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September 22, 2022

REVIEW: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / dreams / Emperor / experimental novel / Fantasy / goddess / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m / POC / POC author / quest / resistance/oppression / second-person POV4 Comments

Dear Simon Jimenez, Your debut novel, The Vanished Birds (2020), is one of my favorite science fiction novels of recent years. It earned an A from me when I reviewed it and made my Best of 2020 list. I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the release of The Spear ... more >

April 10, 2014

REVIEW: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

JanineA- Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readscoming-of-age / elves / Emperor / Fantasy / goblins / political intrigue / steampunk34 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms. Addison, After a disappointing reading year in 2013, the past four or so months have comprised one of the best reading streaks I’ve had in a long time. And now comes your fantasy novel, The Goblin Emperor, another stellar book. The novel is set in a fantastical industrial ... more >

March 31, 2014

REVIEW: Assassin’s Gambit by Amy Raby

JanineB- ReviewsAssassin / Emperor / enemies to lovers / Fantasy Romance / Hearts and Thrones series / political intrigue / spy14 Comments

Dear Ms. Raby, In our archives is this review by our own Amy of Assassin’s Gambit by Amy Raby. The BookPushers also have a review and Has has been recommending the book to me for ages. It’s been almost a year since its publication, but I finally picked up Assassin’s ... more >

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