crew will make a good impression. The alternative is unthinkable, especially with so many Kowri suggesting that the gods ... more >
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Book Reviews / C ReviewsAustralia / Australian Outback / found family / m/m romance / novella / Small-Town5 Comments
When Fergus Galloway takes on a research trip to a tiny mining town in the far Western Australian outback, he’s as far from Sydney as he can get. Which is entirely the point. He arrives in Pannalego totally unprepared for the baking heat, unprepared for the people who call it ... more >