Severance by Ling Ma REVIEW

I have been saying for about a month that we are living in the prologue of a dystopian novel. Severance is that novel. It is not for the faith of heart. It points a funhouse mirror on our world and asks: how did you handle it? The year is 2011. Candace Chen is a New

The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler REVIEW

“When global climate change and economic crisis lead to social chaos in the early 2020s…” is the first clause on the back of my copy of The Parable of the Sower. When I started to look for more diverse authors in the spring of 2020, I was led down a path of black science fiction

Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West review

I saw this book’s beautiful cover on Instagram and entered a giveaway to win it. I didn’t know when it appeared on my doorstep, that it would be a sparkling debut that would burrow it’s way into my soul.  Alice King is dead. She was shot in her own doorway, leaving behind her twenty-four year

Atomic Love by Jennie Fields review

I am going to be honest and say that Atomic Love is not what I expected. I went in expecting historical drama, and what I got was historical romance.  In 1950’s Chicago, women have been asked to leave the ‘men’s’ workplaces and go back to ‘women’s work.’ Rosalind was one of these women, but for

Resistor: An Eerden Novel (Ellinor #1) by C.E. Clayton REVIEW

Thank you Book Sirens and C.E. Clayton for an eARC of this book! Ellinor Olyesha Rask is pronounced exactly how you would expect.  Okay, now that is out of the way. Ellinor Olyesha Rask is a great main character, and I want more and that’s that.  The scifi world building is so fun and cool. 

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn REVIEW

Twenty years ago, this book was published, but it seems like it could take place at any time. This book’s language use is the most amusing the alphabet has been in a very long time.  It may not be the most groundbreaking book I’ve ever read, but it does what it sets out to do. 

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson REVIEW

Science fiction is slowly creeping its way to one of my favorite genres. The reason is because of stories like The Space Between Worlds. It is female driven, diverse, and full of character. The science is cool, but it doesn’t bog down the plot and character development like in classic science fiction.  To visit other

Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson REVIEW

In the pages of this novel, I got two of my favorite things: unsurprising romance tropes and surprising fantasy world building. Pearson wrote a young adult fantasy that did not once make me groan over cliches or make me growl over characters’ inability to communicate. Kazi is a young thief turned Rahtan (a soldier for

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia REVIEW

This book had everything: creepy dreams, an eerie house, and a misty graveyard. Usually, I don’t like horror (if you read my The Shadows review, I talk a lot about it), but I couldn’t put this down! The main character, Noemí, is the horror story hero I want. She never does anything that makes me

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett REVIEW

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett was difficult for me to read.  Not because of quality, but I had difficulty reading because of the weight of the text.  Each character has layers upon layers of complexities.  Each scene in the thirty year span of this story is strongly selected.  This book was more than just