The Isle in the Silver Sea is my second Tasha Suri novel. I read The Jasmine Throne in 2024 and found myself impressed with the world building. Whilst its sequel still sits on my ever-growing TBR pile, I knew I couldn’t pass up the chance to read this new release when I saw it advertised—partially because lady knights!Read More
Throughout Space and Time: Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon
Seth Haddon’s Volatile Memory follows scavenger Wylla as she the call of an alluring piece of tech—one that will make her a lot of money. Things are not as they seem: the tech is attached to a dead body, and once removed, it speaks to her. What follows leads our mask, HAWK, and Wylla to race acrossRead More
It’s All in the Cards: Saturn Returning by Kim Narby
Saturn Returning centres around three friends (Trace, Silvia, and Jordan) who we follow in two timelines, past and present. In the past, we see how they first meet at college, how Jordan begins to come out of her shell and explores her sexuality; how Trace is a sucker for girls and falls hard when she fallsRead More
A Lesbian Vampire Classic: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
I picked up The Gilda Stories a few years ago after it was published as a Vintage Classic in 2023: 32 years after its release. I was curious to see what book had been blurbed by Sarah Waters and excited by the fact it was a black lesbian vampire story. To describe it with thoseRead More