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These reviews, which were promoted in CBR social media, on our homepage, and in Pajiba Love, appear below by review publication date, not by date featured.

 

“If no one is going to remind you that you are worth more than all of these awful men combined, I will.”

Loud: Accepting Nothing Less than the Life You Deserve by Drew Afualo

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If you don’t follow Drew Afualo on TikTok, your FYP is doing you dirty, because Drew is a delight. I mean, for me, anyways.  Not so much for the ignorant, the misogynistic, the bullies, the shit talkers. For them? Drew is – or she should be – the absolute last person they hope to see. And she revels in it, as is obvious in her book Loud: Accepting Nothing Less than the Life You Deserve. The book is rooted in her work on her platform […]

A Solid Conclusion to the Hillbilly Fantasy Trilogy

The Hippogriff Riders of Oklahoma by Ferrett Steinmetz

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Daisy and Wild-Eye (and adorable baby dragon Ace) are at it again. This time, the two lifelong friends and minor criminals are running cigarettes from Texas back home to Oklahoma at the bequest of Daisy’s werewolf boss Dusty. After a brief interaction with a highway trooper who realizes that its best to stay out of Dusty’s business, Daisy starts mentally hearing cries of distress high in the sky. What swoops down to attack them is a monstrosity of a creature – a hippogriff formed out […]

“The world is wide and full of grace, I promise you.”

A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander

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TJ Alexander’s A Gentleman’s Gentleman is a passion project done very well. I loved it so much. Lord Christopher Eden is a “man of unusual make” who has built a quiet life for himself in the country that he loves. Unfortunately, his father’s will requires that he marry before his birthday in order to fully inherit the family estate. This means leaving going to London for the Season and trying to appear acceptable to society. This means he needs a valet, so he asks that […]

Bruh.

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

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As my kids would say.  A Little Life is a behemoth of a book, focused on the lives of four college friends as they make their way in the world. There’s Willem, attractive and easy-going, who wants to be an actor; Malcolm, an aspiring architect; JB, a promising your artist; and Jude, an enigmatic lawyer with a brilliant mind and a troubled past. We follow their lives as they grapple with fame, addiction, relationships and trauma.  At least, that’s what google will tell you if […]

Not Murderbot, but still good

Witch King by Martha Wells

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I was first introduced to Martha Wells through the reviews of Emmalita – it still took me too long to get there, but once I started the series, I read each book in very quick succession. So, when I was travelling for work and ran out of book, I was so pleased to see Wells’ Witch King at my favourite bookstore. It was on sale! Hardcover! Reasonably sized for carry on! Our protagonist is Kaiiesteron, known as Kai, a demon whose spirit/soul lives in the […]

Less the colour of magic, more the shades

Until We Shatter by Kate Dylan

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Over a year ago now I signed up for a subscription to Illumicrate. Each month I get sent a box filled with beautiful hardback book in the fantasy / science fiction category normally with edge printing and specially done covers and end-pieces, often signed. In addition you get 4 or 5 ‘goodies’ that can be anything from a bookmark to a large fleece throw. Basically it’s a great deal and the only problem was my failure to get my act together and read the damn […]



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