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Small Town Symphony, by Sloan Richman | Book Review
Published 6 March 2026 by New York author Sloan Richman, Small Town Symphony (In Four Deadly Movements) is a contemporary crime novel set in an affluent suburban town. Blending mystery with the detective genre, and also with a hint of literary fiction,…
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Vendetta, by Wes Davis | Book Review
Published independently in November 2024, Wes Davis’s Vendetta is a character-driven thriller that asks a deceptively simple question: is revenge ever truly worth it? The novel follows Barrett Coleson, a wealthy and celebrated actor living in Malibu, as he reflects on the…
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Alterity, by Jules | Book Review
The writer who goes by Jules’ debut opens with a simple declaration: “Magic isn’t real, except when it is.” From that first line, the book signals what kind of story you’re getting into, one where the boundary between reality and something else…
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Steal the Reaper, by Todd Hosea | Book Review
Steal the Reaper by Todd Hosea is a book with a premise I have never quite encountered before, but that feels like a lost or forgotten Stephen King novel. What if an alien spacecraft crashed on Earth, but plot twist…inside North Korea,…
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Let Slip the Beasts, by Suzanne Berget | Book Review
What does it mean to be human when your memories might be fake, your body is no longer your own, and a corporation holds the patent on what you are becoming? That is the question at the centre of Let Slip the…
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Exile: Part II — Root and Branch, by Anthony Hodge | Book Review
If Exile: Part I – From an Antique Land was an invitation into a world, then Root and Branch is the moment that world fully catches fire. South African writer Anthony Hodge’s sequel picks up years after the events of the first…
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Rainy Wood (As It Began), by Taanja Mahye | Book Review
The first book in Taanja Mahye’s Rainy Wood series, As It Began is a dark and atmospheric historical novel set in 1917 Minnesota. It follows fifteen-year-old Helen Spooner, an orphan raised in near-total isolation deep in the Northwoods, who is thrust into…
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Love Me Do, by Meg Macy | Book Review
There’s something satisfying about sequels, and Meg Macy’s Love Me Do, published 15 December 2025, delivers exactly that pleasure. This continuation of the “All You Need Is Love” series proves unafraid to tackle the messy complexities of LGBTQ+ relationships. It’s rare to…
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Silks and Stones, by Quinn Lawrence | Book Review
The second book in Quinn Lawrence’s Cinna and Hokuren series, Silks and Stones is a cozy combination of the fantasy and detective genres. The book follows two women detectives: Hokuren, a sharp and reserved private investigator, and Cinna, her fearless and fiercely…
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Hunter’s Hidden Camera, by Anthony Auswat | Book Review
Going by the cover alone, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I picked up Hunter’s Hidden Camera by Anthony Auswat. As it turns out, this is a darkly entertaining LGBT coming-of-age psychological thriller that tackles taboo subjects with confidence. Written…
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