Having reached my tolerance limit with two back-to-back romance reviews, I now return to home territory: all things gnarly and body horror-related. This time, we are dealing with rotting limbs, forest cryptids, blood magic, the horrors of pursuing a PhD, and one of the slimiest, grossest fictional billionaires I have had the misfortune of discoveringRead More
An Innovative Reincarnation Romance: The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri
Once upon a time, there was a witch and a knight. They loved each other, and that love led to their deaths. But that death was not permanent, because they were born again, loved again, and died again. And again. And again. And again. Because on the isle, stories are as real and as repetitiveRead More
Rival Comic Artists Find Love: Outdrawn by Deanna Grey
In the world of Deanna Grey’s Outdrawn, Noah Blue is just beginning her role as full-time artist on comic publisher Harpy’s revival of cult classic hero Queen Leisah. Unfortunately, co-lead artist Sage Montgomery expected full creative control on Leisah after a decade proving herself both at Harpy and with her own online webcomic. Worse yet, NoahRead More
Dancing with Death: Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto
Shadow Life follows Kumiko, a 76-year-old lady who has rejected the assisted living home her daughters wanted to send her to, venturing off to find her own apartment and make her own way. She doesn’t tell her daughters where she is (despite one’s persistent pestering) and is determined to make it clear than she is capableRead More
Live Out Your Marine Biologist Dreams with Tessa Yang’s The Jellyfish Problem
Tessa Yang’s debut novel The Jellyfish Problem officially released June 2nd, and the problem is that you haven’t read it yet. The novel follows Dr. Jo Ness–marine biologist, jellyfish enthusiast. After her best friend dies in an accident Jo herself feels responsible for, she drifts through life, unmoored and utterly alone. When her sort-of ex calls afterRead More
A Sapphic, Witchy YA Rom-Com: Charmed and Dangerous by Shelley Page
Charmed and Dangerous by Shelley Page is a teen rom-com that I’ll admit I picked up mostly because I was instantly charmed by the cover. My library got a copy of it, and after DNFing a couple of books and slogging through a third, I really needed something light that I knew would be fun andRead More
A Disappointing Dreamy Fantasy: The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham Review
The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham (June 2, 2026) follows Corin, a thief searching for her missing sister, and Amelia, a princess who’s been asleep for 100 years. Corin stumbles her way into Amelia’s subconscious, where she reunites with her sister, and they proceed to travel through Amelia’s dreams and meet demons, alter-egos,Read More
YA Sapphics on Ice: Just Between Us by Adeline Kon
Shortly after this year’s Winter Olympics, Adeline Kon’s Just Between Us was released and gave all of us sports sapphics a romance set in the high stakes world of figure skating. This young adult graphic novel delivers a medal-worthy ice queen, enemies-to-lovers sports romance filled with solid writing, compelling characters, and gorgeous art. Lydia “Ice Queen” ChenRead More
A Spine-Tingling Thriller About Obsession: The Plans I Have for You by Lai Sanders Review
When a video of Shelley Hu hitting her rock bottom goes viral, it upends her entire life. She loses her spot at Columbia Law, her highly coveted internship at a prestigious law firm, and any hope she once had of building a better life for herself and her mother. Shelley retreats to the town inRead More
Sci-Fi Meets Poetry: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Blue and Red are agents on opposing sides of an ongoing war through time travel. As they both find themselves tired of it all, they begin a clandestine correspondence, eventually falling in love. It’s a dangerous game they play, because if either one of their sides finds out, it could mean their deaths. Both takeRead More
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