Dear Liu Cixin, Your bestselling science fiction novel translated from Chinese to English by author Ken Liu, The Three Body Problem, caught my attention shortly after its publication in the US last summer. After reading the kindle sample and the cover blurb (the latter contains big spoilers), I was both ... more >
Dear Ms. Lin, I’ve enjoyed your recent historical romances very much, so when I saw you would be writing a new series set in a steampunk world based on China during the era of the Boxer Rebellion, I requested a copy for review. The heroine and narrator of Gunpowder Alchemy ... more >
Dear Ms. Ione: I’ve been on a contemporary romance kick for a good long time now, and felt like maybe it was time to switch it up. I remember enjoying your first few Demonica books, so when Bound by Night and your new release, Chained by Night were offered to ... more >
Dear Courtney Milan: It’s not often I find a book, of any genre, that makes me want to cheer – let alone a book in the wonderful, yet somewhat repetitive Regency / Regency-feel romance field. The character choices and plots tend to be a little limited. Rakish bad boy meets ... more >
Dear Samantha Ann King: I knew this book was a companion novel going in, and it did a solid job of standing alone – at least when it came to referencing the previous story. A friends-to-lovers premise and a Texan setting made this story sound like it could be something ... more >
Dear Ms. Smith, I greatly enjoyed your YA historical novel, Flygirl, in which a young African American woman passes for white in order to join the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. I loved Ida Mae’s story, so when I saw that you had a new book ... more >