This is a perfect sapphic fall romance. It’s atmospheric, a little bit angsty, and wickedly hilarious. Emmy Harlow’s been away from her hometown of Thistle Grove for nine years, and just about the only thing that could drag her back was a pleading letter from her father asking her to uphold the family tradition inRead the Post
Review: Luminous – Mara Rutherford
Stories about teens learning to love their magic always are one of my favorite YA fantasy tropes, and that cover is so pretty. Unfortunately, the rest of the book didn’t quite live up to it. “Magic—especially the kind people wielded deliberately—was as much of a mystery to me as the world outside Sylvan.” Liora hasRead the Post
Review: Certain Dark Things – Silvia Moreno-Garcia
That cover is gorgeous! And hey, who doesn’t want to read a book about a vampire and her glowing dog? “Bribes could buy almost anything back north, but this was not the North. This was good old Mexico City, which had fallen to the Spaniards but would not yield to vampires.” In this alternate world,Read the Post
Review: Witch Please – Ann Aguirre
Content notes: Yes, the book is just as sweet and adorable as the cover suggests. At one point, Titus feels like he’s “stumbled into a mystic portal where everything was weirder and more interesting and infinitely better” which honestly is a pretty good description of how I felt reading this book. Danica and her cousin ClemRead the Post
Review: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina – Zoraida Córdova
Content notes: Magical realism isn’t usually my thing, but I couldn’t resist that unbelievably gorgeous cover. And I am ever so glad I picked this book up. It’s about generational trauma and making a home and family secrets, about how bringing those secrets into the light can wound and heal. “Orquídea was so many things: evasive,Read the Post
Review: The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor – Shaenon K. Garrity & Christopher J. Baldwin
Content notes: The absolutely ridiculous title is what first made me pick up this humorous take on a gothic romance novel. It’s over the top but ultimately a quick and fun read. After attempting to rescue a stranger, Haley wakes up to find herself cast as the “maiden” in one of her beloved gothic romanceRead the Post
Review: The Godstone – Violette Malan
Content notes: An epic fantasy with an artifact with world-ending ramifications sounds right up my alley.. except this didn’t quite work out for me. “I am thinking how much I could have learned from you over the years of our acquaintance if I had known who and what you were.” He went still as aRead the Post
Review: The Bone Way – Holly J. Underhill
Content notes: Of course I jumped on a sapphic retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice. I mean, have you seen that cover? And while this novella got some things right, unfortunately, there were several things that didn’t quite work for me. When Tegan wakes up to an empty cottage, she knows the worst has happened. HerRead the Post
Review: The Jasmine Throne – Tasha Suri
Content warnings: I adored Tasha Suri’s Ambha books and there was no doubt that I was going to pick up this book, and then they released the cover and I practically died from joy. Look, the only reason it took me several days to read this book is because I had to keep putting itRead the Post
Review: The Witch King – H. E. Edgmon
Content warnings: I loved this book. There’s going to be inevitable comparisons to Aiden Thomas’ Cemetery Boys as both are written by trans authors and star magical trans characters. But besides that, they both feature excellent world-building, extremely relatable main characters, and emotionally resonant storytelling. I cried during the preliminary author’s note (that’s a record for me,Read the Post
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