Review I never anticipated that The Hunger Games could be reimagined with queer characters and Mexican lore. I would have been curious yet not knowing what to expect. Sonido Reyes delivers a powerful and poignant story with To Our Untamed Core. But adding themes such as colonization, religious indoctrination, and detribalization raised the stakes higher… Continue reading To Our Untamed Core by Sonido Reyes
The Hocus Pocus Handbook by Ann Aguirre is my first time reading a cozy fantasy, and now I get the hype. As a companion piece to The Only Purple House in Town, it explores the other side of the events – how did the switched-at-birth changeling fare in the magical realm? Read more
Brianna Labuskes delivers a sophisticated, suspenseful crime thriller with Clean Slate. I haven’t read any of Brianna’s work before, but she is now an author that I have faith in when it comes to great storytelling. With multiple POVs and flashbacks, readers are led through FMC Olive’s investigation into how the victims and her personal life are connected. Read more
