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Book Review: Black Salt Queen by Samantha Bansil

Love reading about court intrigue? Find out why Black Salt Queen by Samantha Bansil might be for you!

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Book review: Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

Chris Kluwe recommends a novel with an improbably mash-up: B-movie monsters and hard SF. That’s right—Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove does it all. Find out if it’s your next read!

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Book Review: Esperance by Adam Oyebanji

Looking for your next SF thriller? Melissa A. Watkins thinks Esperance by Adam Oyebanji might just fit the bill!

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Book Review: I Want That Twink Obliterated! by Trip Galey, Robert Berg & C.L. McCartney, eds.

Looking for your next fun anthology purchase? Let Arley Sorg tell you all about a fun read: I Want That Twink Obliterated!.

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Book Review: Luminous by Sylvia Park

Chris Kluwe loved the way Sylvia Park wove together threads and genres ranging from the coming-of-age to the detective thriller to the futuristic. Will you dig Luminous, too? Read Chris’s review to find out.

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Book Review: A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang

Looking for a fantasy novel with truly fantastic worldbuilding? Find out if Ai Jiang’s A Palace Near the Wind fits the bill!

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Book Review: Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, edited by Lee Mandelo

Arley Sorg says of this new anthology: “Amplitudes features twenty-two stories by authors who know what they are doing, folks who have something to say.” Sounds like a good read.

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Book Review: The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

Are you looking for a vividly imagined world of magic, treachery, heartbreak, and hope? Then Chris Kluwe says The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson is for you—find out why!

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Book Review: The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses

If you’re looking for a tough book about a post-collapse society, The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica is that book. But find out what Melissa A. Watkins has to say about the glimmer at hope at the end.

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Book Review: Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf by C.L. Clark

You don’t need to know anything about League of Legends or Arcane in order to enjoy Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf by C.L. Clark—so find out why reviewer Chris Kluwe thinks you’ll really like this novel set in the same world!

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