Swindlers & Sentient Shadows | Book of Night by Holly Black
A gritty urban fantasy featuring shadow magic and heists is intriguing and well thought-out, but suffers from pacing issues.
A Victorian Hellscape | The Wages of Sin by Kaite Welsh
A brutally honest portrait of the various ways in which Victorian society made life for women unlivable.
Emotional Neglect, Misogyny & Bad Parenting | Places We’ve Never Been by Kasie West
A lovely coming-of-age novel is undermined by toxic parenting that the author fails to address.
The Weaponization of White Privilege | We All Fall Down by Rose Szabo
In which a white woman frames a gay Black man for a murder she knows he didn't commit, but he's the bad guy, actually.
Goodbye, May!
A very sad look at my very sad reading activities in May 2022.
Goodbye, April!
Spring has sprung, books are nice, blah blah blah.