unicorndeburgh rated Hench: A Novel: 4 stars

Hench: A Novel by Natalie Zina Walschots
Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. Working for …
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Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. Working for …

Hugo, Locus, and Nebula-Award winner Mary Robinette Kowal blends her no-nonsense approach to life in space with her talent for …

Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that’s their secret weapon. They’ve spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in …

After a gypsy predicts that Rose's violent husband will kill her, Rose grabs a gun and her dog Gretel and …

Nonny Frett understands the meaning of the phrase "inbetween a rock and a hard place" better than any womanalive. She's …

After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent …

Meet Granny Weatherwax, the most highly regarded non-leader a coven of non-social witches could ever have. Generally, these loners don't …
This has a trigger warning that there’s a rape. There is, and quite early in the book (so this isn’t a spoiler).
Oddly enough, despite that, I think this is going on my list of Comfort Reads. The supportive relationships and carefully built trust and growing love are heartwarming.
There’s palace intrigue, done very well — I was anxious to see what happened next, and didn’t get lost.

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a …