Warning: Spoilers for book 1 follow Dear Jessie Mihalik, The Starlight’s Shadow trilogy, which kicked off with Hunt the Stars, continues with this second installment, Eclipse the Moon. The romantic pairing this time round is Kee Ildez (human, hacker and systems expert) and Varro Runkow (Valoff, telepath, weapons expert), who ... more >
Our conversation on time travel continues with a question from Sirius about Outlander and our list of book recommendations and books to avoid. -Janine Outlander Sirius: Outlander (because I had to ask) – what are your takes on it and do you like how time travel was implemented ... more >
Sirius had some questions for us—and you—about time travel stories. This discussion will run in two parts, with today’s focusing on the questions below and Monday’s reserved for discussing Outlander and for our book recommendations. -Janine Sirius: So this is one of my favorite topics in SFF. I have been ... more >
Dear Jessie Mihalik, The DA reviewers had a conversation post recently about the enemies to lovers trope and whether we liked it or not, when and why. I’m generally not a fan of the trope in contemporary romance but it works well in SFF because the stakes are often believably ... more >
Spoiler alert: There are probably spoilers. I’ve tried to keep them mild. Read at your own risk. CW: discussion of sexual assault (non-graphic), graphic violence Dear Diana Gabaldon, The long-awaited book 9 of the Outlander series is a doorstopper (like most of the earlier books). Ordinarily it would be supremely ... more >
Dear Ann Aguirre, When I saw the cover of Witch Please I had to request it – it put me in mind of “Bewitched” which I remember from my childhood when it was constantly on repeat in the evenings on TV. In some respects, there are some similarities in fact ... more >