For Artemis Ialan, an ex-convict and trash collector living on a planet that has been reduced to a toxic wasteland, the opportunity to compete on an intergalactic dating show starring the prince and princess set to inherit the galactic empire is at once a dream… and a nightmare. After agreeing to an underhanded deal toRead 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
A Caravan of Teenage Grim Reapers: When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson Review
A year after her sister, Adeline, dies under mysterious circumstances, a ragtag group of teenage girls descend upon Roslyn Volk’s small Midwestern town and make her an offer that she can’t refuse in Alexis Henderson’s When I Was Death. The girls (Naomi, Skye, Riley, Iona, Chloe, and the enigmatic Shiloh, who catches Roslyn’s eye from theRead More
A Virtual Mess: Virtually Perfect by Melissa Sky Review
In Virtually Perfect by Melissa Sky, our main character Talia is a Jewish lesbian pushing forty who prefers to speak with a shockingly flirty AI chatbot named Zephyr rather than invest in any human relationships IRL. She drifts through her life like a ghost; which is ironic, considering that she is a philosophy professor who studies lesbianRead More
Gory Survival Horror at a Craft Store: Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer Review
Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer is both a visceral survival horror and a balm to survivors of homophobic violence perpetrated by religious institutions everywhere. Once upon a time, Ruth was engaged to a man named Charlie, on track to become a picture-perfect, god-fearing, trad wife. Until, that is, Charlie becomes increasingly more involved with NewRead More
Let’s Make a Deal: The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur
Alexandria Bellefleur’s The Devil She Knows is a sweet-as-sin sapphic romance. Our main character, Sam, is an underpaid and overworked pastry chef, disrespected by her boss who refuses to give her the promotion that they both know she deserves. The rotten cherry on top of the shitty sundae comes when Sam’s proposal to her would-be fiancée goes horriblyRead More
Kit reviews Valhalla by Ari Bach
Violet MacRae is one of the aimless millions crowding northern Scotland. In the year 2330, where war is obsolete and only brilliant minds are valued, she emerges into adulthood with more brawn than brains and a propensity for violence. People dismiss her as a relic, but world peace is more fragile than they know. InRead More
Women Float Virtual Book Tour: Kit reviews Women Float by Maureen Foley, plus audio excerpt from the author
Anyone who has ever seen me on the internet for any length of time knows that I wish all stories could be made into audiobooks. I spend half my life legally blind. It would make me happy. But I’m also sure that even average narration does one of two things to most stories. First, itRead More
Kit reviews For Want of a Fiend by Barbara Ann Wright
For Want of a Fiend / Barbara Ann Wright Bold Strokes Books, May 2013. ebook. Princess Katya Nar Umbriel’s uncle Roland rose from the grave, kidnapped her cousin, and stripped her of her greatest weapon—her Fiendish power. Without her Fiend, Katya doubts her ability to weather the storm her uncle is brewing. When she lacksRead More
Kit reviews The Daughter Star by Susan Jane Bigelow
The Daughter Star / Susan Jane Bigelow Candlemark and Gleam, release date May 28 2013 (e-ARC) What a rotten way for everything to turn out. Freighter pilot Marta Grayline is grounded, trapped on her miserable home planet by an intrasystem war that’s separated her from her beautiful girlfriend, her career, and everything she loves. WhenRead More