Fueled by seething rage and unquenchable desire in the peasant-turned-mech-pilot, Wu Zetian, Xiran Jay Zhao devastates in their YA science fiction debut, Iron Widow. Drawing from Chinese culture – social, political, religious – Zhao blends brutal reality with mythology, unleashing a powerhouse in ...
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Darkly Dreaming Disasters: Maggie Stiefvater Examines Art, Emotion and Belonging in Intricately Plotted and Explosive, ‘Mister Impossible’
Maggie Stiefvater writes with vibrancy, bringing scenes to life with crisp, impeccable detail, building layer upon layer to create exquisite scenes, words turned into art. From bland, seemingly endless farmland, to impossibly dreamed objects, not to mention the dreams themselves – decadent, ...
With Gorgeous Prose, Nghi Vo Breathes New Life into a Classic with Enchanting Debut, ‘The Chosen and the Beautiful’
Nghi Vo transports the reader to 1920s New York, lulled in by lush, melodic prose and the promise of power, magic found in money and infernal deals – in the fine powder of broken antique charms and drops of Demoniac: demon’s blood, often mixed with high class cocktails. Demoniac shows itself in ...