If it hadn’t been for the horses, none of what happens in Jonas Jonasson’s hilarious […]
The Scarlet Ball, by Nghi Vo
For Judith Ban–half Vietnamese, on the run, friendless–intelligence and ruthlessness are all that keeps her […]
The Halls of the Dead, by S.M. Hallow
Trigger warning for gore. S.M. Hallow puts a spin on necromancy I’ve never seen before […]
Harbour of Hungry Ghosts, by Eliza Chan
Au Kiamling may be one of the most stubborn characters I’ve ever encountered in fiction. […]
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
It was a delight to re-read Persuasion, by Jane Austen, along with some of the […]
The Other Bennet Sister, by Janice Hadlow
I always wondered about Mary Bennet, the middle Bennet daughter, originally introduced to us in […]
Feast, by Catherine Kurtz
Trigger warning for rape, racism. At the outset of Catherine Kurtz’s troubling novel, Feast, Minha […]
This House Will Feed, by Maria Tureaud
Maggie O’Shaughnessy has lost everything: her family, her home, her lover. She almost lost her […]
A Perfect Hand, by Ayelet Waldman
The further I got into Ayelet Waldman’s incredible new novel, A Perfect Hand, the more […]
The Sea Child, by Linda Wilgus
Isabel brings a lot of secrets with her to her very humble new home in […]