This month, Amal El-Mohtar takes a look at Theodora Goss’ new novel The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter and The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne Valente.

This month, LaShawn M. Wanak explores the nature of caretakers in The Sum of Us anthology, takes a trip back to The River Bank in a sequel to The Wind in the Willows, and gets turned into an emotional wreck by N.K. Jemisin’s The Stone Sky.

This month, Andrew Liptak takes a look at Skullsworn, by Brian Staveley, and Spellbreaker, by Blake Charlton.

The month, Amal El-Mohtar gives an in-depth look at Lara Donnelly’s novel Amberlough.

This month LaShawn M. Wanak reviews the first season of Tremontaine, a serial projected created by Ellen Kushner and freshly collected by Saga Press. She also dives into Maurice Broaddus’ new novella, Buffalo Soldier, and Ellen Klages’ Wicked Wonders.

This month, Andrew Liptak looks at two debut fantasies: Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale and Thoraiya Dyer’s Crossroads of Canopy.

Amal El-Mohtar takes a look at Mishell Baker’s Phantom Pains and N.K. Jemisin’s The Obelisk Gate in an examination of powerful sequels.

This month, our newest member of our reviews team, LaShawn Wanak, takes a look at Mur Lafferty’sSix Wakes, Kameron Hurley’s The Stars Are Legion, and a new novella from Kai Ashante Wilson: A Taste of Honey.

This month, Andrew Liptak digs into second novels, including Indomitable, by W.C. Bauers, Remnants of Trust, by Elizabeth Bonesteel, and A Closed and Common Orbit, by Becky Chambers.

This month, Amal El-Mohtar digs deep to expose the skeleton of Fran Wilde’s Cloudbound.