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Review: The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

By CandidCeillie July 3, 2018July 2, 2018

In The Book of M, One afternoon at an outdoor market in India, a man’s shadow disappears—an occurrence science cannot explain. He is only the first. The phenomenon spreads like…

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Review: Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee

By CandidCeillie June 11, 2018April 24, 2018

When Shuos Jedao wakes up for the first time in Revenant Gun, several things go wrong. His few memories tell him that he's a seventeen-year-old cadet-- but his body belongs…

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Character Interview: Octavia & Rondo from A Conspiracy of Stars

By CandidCeillie June 7, 2018May 25, 2018

Hello dear readers, and welcome back to the blog! Today I'm interviewing Octavia and Rondo, the main characters of Olivia Cole's A Conspiracy of Stars! In A Conspiracy of Stars, Octavia has…

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Review: Tone of Voice by Kaia Sønderby

By CandidCeillie May 18, 2018May 13, 2018

At the beginning of Tone of Voice, Xandri Corelel has spent six months living among the Ongkoarrat after her unceremonious firing from the crew of the Carpathia, and though she…

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Review: The Underwater Ballroom Society Anthology

By CandidCeillie April 16, 2018September 9, 2019

In The Underwater Ballroom Society, you will "visit an old hangout one last time with an ex-siren and find out what the twelve dancing princesses learned in their secret world.…

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Review: Failure to Communicate by Kaia Sønderby

By CandidCeillie March 12, 2018March 10, 2018

As one of the only remaining autistics in the universe, Xandri Corelel has faced a lot of hardship, and she's earned her place as the head of Xeno-Liaisons aboard the…

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Monster Interview:: Hydra and Harpy from Future Fire’s upcoming anthology

By CandidCeillie January 31, 2018January 29, 2018

The Six-headed Hydra enters the interview room, and tries to sit on the couch that Ceillie has prepared for her. After a couple of clumsy attempts, she decides not to…

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Review:: Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor

By CandidCeillie January 15, 2018January 30, 2018

Binti has returned to her home planet, believing that the violence of the Meduse has been left behind. Unfortunately, although her people are peaceful on the whole, the same cannot…

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Monday Mini-Reviews: 12/18/17

By CandidCeillie December 18, 2017February 9, 2018

"All emotions are universal. Regardless where we come from or where we are going, we live, we dream, we strive, we die." Lukas K. Law, Foreword of Where the Stars…

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Review:: A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers [SPOILERS GALORE]

By CandidCeillie November 24, 2017February 9, 2018

Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space in A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet —and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family…

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Review:: Nyxia by Scott Reintgen

By CandidCeillie September 11, 2017March 10, 2018

Emmett Atwater isn't just leaving Detroit; he's leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and…

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Character Interview:: Clara & Sal from “The Cybernetic Tea Shop”

By CandidCeillie August 29, 2017March 10, 2018

Hello, friends! Today I'd like to introduce you to two of my fictional friends - Clara Gutierrez and Sal, the fantastic main characters in Meredith Katz's The Cybernetic Tea Shop, which…

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Review:: The Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews

By CandidCeillie May 26, 2017March 25, 2018

Meet Dina Demille, a nice Texas gal who runs a seemingly ordinary, quaint B and B. But Dina's inn is a magic, thinking entity; her fluffy Shih-tzu, Beast really is…

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Review:: Santa Muerte by Lucina Stone

By CandidCeillie February 23, 2017March 31, 2018

THE YEAR IS 2030 in Santa Muerte. In a dramatic, final attempt to free her inner demons, twenty-year-old Daniela Delgado tempts fate and winds up on a strange farm in…

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Review:: Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor

By CandidCeillie February 20, 2017March 31, 2018

In Binti: Home, it’s been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year…

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