Life has never been easy for Karys. From her impoverished childhood in a remote fishing […]
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From Through Gates of Garnet and Gold, by Seanan McGuire: To be kind to a […]
Daughter of Crows, by Mark Lawrence
Trigger warning for child abuse. Assassins aren’t supposed to get old, especially ones that serve […]
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, by Ilona Andrews
We never learn how Maggie ended up inside the world of her favorite fantasy series, […]
No Man’s Land, by Richard K. Morgan
Duncan Silver’s Great War never ended; it was only the enemy that changed. After he […]
Nonesuch, by Francis Spufford
Iris Hawkins knows what she wants. She wants a fun night with a man. She […]
The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru, by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
In the heart of Paris, in the heart of the community of Russian exiles, Zina […]
Cabaret in Flames, by Hache Pueyo
Trigger warnings for references to sexual and physical abuse of children. An extraordinarily hard life […]