Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsDark Fantasy / discrimination / doctor hero / Fantasy / LGBTQIA / m/m / m/m fantasy / m/m romance / PTSD / Soldier / The Saint of Steel series14 Comments
Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard’s investigations. It’s a peaceful, if solitary profession…until the day when he’s called to the river to examine the latest in a series of mysterious bodies, mangled by some unknown force. Galen ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian characters / Dark Fantasy / Dragon / England / Fantasy / Malaysia / monsters / POC / POC author / short stories / vampiresNo Comments
Nineteen sparkling stories that weave between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead. Spirits Abroad is an expanded edition of Zen Cho’s Crawford Award winning debut collection with nine added stories including Hugo Award winner “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again.” A Datin ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsbetrayal / Dark Fantasy / familiar / friendship / Magic / novella / POC / POC author / redemption / revenge / sorcerer2 Comments
From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a magical novella of revenge and redemption. Yalxi, the deposed Supreme Mistress of the Guild of Sorcerers, is on a desperate mission. Her lover and confidant seized her throne and stole the precious diamond heart, the jewel that is the engine of ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / abortion / bisexual / class differences / Dark Fantasy / Historical / horror / immigrant / Jazz Age / LGBTQIA / literary adaptation / New York City / POC / POC author / racism / social privilege4 Comments
Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsDark Fantasy / fairy tale / Fairy-TalesNo Comments
A lushly illustrated set of dark, captivating fairy tales from the bestselling author of The Gospel of Loki with illustrator Charles Vess (Stardust). The beauty of stories; you never know where they will take you. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviewsbaker / Dark Fantasy / Small-Town / vampires9 Comments
There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it’s unwise to walk. But there hadn’t been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts. Vampires never entered her mind. Review: Dear Robin McKinley, A ... more >