M.B. Clark plumbs the depths of her own life with dark humor in Waxing Pathetic: My Two Cents, For What They're Worth. Detailing long-simmering stories from different seminal points in her life, as well as her contemporary thoughts on glass ceilings, [...]
A dauntless soldier's epic tale of rebellion, escape, and redemption, Last Star Standing by Spaulding Taylor is a dazzling and chilling vision of the future. In a post-World War III dystopia, Earth's problems spin even further out of control when they [...]
Author Craig Leener hits nothing but net in the third and final installment of his Zeke Archer Trilogy with This Was Always About Basketball. Perfectly balancing young adult drama with time-traveling fantasy, this novel is a thrilling, heartwrenching, and mind-bending read. [...]
Author Alex Grass has created an intricately woven fantasy that combines the secrets of the carnival world with the overarching realm of pure evil and self-sacrificing good in Black River Lantern. Eddie is the son of aging carnival owner Papa Marivicos, [...]
Author A. Skorobogaty weaves a remarkable origin story unlike any other in Enok and the Womb of Gods, a magical mixture of history and mythology. Pulling from ancient sources and stories known the world over, this novel expands the backstory of [...]
The road to vengeance is paved with deadly choices in Fatal Decision by T.K. Wolf, the first novel in what promises to be an exhilarating series. Sam Harker, a masterful assassin with a score to settle, is putting her unmatched skill [...]
The Shade Under the Mango Tree by Evy Journey is a dazzling, globe-spanning tale of two interconnected lives, bound in an unlikely way, but forever changed by the connection. From a simple lost notebook comes an unusual storybook romance, a tale [...]
Virginie Despentes, former sex worker, film director, queer icon, delivers her comment on modern-day Paris in three volumes to varying success. Set just before the Bataclan terrorist attack of 2015, we follow Vernon Subutex, once a fiercely rocking independent record shop [...]
In this disturbing cozy mystery style novel from one of New England's finest writers, it is hard to know if this work is intentionally meta or whether Moshfegh caught herself in the net she weaves here. Let's get this straight. I [...]
Thea Verdak unleashes a swirling storm of a story in The Curs of Curzon County, a rapid-fire tale of acute dangers and chronic pain, growing up and leaving home, and all the obstacles along the way that can derail a young [...]