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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

I received a gifted eARC of THE LIES WE CONJURE by Sarah Henning from Tor Teen. Publication Date: 9/17/2024 THE LIES WE CONJURE is set in a world of witchcraft. Ruby and her sister Wren are recruited by a woman to pose as her grandchildren for a formal dinner. The resemblance is uncanny and the… Continue reading THE LIES WE CONJURE by Sarah Henning

I received a gifted ARC of THE DEAD CAT TAIL ASSASSINS by P. Djèlí Clark from Tordotcom Publishing. Rating: 5 / 5Publication Date: 8/6/2024 THE DEAD CAT TAIL ASSASSINS follows Eveen, one of the assassins of the title. These aren't actually cats and they don't have tails, but what they are is deadly assassins, emphasis… Continue reading THE DEAD CAT TAIL ASSASSINS by P. Djèlí Clark

I received a gifted ARC of FOUL DAYS by Genoveva Dimova from Tor and a gifted ALC from Macmillan Audio. Rating: 4.5 / 5Publication Date: 6/25/2024 FOUL DAYS follows Kosara, a witch in the walled city of Chernograd. Kosara lives in a world of spirits and various monsters, but she has bigger dangers to face.… Continue reading FOUL DAYS by Genoveva Dimova