I have been struggling since January 20 as I’ve watched people I didn’t vote for […]
These Days, by Lucy Caldwell
There is a distinct sense of anticipation at the beginning of Lucy Caldwell’s novel, These […]
Girl Falling, by Hayley Scrivenor
The first pages of Hayley Scrivenor’s novel, Girl Falling, show us the worst thing that […]
The Naturalist Society, by Carrie Vaughn
To know the name of a living thing is to be able to harness its […]
The Empusium, by Olga Tokarczuk
Trigger warning for brief discussion of suicide. In the years before a cure was available […]
The Traitor Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickinson
Trigger warnings for anti-LGBTQ+ ideology and references to violence towards LGBTQ people. Baru Cormorant’s life […]
Clear, by Carys Davies
For roughly 100 years, landowners across Scotland forced their tenants off the land. Although economic […]
A True Account, by Katherine Howe
Professor Marian Beresford is prone to temptation. As a lesbian in 1930s America, she has […]
Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk
Every book I’ve read by C.L. Polk is better than the last. I liked Witchmark. […]
He Who Drowned the World, by Shelley Parker-Chan
Trigger warning for rape. Shelley Parker-Chan concludes her fantastical account of the meteoric rise of […]