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Greenteeth By Molly O’Neill
This was a pleasant surprise. Written from the perspective of Jenny Greenteeth, an ancient fae who lives…
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moss
A virus has developed in animals that is deadly to humans. One scratch is enough to kill…
Out of the Window, Into the Dark by Marian Womack
‘Out of the Window, Into the Dark’ is Marian Womack’s denouement for 2024 at least, and already…
Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle
Konstantin Duhovny, Kostya to his family, Bones to his best friend, and Stan, to a girl he…
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
With the TV series of the Wheel of Time completing its third season, I thought now would…
Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
Luce Léon is the daughter of an eighteenth-century Breton ship-owner who one day rescues a drowning man…
A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames
A Harvest of Hearts is set in a fantastical kingdom where magic is fuelled by people’s hearts.…
Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race
Six Wild Crowns transposes infamous Tudor king Henry VIII and his six wives into a fantasy world…
Marginal by Tom Carlisle
In many ways, it’s hard to imagine a world which hadn’t experienced John W. Campbell’s seminal horror…
The Last Song of Penelope By Claire North
This is the last book in North’s ‘Songs of Penelope’ series, telling the previously mostly untold story…