Category: Reviews

  • How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva – Book Review

    How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – When a halfling, Pansy, and a goblin, Ren, each think they’ve inherited the same cottage, they make a bargain: they’ll live in the house together and whoever is driven out first forfeits their ownership. But when the cottage – and their communities – are threatened by a common enemy, the duo must…

  • City of Others by Jared Poon – Book Review

    City of Others by Jared Poon – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis –In the sunny city of Singapore, the government takes care of everything—even the weird stuff. Benjamin Toh is a middle manager in the Division for Engagement of Unusual Stakeholders (DEUS), and his job is straightforward: keep the supernatural inhabitants of Singapore happy and keep them out of sight. That is, don’t bother the…

  • Cape Fever by Nadia Davids – Book Review

    Cape Fever by Nadia Davids – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – The year is 1920, in a small, unnamed city in a colonial empire. Soraya Matas believes she has found the ideal job as a personal maid to the eccentric Mrs. Hattingh, whose beautiful, decaying home is not far from The Muslim Quarter where Soraya lives with her parents. As Soraya settles into…

  • Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villian Anymore by Emily Krempholtz – Book Review

    Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villian Anymore by Emily Krempholtz – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Guy Shadowfade is dead, and after a lifetime as the dark sorcerer’s right-hand, Violet Thistlewaite is determined to start over—not as the fearsome Thornwitch, but as someone kind. The quaint town of Dragon’s Rest will be her second chance. She’ll set down roots, open a flower shop, keep her sentient (mildly homicidal)…