Could easily be referred to as “a walking guide of a fantasy Mediterranean region and its environments” and that is perfectly fine and delightful. I loved it.
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I read a lot of SFF and horror, leaning toward the weird, and I adore a good translation (to English) and small press book. I’m queer and I like to read books about queer people and by queer and otherwise marginalized authors. I tend to avoid things that are marketed strongly as YA.
I’m a former bookseller and I’ve never been able to let go on being way too aware of what’s coming out, so my tbr list is a very active living document (and being realistic, highly aspirational).
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Leaf 🍂 rated The third hotel: 4 stars
Witchmark by C. L. Polk
In an original world reminiscent of Edwardian England in the shadow of a World War, cabals of noble families use …
Leaf 🍂 rated Thick as Thieves: 5 stars
Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
Kamet, a secretary and slave to his Mede master, has the ambition and the means to become one of the …
Leaf 🍂 rated A Conspiracy of Kings: 5 stars
A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
Sophos, under the guidance of yet another tutor, practices his swordplay and strategizes escape scenarios should his father's villa come …
Leaf 🍂 rated The King of Attolia: 5 stars
The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Eugenides, still known as a Thief of Eddis, faces palace intrigue and assassins as he strives to prove himself both …
Leaf 🍂 rated The Queen of Attolia: 5 stars
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Forsaken by the gods and left to his own devices, Eugenides, Royal Thief of Eddis, summons all his wit and …
Leaf 🍂 reviewed The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to …
Review of 'The Thief' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Leaf 🍂 reviewed Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett (Founders trilogy series -- 1)
A thief in a city controlled by industrialized magic joins forces with a rare honest …
Review of 'Foundryside' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
The beginning was a touch rocky and I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about this, but the characters are engaging and the magic system is fascinating. Has anyone else written a secondary world fantasy novel about the singularity?
By halfway in I was becoming increasingly upset that I can’t preorder the next book yet.
Leaf 🍂 rated The Girl in The Tower: 5 stars
The Girl in The Tower by Katherine Arden
"The magical adventure begun in The Bear and the Nightingale continues as brave Vasya, now a young woman, is forced …
Leaf 🍂 rated Trail of Lightning: 5 stars
Leaf 🍂 rated The Black God’s Drums: 4 stars
The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
In an alternate New Orleans caught in the tangle of the American Civil War, the wall-scaling girl named Creeper yearns …
Leaf 🍂 rated Spinning Silver: 5 stars
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
"A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, called "a very enjoyable fantasy …
Leaf 🍂 rated Waking the moon: 4 stars
Waking the moon by Elizabeth Hand
Sweeney Cassidy is a freshman at the University of the Archangels and St. John the Divine, where she meets the …
Leaf 🍂 rated The Descent of Monsters: 4 stars
Neon Yang: The Descent of Monsters (Paperback, 2018, Tor.com)
The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang (Tensorate, #3)
JY Yang continues to redefine the limits of silkpunk fantasy with their Tensorate novellas, which the New York Times lauded …