Review: Starworld – Girl Friendships, Family Drama, and Roleplaying via Text

Title: Starworld Author: Audrey Coulthurst & Paula Garner Publisher: Candlewick Press Release Date: April 16th, 2019 Genre(s): YA Contemporary Subjects and Themes: LGBTQIAP+, Female Friendships, Family Page Count: 352 (hardback) Rating: 6.5/10   Sam Jones and Zoe Miller have one thing in common: they both want an escape from reality. Loner Sam flies under the …

Series Review: The Wode – THIS is How You Do a Robin Hood Retelling

By J. Tullos Hennig Publisher: Dreamspinner Press The Robin Hood legend sat beside King Arthur as "stories I was obsessed with as a kid but am now sick to death of thanks to all the retellings that do the same things over and over" (except Robin Hood: Men in Tights. That one's a masterpiece. Fight …

Review: The Hollow Folk – Why You NEED To Read This Brilliant Series

Series: Hollow Folk Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-published Genre(s): Paranormal, Mystery Themes: Mental Health, LGBTQIAP+ Goodreads | Amazon Rating: 10/10 Before we begin, I'd just like to point out that this is a long review. So to prevent the post from being a giant wall of text, I've peppered it with pretty pictures. And not …

[Review] Imposter Syndrome – A Brilliant Combination of Action, Complex Characters, and Heartfelt Examination of Mental Health

Title: Imposter Syndrome (The Arcadia Project 3) Author: Mishell Baker Publisher: Saga Press Release Date: March 13th, 2018 Genre(s): Urban Fantasy Page Count: 481 pages Goodreads Rating: 9.0/10 (Champions of the Genre)       So this review started out as a normal review and then it morphed into a weird self-reflection/series appreciation/review monstrosity. Because …

[Review] Fire Song – A Story of Canadian Aboriginal LGBTQ+ Youth

Title: Fire Song Author: Adam Garnet Jones Publisher: Annick Press Release Date: March 13, 2018 Genre(s): Contemporary, YA Page Count: 232 Goodreads Rating: 6.5/10         It's been a while since I've read Canadian Aboriginal fiction. The last one had been Green Grass, Running Water from my highschool AP English class, which was...well, …

Sufficiently Advanced Magic – So You Want to Be an RPG Character

Title: Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension 1) Author: Andrew Rowe Publisher: Self-published Release Date: April 23rd, 2017 Genre(s): Fantasy, LitRPG Page Count: 623 pages Goodreads page Rating: 7.0/10       Have you ever crafted runes or enchanted your gear in an RPG and wondered how the process might be described, step by step, in …