I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The River Has Roots, two sisters Esther and Ysabel live by a river that flows from …
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Book Review | The Broposal
Yes, it’s a really silly title, but I read it anyway. In The Broposal by Sonora Reyes, Kenny and Alejandro (Han for short) have been best friends since they were in grade school. Now, in their twenties, they’re sharing an apartment as they try to survive adulthood. But Han’s life doesn’t seem to be going …
Book Review | A Burning in the Bones (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Burning in the Bones by Scott Reintgen. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. A Burning in the Bones by Scott Reintgen closes the Waxways trilogy, following Ren Monroe as …
Book Review | The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
I don’t want this series to be over! The Galaxy, and the Ground Within is the final installment in Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series. We find ourselves on the planet Gora, a rather inhospitable place with no native life. It serves merely as a sort of interplanetary truck stop, now that the Galactic Commons has set …
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Book Review | The Tainted Cup
In The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett, Dinios Kol is an assistant investigator for the Empire, working with Ana Dolabra, a well-respected but eccentric investigator. They’re called to look into the death of an imperial official, who was killed when a magical contagion of some kind caused a tree to sprout from his chest. …
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