Genre: Historical fantasy, Western Published: Quirk Books, November 2025 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “Romantic love was a clear-cut institution, bolstered by orthodoxy and ritual. When a man lost his wife, it was expected that his world would unravel. But friendship… friendship was a wilderness with no guide. There were no courting rituals one might follow to pursue it, and little sympathy for the gut-wrenching horror of its loss.” Who would have thought that I could enjoy a weste

Gerne: Dark Academia, Mystery, Fantasy Published: St. Martin's Press, October 2025 My Rating: 3/5 stars "The philosopher and critic Tzvetan Todorov defines the fantastic as the hesitation between the supernatural and a mundane explanation of an occurrence. In a work of fiction, when a woman in the woods sees a monster and turns out to be crazy, then that is realism. If it turns out that there really is a monster in those woods, then that is horror. But if one can make an argu

Genre: Fantasy Published: Del Rey, January 2025 My Rating: 4/5 stars "Life is about finding joy in the space between where you came from...

Genre: Middle-grade fantasy Published: Quirk Books, January 2025 My Rating: 3/5 stars The Story: Nick and her mother Theo are traveling...

Genre: Fantasy Published: DAW Publishing, July 2025 My Review: 4.5/5 stars, rounded up because I love Joshua Philip Johnsons creative...

Genre: Fantasy Series: The Chronicles of Ludwich #2 Published: Angry Robot, December 2024 My Rating: 3.75/5 stars After the surprising,...

Genre: Horror Novella Published: Flatiron Books, September 2024 My Rating: 1/5 stars “She learned to live in that permanent twilight of...

Genre: Fantasy Published: Tor Books, September 2024 My Rating: 5/5 stars “When I lived in the city, I dreamed in color, of places where...

Genre: High Fantasy Published: Tor Publishing, August 2010 My Rating: 5/5 stars "Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey...

Genre: Cozy Fantasy Published: Bindery Books, October 2024 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars "It’s strange how grief works. I was content, walking...

Genre: Fantasy, Murder-Mystery Published: Michael Joseph Publishing, January 2024 My Rating: 4/5 stars “You don't need a Blessing to be...

Genre: Horror Published: Independently Published by the author, June 2023 My Rating: 4/5 stars "Was this how some families grieved? By...

Genre: Magical Realism, middle-grade/young adult Published: Levine Querido, April 2024 My Rating: 5/5 stars with a warming ghostly...

Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle-Grade Published: Aspen & Thorn Press, April 2024 My Rating: 4/5 stars "Why do we grow more scared as...

Genre: Fantasy, New Weird Fiction Published: Angry Robot, February 2024 My Rating: 4/5 stars This was a weird one, but in the best way...

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Published: Faber&Faber Ltd, February 6th 2023 My Rating: 2/5 stars “We’re all made of energy” Ash said...

Genre: Fantasy, Novella Published: Tordotcom, January 2024 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars “I don’t think we get second chances with our own...

Genre: Magical Realism/Fantasy Published: Harvill Secker, January 2023 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “Perhaps coming so close to death, then...

Genre: fantasy Published: DAW books, November 2023 Marketed as: "latest entry in The Kingkiller Chronicles series", #2.6 As a general...

Genre: Magical Realism Published: Harper Collins, August 2023 My rating: 4.5/5 stars "When you lose someone close, you travel to the...