I loved The Vanished Birds more fiercely, but I think that this one made me laugh like the SICKOS guy more often, so who's to say which is better, really. Brilliant and weird, playful and bloody, and confident enough in what it's doing to put off explaining it until it has enough momentum to hurt.
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Andy H. rated The Last Graduate: 4 stars
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance, #2)
A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her …
Andy H. rated Dead Collections: 5 stars
Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman
A whirlwind romance between an eccentric archivist and a grieving widow explores what it means to be at home in …
Andy H. rated All the Horses of Iceland: 5 stars
Andy H. rated Plague Birds: 3 stars
Andy H. rated Wrath Goddess Sing: 5 stars
Dragonoak by Sam Farren (Dragonoak, #1)
After being exiled to the farmland around her village, Rowan Northwood takes the only chance at freedom she might ever …
Andy H. reviewed The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
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5 stars
Andy H. rated The Absolute Book: 5 stars
The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox
Taryn Cornick believes that the past – her sister's violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge – is behind her, …
Andy H. rated Light from Uncommon Stars: 4 stars
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
An adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts. …
Andy H. rated The Unbalancing: 5 stars
The Unbalancing by R. B. Lemberg
In this first full-length novel from the acclaimed Birdverse, new love blossoms between an impatient starkeeper and a reclusive poet …
Andy H. rated She Who Became the Sun: 5 stars
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor.
To possess the Mandate …
Andy H. rated Desolation Called Peace: 5 stars
Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan book 2)
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy …
Andy H. rated A Half-Built Garden: 4 stars
A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. …