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Death, Plague, War, and Feminism: The Fourth Whore by E.V. Knight

July 20, 2021

When Kenzi Brooks was seven years old, her brother Robbie died in a car accident. As well as the guilt of having failed to save him Kenzi is left with a distorted set of memories from the incident – memories that fully emerge only when she dreams of Robbie’s death being overseen by a man with a ...

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REVIEW: A Psalm for the Wild-Built Is a Balm for the Mild Guilt

July 13, 2021

The most wholesomely self-indulgent thing you can do this summer is stretch out with A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers’ new novella about a travelling monk philosophizing with a thoughtful robot. Go ahead and nestle into a functional utopia for a little while—pour yourself a cup of tea ...

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REVIEW: New Decade, New Blood: Vampires Never Get Old

July 6, 2021

For several years now, various internet wags have provided statistics indicating that the comparative popularity of zombies and vampires correlate with US political administrations: zombies have peak periods when Republicans are in power, while vampires have their boom years when the Democrats ...

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The Witness for the Dead Spoiler-Free Review

June 15, 2021

The Witness for the Dead, Katherine Addison’s much anticipated follow up to The Goblin Emperor, is an engrossing murder mystery in a richly imagined world.

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REVIEW: Rogue: Untouched Is an Origin Story With Issues

June 1, 2021

Rogue: Untouched is the second book in Marvel and Aconyte Books’ Marvel Heroines line; a collection of novels focusing on female characters. Written by Alisa Kwitney (Cadaver & Queen), Rogue: Untouched follows the titular character in an alternate version of her origin story. The usual ...

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REVIEW: My Heart is a Chainsaw Effortlessly Slays

May 25, 2021

Content warning: Self-harm, suicide, and emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. I’d say MHIAC it’s made for teenagers sixteen years old and older. My Heart is a Chainsaw feels like it was made for me, and me personally, which is always a wonderful thing to feel when you open a book. The volume ...

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REVIEW: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

April 20, 2021

Vampire fiction has evolved considerably in the just-over-two centuries since the genre was codified by John Polidori. Each year brings with it a new take on the theme that becomes the latest contender for classic status, and for 2020 that work may well be The Southern Book Club’s Guide to ...

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Murderbot Doesn’t Love Parenting. Murderbot Just Wants to Watch Its Shows.

March 30, 2021

With the upcoming release of Fugitive Telemetry, the sixth book in the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells, I have been thinking about how Murderbot explores more and more of what it means to be a person in each book. Specifically, I’m thinking about the family relationships it encounters ...

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WWAC Reads!

March 16, 2021

If you’d like a reading recommendation of any kind, WWAC has your back. Here at WWAC, our recent voracious reading has been varied. Lots of us have been cozying up with recent celebrated speculative fiction, WWAC Boss Publisher Wendy Browne has been delving into nonfiction, and I recently ...

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Life, Death and Twisted Romance: The Taxidermist’s Lover by Polly Hall

February 23, 2021

Scarlett Pepper’s husband Henry is a skilled taxidermist, but despite his talents, he is struggling to get by in a dwindling marketplace. While surfing the net Scarlett comes across the work of another taxidermist, Felix De Souza. Unlike the Henry, a reclusive soul who mistrusts the Internet, ...

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Death, Plague, War, and Feminism: The Fourth Whore by E.V. Knight

REVIEW: A Psalm for the Wild-Built Is a Balm for the Mild Guilt

REVIEW: New Decade, New Blood: Vampires Never Get Old

The Witness for the Dead Spoiler-Free Review

REVIEW: Rogue: Untouched Is an Origin Story With Issues

REVIEW: My Heart is a Chainsaw Effortlessly Slays

REVIEW: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Murderbot Doesn’t Love Parenting. Murderbot Just Wants to Watch Its Shows.

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Life, Death and Twisted Romance: The Taxidermist’s Lover by Polly Hall

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