book reviews Review: “A Wild Radiance” By Maria Ingrande Mora November 12, 2025 / November 12, 2025 by Eddie M. | Leave a Comment “A Wild Radiance” is a bold, emotionally charged fantasy that marries high concepts (magic, revolution, industrialization) with deeply personal stakes (identity, desire, belonging). It isn’t shy about spectacle nor about tenderness: it invites you into a world that is both irrepressibly imaginative and sharply attuned to oppression and hope. If you enjoy YA (Young adult) […] Read more » fantasy Fiction LGBTQ young adult
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
Audio books book reviews REVIEW: Three Days in June by Anne Tyler February 11, 2025 / August 7, 2025 by Star Cat Books | Leave a Comment This lovely little novel centers around Gail Blaine — mother, ex-wife, suddenly unemployed educator — and three days surrounding her daughter’s (Debbie) wedding. And her ex, Max, who shows up unannounced for said wedding, expecting to stay at Gail’s house. With a cat. Not his, he claims, but a foster; does Gail mind that the […] Read more » Fiction
Audio books book reviews REVIEW: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid January 31, 2025 / August 7, 2025 by Mae Vincent The writer of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six has done it again! Atmosphere is so well done, it’s a gorgeous portrait of NASA’s space shuttle program in the 80s that manages to be entertaining, emotional, and downright gorgeous. The story was told in a creative and captivating way, […] Read more » Fiction LGBTQA Romance Space