January 21, 2025

Waiting for Fairies

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Review: Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne

This book is the conclusion to the Ink & Sigil series, and it wraps all the important things up with a really nice, bloody bow. This book includes: hobgoblin legacies, socialist death cults, solved mysteries, Gladys Who Has Seen Some Shite (everyone’s favorite!), and an Irish death goddess deep in the perilous mines of online […]

Review: How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler

Honestly, I feel like this book is my reward for all the Eddings, Brooks, Goodkind, et al, that I spent reading as a child. If you spent a childhood reading as many high fantasy hero’s journeys as you could get your hands on… this book is redemption and reward. If you ever read any of […]

Review: Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner

Godkiller was a book that I loved. It was about quests, and found families, and delicious revenge. And yet, if Godkiller was the pebble, then Sunbringer is the avalanche following right behind. Inevitable and full of characters with hard choices, I can’t help but think of it as a metaphor for US politics. First there’s […]

Review: Aftermarket Afterlife by Seanan McGuire

I’m not sure I’ve ever reviewed a book from this series before, but that’s not because I don’t love it. In fact, it’s probably in my top 3 favorite series of all time. Seanan McGuire’s mind is as methodical and bloody as something from a Saw movie (I assume… I’m too chicken to watch those). […]

Review: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

There are only two small reasons why I’m not declaring this book my book of the year: 1) it’s January and 2) I technically read this last year. But if this volume doesn’t end up on a ton of ‘best of’ lists this year, then it’ll be a travesty. Here’s my summary of the book […]

Review: Uncanny Vows by Laura Anne Gilman

I love this series. I love the Harker siblings. I especially love Botheration, our lovable Hellhound companion. This second volume is filled to the brim with a low-level anxiety that is the result of the complications the siblings encountered in the first book. They’re keeping an apocalyptic level secret, even from their own superiors. Everyone […]

Review: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

This book was released a couple of weeks ago, which is lucky for you because you’ll be able to run – not walk – to your local book shop and get this book. And you should, because this one is probably my favorite new author that I’ve read this year. Considering the fact that I […]

Review: Capture the Sun by Jessie Mihalik

Space intrigue, thieving, hoverbike battles, enemies to lovers, corrupt governments, politics, petty revenge, blowing things up, and teleportation I whole-heartedly recommend this book and series. And author in general. I used to be like “HEA romances are boringzo because it’s all irritating couples drama that would be solved if they just talked to each other […]