Trigger warning for briefly nonconsensual BDSM. The word “uneven” is used frequently in book reviews, […]
The Glass Pearls, by Emeric Pressburger
Trigger warning for brief descriptions of medical experimentation and torture committed during the Holocaust. Originally […]
All Your Children, Scattered, by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse
Between April 7 and July 15, 1994, hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and Twa people […]
Days Come and Go, by Hemley Boum
Trigger warnings for brief depictions of domestic violence and rape. Some families seem cursed. Whether […]
At Night All Blood is Black, by David Diop
Once a certain amount of time has passed and once we’ve heard a story the […]
The City of Incurable Women, by Maud Casey
Maud Casey’s The City of Incurable Women brings me back to an old fascination of […]
The Mad Women’s Ball, by Victoria Mas
Trigger warning for rape. In the nineteenth century, a woman could be diagnosed with hysteria […]
A Radical Act of Free Magic, by H.G. Parry
H.G. Parry draws her sprawling historical fantasy to an abrupt close in A Radical Act […]
Two Storm Wood, by Philip Gray
Note: This book was originally scheduled to come out in June 2021. According to Edelweiss, […]
Crossings, by Alex Landragin
Alex Landragin’s Crossings is the kind of book that I’ve been waiting for, but not […]