Review: Déjà Dead

the perfect opening sentence, Kathy Reichs leaves an unmistakable impression of what life as a forensic anthropologist feels like.

Announcement: Awake Cover Reveal

I'm so excited to share with you the cover and blurb for Awake!

Review: Cemetery Boys

This book broke my heart and put it back together again in such a lovely way.

Review: Soulless Manga Volume 1

If you don't like excessively flowery prose, for which Gail Carriger is known, you might prefer this version of her series.

Review: Iron Widow

This book was exactly the book I needed and wanted to read right now. It is violent and cathartic as it screams at the injustices of the traditional Chinese patriarchy in a dystopian future.

18 lessons from 2022

I thought it might be appropriate to write down some of the lessons I've learned in 2022. Some of these are craft, but most of them are life lessons.

Review: I’d Tell You I love You, but Then I’d Have to Kill You

Sophronia is a character who is dreadfully curious about the world, but suffers from the societal restrictions of being a girl.

Review: Etiquette & Espionage

Sophronia is a character who is dreadfully curious about the world, but suffers from the societal restrictions of being a girl.

Review: The Sleeper and the Spindle

With respect to the story, I love the twists he puts on both Snow White and Sleeping Beauty.

Review: Snow, Glass, Apples

I love that Neil Gaiman the Snow White fairy tale it on its head. The queen is a tragic heroine.