• Review: Blindsight by Peter Watts

    Review: Blindsight by Peter Watts

    Are you reading to dive into a speculative science fiction novel full of aliens, vampires, and monsters? Then it’s time to talk about Blindsight by Peter Watts. Read more

  • Review: The Last House of Needless Street by Catriona Ward

    Review: The Last House of Needless Street by Catriona Ward

    Catriona Ward’s latest novel is a chilling horror novel, one that succeeded in keeping me up well past my ‘bedtime.’ And no, I’m not just saying that because I stayed up late reading The Last House of Needless Street. Read more

  • Review: A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olsen

    Review: A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olsen

    A Forgery of Roses came with my most OwlCrate box, and I was so excited to see it appear at the bottom of the box! I was hoping this would be their choice and thus held off on buying it. I love this edition, though I’ll admit that the original cover is also quite lovely.… Read more

  • Review: Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis

    Review: Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis

    Have you ever found yourself reading Sense and Sensibility and wishing that there were more fantasy elements woven into the story? Well, good news! Following recent trends, Scales and Sensibility, written by Stephanie Burgins, incorporates dragons into this classic Jane Austen story. Read more

  • Short Story Saturday: Snakes and Ladders by Seanan McGuire

    Short Story Saturday: Snakes and Ladders by Seanan McGuire

    Next up in my InCryptid read-through is Snakes and Ladders. Written by Seanan McGuire, this is one of the later Fran/Jon stories in the series – number 12, to be exact. The best part of this story, if you ask me, would have to be Alice and Mary. Read more

  • Review: A Radical Act of Free Magic by H.G. Parry

    Review: A Radical Act of Free Magic by H.G. Parry

    A Radical Act of Free Magic is the second novel in H.G. Parry’s The Shadow Histories, an alternate historical fantasy like I’ve never seen before. I confess that I got so excited by this one that I didn’t stop reading the first novel in the series first (bad me, I know), but I still really… Read more