Small reviews: Hugo nominated short stories

So as I explained in my post on the Hugo nominated novellas, I've signed up for the Worldcon supporter membership, which gives you access to the "voter packet", in which most authors and publishers kindly provide their nominated works for you to review! Not free, but a very cheap price for the year's favourites. So …

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Review: A Dowry of Blood, by S.T. Gibson

I requested this book as an ARC back when this blog was fairly new - and I was fairly new to Netgalley... so I then did not download it in time, it got archived, and I couldn't access it anymore. But the concept - brides of Dracula, but make it queer(er), kept intriguing me, so …

Review: The Luminous Dead, by Caitlin Starling

I'm in a reading slump at the moment, so for F/F Friday I've decided to share with you my review of this book I read last year. It's stayed with me ever since, and I've recommended it a couple times over the months, so I thought it'd be good to talk about it in a …

Review: Other Words for Smoke, by Sarah Maria Griffin

A bit late for F/F February, but I did finally read Other Words for Smoke. I bought it some time during the summer, where bookshops were no longer in lockdown and you could actually browse. Did not expect it to be in YA (all I knew about it was from following the author on twitter), …

Review: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Curse whoever told me to read that book, though to be honest it's probably everyone and no-one in particular. Listen, I've been hearing about this one for years! And it looks pretty cool too! And I'm well aware I'm late to the party (though happy that I can jump onto the next book now instead …

Rise of One

The story As zombies roamed, the earth went quiet. It is as if every critter knew that the only way to stay safe was to lay silent. Rise and his coven were running out of fresh blood to feed on. With only one human – albeit pampered beyond belief – at their disposal, there wasn’t …