Book Review: Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor

Book Review: Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor

Koré is a male courtesan in a world where men are lesser, but he plans to use his skills and connections to make sure his awful father doesn't get the position of leadership he wants. But when Koré is given dragon magic, starts falling for two people whose love he's not sure he's worthy of, fights against necromancy, and learns of various political secrets, things get even more...
 
Bookish News: 2022 Queer SFF Books I’m Excited For (Part 2)

Bookish News: 2022 Queer SFF Books I’m Excited For (Part 2)

At the beginning of the year, I made a blog post about upcoming queer sci-fi/fantasy books I was excited for, but I only included books set to release in the first half the year. I figured there'd be more I'd learn about later in the year, and what a shame that they wouldn't get to be on lists since they just weren't announced yet. So here we are, Part 2! Once again, there are so many books I...
 
Book Review: Blooded by Nat Kennedy

Book Review: Blooded by Nat Kennedy

Nick and his friends are attacked on the night of graduation from sorcery school, so they spend the next ten years trying to find and defeat the bad guy. Their professor, Byron, was made a vampire that night and has since been abandoned, told to keep watch in Austria. When Nick and friends stumble upon him, Nick and Byron are drawn to each other, and their connection might be what they both...
 
Update: Life and Books (June 2022)

Update: Life and Books (June 2022)

I don't even know what I did this month. I played a couple games, which I'll mention below, but other than that, just survived, I guess? Honestly, I'm tired. I'm tired in every sense of the word. But anyway... Those games I said I'd mention! I played two pretty short visual novels (like six hours or less to complete). ScreamCap is about a paranormal investigation team, and though the story...
 
Bookish Musings: Why Spoilers Can Be a Good Thing

Bookish Musings: Why Spoilers Can Be a Good Thing

The other day I went to submit a review to a website and saw there was a rule about no spoilers... which my review had. I understand the reason for the rule, and they said I could include the spoilers as long as I hid them when I posted publicly, so it was fine! But it did get me thinking about why spoilers can be a good thing sometimes. I'm someone who avoids spoilers, for the most part. But,...