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The Migration of Vivex, by Xyne | Book Review
Released on 23 March 2026, The Migration of Vivex by Xyne is a LitRPG novel that slithers straight out of the dark swamp of survival fiction. I reviewed the first book a couple of months ago—in fact, it was my first real…
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Tall Boy Sun, by Neal Holtschulte | Book Review
Neal Holtschulte’s second novel Tall Boy Sun was published last month, and it follows on the heels of Crew of Exiles, a book that won the sci-fi category in our first Bookshelfie Awards. This novel marks a confident step forward from his debut, and continues to…
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Finding Sutton’s Choice, by Brenda Haas | Book Review
Published on June 3, 2025, Finding Sutton’s Choice is the debut novel by Brenda Haas, and fits comfortably into the genre of contemporary literary fiction. This is a story about family, specifically the complicated bond between a parent and a child, and…
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One Remembers Yet, by Raymie Martin | Book Review
The debut historical novel from Raymie Martin, One Remembers Yet is a book taking place during WW1 but is not really a war novel. Set in December 1917, as the First World War grinds toward its uncertain conclusion, Martin tells the intimate…
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Small Town Symphony, by Sloan Richman | Book Review
Published 6 March 2026 by New York author Sloan Richman, Small Town Symphony (In Four Deadly Movements) is a contemporary crime novel set in an affluent suburban town. Blending mystery with the detective genre, and also with a hint of literary fiction,…
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Vendetta, by Wes Davis | Book Review
Published independently in November 2024, Wes Davis’s Vendetta is a character-driven thriller that asks a deceptively simple question: is revenge ever truly worth it? The novel follows Barrett Coleson, a wealthy and celebrated actor living in Malibu, as he reflects on the…
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Alterity, by Jules | Book Review
The writer who goes by Jules’ debut opens with a simple declaration: “Magic isn’t real, except when it is.” From that first line, the book signals what kind of story you’re getting into, one where the boundary between reality and something else…
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Steal the Reaper, by Todd Hosea | Book Review
Steal the Reaper by Todd Hosea is a book with a premise I have never quite encountered before, but that feels like a lost or forgotten Stephen King novel. What if an alien spacecraft crashed on Earth, but plot twist…inside North Korea,…
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Let Slip the Beasts, by Suzanne Berget | Book Review
What does it mean to be human when your memories might be fake, your body is no longer your own, and a corporation holds the patent on what you are becoming? That is the question at the centre of Let Slip the…
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Exile: Part II — Root and Branch, by Anthony Hodge | Book Review
If Exile: Part I – From an Antique Land was an invitation into a world, then Root and Branch is the moment that world fully catches fire. South African writer Anthony Hodge’s sequel picks up years after the events of the first…
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