Five Reasons Why You Need to Read Desdemona and the Deep

Title: Desdemona and the Deep Author: C.S.E. Cooney Publisher: Tor.com Release Date: July 23rd, 2019 Genre(s): Fantasy Subjects and Themes: Fae, LGBTQIAP+ (lesbian mc, trans side character) Page Count: 224 (ebook) Rating: 9.5/10         In Desdemona and the Deep, the spoiled daughter of a rich mining family must retrieve the tithe of …

Reviews: The Border Keeper & The Phantom Forest – Two Underworld Stories, One Good, One Ehh

Title: The Border Keeper Author: Kerstin Hall Publisher: Tor.com Release Date: July 16th, 2019 Genre(s): Fantasy Subjects and Themes: Underworld, Gods, Demons Page Count: 240 (ebook) Rating: 7.0/10         Vasethe, a man with a troubled past, comes to seek a favor from a woman who is not what she seems, and must …

Novella Review: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach – Smart Eco Scifi

Title: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach Author: Kelly Robson Publisher: Tor.com Release Date: March 13th, 2018 Genre: Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalypse Subjects and Themes: Time Travel, Ecology Page Count: 240 (paperback) Rating: 7.5/10       First of all, can we just take a moment to appreciate how fantastic that cover is? Secondly, to all you …

[Review] The Only Harmless Great Thing – Of Sentient Elephants and Radium Girls

Title: The Only Harmless Great Thing Author: Brooke Bolander Publisher: Tor Release Date: January 23rd, 2018 Genre(s): Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Alternate History Page Count: 96 pages Goodreads Rating: 8.5/10       Books like this remind me just why I love Sci-fi/Fantasy. Not that I need reminders. Not really. I grew up teething on SFF stories, …