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Midnight Rooms Review
A dark subversion of the fairy tale happily-ever-after that wrong-foots the reader at every turn alongside its imperiled heroine. With parallels to Crimson Peak, The Invitation, and Mexican Gothic, Midnight Rooms is full of spellbinding prose that unfolds like a peculiar and disturbing fever dream. Read more
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An Academy for Liars Review
A riveting, standalone dark fantasy with a creepy and hallucinatory atmosphere that reads like Elisabeth Thomas’s Catherine House crossed with Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House. Read more
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Mika in Real Life Review
Little Fires Everywhere meets Laggies and Together, Together in a novel that shines with heart-wrenching humor about a millennial, Japanese American aspiring artist. Mika in Real Life is a lovely, bittersweet, and complicated coming-into-oneself tale of mothers, daughters, and the different—and sometimes difficult—configurations that love, family, and life can take. Read more
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The Atlas Paradox Review
An exposition-heavy second installment in an intriguing dark academia fantasy trilogy with strong The Umbrella Academy and The Magicians vibes. Although the plot is often more meandering and ruminative than active, the world-building, character interiority, and complicated dynamics among the central six remain compelling. Read more
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Night for Day Review
An unusual, second-chance, fantasy romance that interestingly uses an otherworldly standoff between warring deities to keep its modern-day leads apart. A light, hopeful, and fast read with touches of heat and mystery. Read more
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Babel Review
Assiduously constructed, cerebral, and immersive. A study of translation and linguistics packaged in an alternative historical fantasy that lures readers in with the comforting aesthetic trappings of academia and jolts them with an interrogation of imperialism. Read more
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