Genre: Science Fiction Published: Erewhon Books, February 2026 My Rating: 5/5 stars “First there was the fear of being. Fear of being became fear of not-being. Those are the two original fears.” Consider this a PSA to all sci-fi-fans: mark February 28th on your calendars to go out and pick up this novel upon release. You won’t regret it! A.D. Sui blends a beautiful, meditative and philosophical science-fiction story with a closed-room-murder-mystery in space, and although tha

Genre: literary horror, gothic, queer Published: Little Brown and Company, January 2026 My Rating: 5/5 stars, first favourite of 2026 "Because no matter how far you run, she knew—no matter how hard you try to shed your old skin and become something else—the place you come from stays with you. It always calls you back." The second I finished Hemlock , I realized two things. First, this was going to be a marmite-book that I won’t be able to recommend to just any wide audience.

Genre: Cozy Fantasy Published: Tor UK, July 2025 My Rating: 5/5 stars “People were cruel to you, and it didn’t make you bitter. What else would you call that?” “Naïve? Needy? Pathetic?” “Strong,” he insisted.”   For the longest time, I felt left out of the hype of cozy fantasy. I desperately wanted to like it, but somehow just couldn’t find one I truly loved. Last year, The Spellshop made my Most Surprising-list of the year, for changing that, and this year its sequel cemen

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

Genre: Sci-fi, Horror Published: Daphne Press (UK)/ Tor Nightfire (US), May 2025 My Rating: 1/5 stars "We were the weeds of the...

Genre: Literary Fiction, Horror Published: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, February 2025 My Rating: 2/5 stars To start off this review, I have to...

Genre: Magical Realism Published: Stillhouse Press, March 2025 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars, rounded down "Jo moves through a world that is...

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: Horror Published: Atria Books, June 2024 My Rating: 5/5 stars "Once they're in, they never leave..." It’s no secret that I’m a...

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

Genre: Horror, Romance, Novella Published: Titan Books, November 2023 My Rating: 1/5 stars I haven’t been thís annoyed by a protagonist,...

Genre: Magical realism, horror, classics-retold Published: Titan Books, March 2024 My Rating: 4/5 stars “A family! Simon, of course!...

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...