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I received a gifted copy of EXTREMITY by Nicholas Binge from Tordotcom Publishing. Publication Date: 9/2/2025 EXTREMITY is set in a not too too distant future. Julia was once a celebrated police detective until something went wrong and she was let go. When billionaire Bruno Donaldson, a man she once went under cover to investigate,… Continue reading EXTREMITY by Nicholas Binge

I received a gifted copy of CINDER HOUSE by Freya Marske from Tordotcom and Macmillan Audio. Publication Date: 10/7/2025Rating: 4 / 5 CINDER HOUSE is a queer Cinderella retelling with more than one twist. Ella is our heroine, but she starts off the story as a ghost. Ella was killed at sixteen and her spirit… Continue reading CINDER HOUSE by Freya Marske

I received a gifted copy of DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan from Tordotcom Publishing and a gifted audiobook copy from Macmillan Audio! Rating: 4 / 5Publication Date: 9/30/2025 DAEDALUS IS DEAD is a retelling of Greek mythology. Daedalus is the man responsible for creating the Labyrinth to trap the Minotaur. He's also the father… Continue reading DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan

I received a gifted copy of MAKING HISTORY by K.J. Parker from Tordotcom Publishing. Publication Date: 9/2/2025 MAKING HISTORY is set in the kingdom of Aelia. The king is determined to go to war with their neighboring kingdom, but they are a peaceful people. First Citizen Gyges is not giving up, though, so he's come… Continue reading MAKING HISTORY by K.J. Parker

I received a gifted copy of AUTOMATIC NOODLE by Annalee Newitz from Tordotcom Publishing. Publication Date: 8/5/2025Rating: 4 / 5 AUTOMATIC NOODLE is set in a future world where California has gone to war with the United States to separate as a sovereign state. San Francisco is in the process of rebuilding. It has become… Continue reading AUTOMATIC NOODLE by Annalee Newitz

I received a gifted copy of VOLATILE MEMORY by Seth Haddon from Tordotcom Publishing. Publication Date: 7/22/2025Rating: 3.5 / 5 VOLATILE MEMORY follows Wylla, a trans woman living in a very different future world. She is a scavenger, using a ship barely holding together to collect objects for sale. When an alert is made that… Continue reading VOLATILE MEMORY by Seth Haddon

I received a gifted copy of MURDER BY MEMORY by Olivia Waite from Tordotcom Publishing. Rating: 4 / 5 MURDER BY MEMORY is set aboard the HMS Fairweather, a luxurious interstellar passenger liner. This is set in a time where people can upload their memories into backups that can be downloaded into a newly created… Continue reading MURDER BY MEMORY by Olivia Waite

I received a gifted copy of ROSE/HOUSE by Arkady Martine from Tordotcom Publishing. Rating: 3.5 / 5 ROSE/HOUSE features a house by the same name. Rose House was created by an architect now dead, forever entombed in the house he created. Once a year the house is opened to one of the architect's former protégés… Continue reading ROSE/HOUSE by Arkady Martine

I received a gifted copy of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by Amal El-Mohtar from Tordotcom Publishing. Rating: 4 / 5Publication Date: 3/4/2025 THE RIVER HAS ROOTS is a fantasy novella coming in at just under 100 pages. Along the river Liss is Thistleford where two Hawthorn sisters live along the borders of Faerie. Where Ysabel… Continue reading THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by Amal El-Mohtar

I received a gifted copy of THE PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN by Sofia Samatar from Tordotcom Publishing. Rating: 3.5 / 5 THE PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN is set on a mining ship that has left earth far behind. The boy was one of the Chained, kept locked in the lower levels… Continue reading THE PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN by Sofia Samatar