book reviews bookstores Bradford VT come on in! ebooks new books New Stuff online bookstore Uncategorized Review: “Kill the Beast” – Serra Swift October 16, 2025 / October 16, 2025 by nikatichi | Leave a Comment “Lyssa leaned her elbows against the counter and watched the Morning Star’s proprietor, Molly, fill another pint glass. She was a buxom battle-axe with a slash of a mouth and a gleam in her eye that said she welcomed trouble, if it meant she got to use the lovingly polished mace hanging above the liquor […] Read more » #fantasy #romantasy #Faerytale #fairytale #witches #fairies #fae
book reviews ”We Burned So Bright” T.J. Klune October 15, 2025 / October 15, 2025 by Eddie M. | Leave a Comment We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune hit me like brick. As a husband here in Vermont, this story felt achingly close to home. It follows Don and Rodney, two men who’ve spent forty years together when they learn the world is ending. They take one last road trip across America, revisiting the places and […] Read more » Adult Fiction Angst LGBT+ Romance Sci-Fi
book reviews red city October 8, 2025 / October 8, 2025 by Andrew Phillips | Leave a Comment by Marie Lu in Red City we see Marie Lu writing in an adult vein, but also putting more of her own life into a character than she has done before. The start of the book is gorgeously written as it introduces Sam, an effortlessly brilliant girl who makes herself invisible to those around her, […] Read more »
book reviews Review: Tin Men September 25, 2025 / September 25, 2025 by Eddie M. | Leave a Comment This one caught me off guard—in a good way. I went in expecting a solid military thriller, but The Tin Men ended up being much more thought-provoking than I anticipated. Yes, there’s an investigation into a suspicious death at a top-secret Army base, and yes, there’s the usual DeMille suspense and smartass banter (especially from […] Read more » mystery Sci Fi science fiction Thriller
ARCs book reviews bookstores Bradford VT come on in! cool stuff ebooks new books New Stuff online bookstore sales Uncategorized Vermont Wesley the bookstore cat Review: “Futility” Nuzo OnoH September 25, 2025 / September 27, 2025 by nikatichi | Leave a Comment “Listen well to me, human chicken, and fear tomorrow,” the entity said finally. “Some beasts are born to rule the jungle. Other animals are created to rule the hearts of the humans they share a home with. Then you have the unfortunate creatures whose fates are to serve as sustenance to humanity’s unremitting greed. Finally, […] Read more » Blackauthor horror Horrorbook Newbook
book reviews Review: Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei August 27, 2025 / August 27, 2025 by Eddie M. | Leave a Comment Saltcrop is a beautifully written eco-thriller that balances sweeping speculative world-building with intimate character drama. Yume Kitasei delivers a narrative that is both urgent and heartfelt—a story of survival, love, and the lengths we go to protect both family and planet. Fans of character-driven speculative fiction with ecological resonance—think Bannerless or Walkaway—will find much to […] Read more » eco-thriller Fiction Thriller
book reviews Review: Automatic Noodles August 24, 2025 / August 27, 2025 by nikatichi | Leave a Comment Author – Annalee Newitz Have you seen the hit show “The Bear”? You have? good. Now imagine that show taking place in a post-war U.S.A. and California has succeeded from the U.S.. Replace the crew with bots, specifically H.E.E.I. (Human Equivalant Embodied Intelligence), and make the cuisine spicy noodles. Presto, you have Automatic Noodles. A […] Read more » Sci-Fi SF
book reviews Review: Summer War August 22, 2025 / August 27, 2025 by nikatichi | Leave a Comment Author – Naomi Novik Summer War is a once-upon-a-time epic fantasy told in under a hundred pages. It’s also my introduction to Naomi Novik. A bite sized sampler loaded with battles, royal family dynamics, sorcery, mythical beasts, and a race of immortal beings, this novella feels like a portal into Naomi Novik’s universe of works, […] Read more » Fairytale fantasy Novella
book reviews Katabasis August 22, 2025 / August 22, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment Katabasis, by R. F. Kuang, is a story about two graduate students who use “Magick” to venture to the uniquely imagined depths of hell crafted by Kuang in order to rescue their doctoral thesis advisor who was mysteriously found not just dead, but torn to pieces atop a chalked alchemical circle the main charater had […] Read more » Classical literature fantasy New Adult young adult
book reviews Review: Midnight Timetable August 22, 2025 / August 22, 2025 by Eddie M. | Leave a Comment The Midnight Timetable unfolds like a nocturnal dream—or perhaps a nightmare—set within the creeping corridors of a mysterious research institute where cursed objects aren’t just stored, they speak. Tasked with the night shift, our unnamed protagonist navigates echoing hallways and vanishing doors, cataloging relics that carry human emotions and histories far darker than they appear. […] Read more » Sci-Fi Thriller
