Book Reviews & Recommendations
Book Review: Totally and Completely Fine by Elissa Sussman – A Tender Story of Grief, Love, and Rediscovery Elissa Sussman, bestselling author of Funny You Should Ask, returns with Totally and Completely Fine, a heartfelt and emotionally rich novel about grief, second […]
Cassandra Khaw’s The Library at Hellebore is not your typical dark academia novel. Where others flirt with danger and decadence, Khaw dives headfirst into a world soaked in blood, dread, and devoured flesh. This book is horror academia at its most unhinged, […]
Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson begins as a gentle, honey-scented sapphic romance and ends as a full-blown nightmare. At first glance, it feels like the perfect cozy novella: farmers’ markets, pastel soaps, homemade cupcakes, and the spark of a new romance between […]
In Silvercloak, the first book in The Silvercloak Saga, L.K. Steven and Laura Steven invite readers into a world where magic is not a gift but a transaction fueled by pleasure and pain. It’s a darkly seductive premise that sets the tone […]
Samantha Shannon returns to the Roots of Chaos universe with a sweeping, stand-alone prequel that proves epic fantasy can be both thunderous and intimate. Set roughly five centuries before The Priory of the Orange Tree, A Day of Fallen Night charts the […]
Yasmin Zaher’s debut, The Coin, is a razor-edged portrait of a young Palestinian woman trying to reinvent herself in New York City while her body, memory, and politics keep tugging her back to the past. Part immigrant tale, part psychological spiral, part […]
In The Once and Future Witches, Alix E. Harrow takes readers back to 1893 New Salem, where witches are no more than whispers and nursery rhymes. Yet beneath the polished veneer of progress, three estranged sisters are about to rewrite history. With […]
Jeff Hiller’s Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success is that rare celebrity memoir that feels both hilarious and healing. Known for his breakout role as Joel in HBO’s Somebody Somewhere, Hiller delivers a deeply funny, tender, and […]
Eliza Clark’s Boy Parts is a ferocious debut that stares straight into the tangle of power, desire, and performance in the twenty-first century. Told in an electrifying first person voice, the novel follows Irina, a fetish photographer in Newcastle who scouts so […]
Malinda Lo’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a breathtaking piece of historical fiction that blends identity, love, and cultural heritage with precision and tenderness. Set in 1950s San Francisco during the height of the Red Scare, it captures both the […]