writer & bookseller
Hello! My name is Kay, and I'm a queer, non-binary bookseller (they/she). I write fiction under the pseudonym.... (Update: For now, I'm just writing as Kay.) I've waffled on how, or whether, I should come out. 2022 has been an awful year to be standing under the transgender umbrella, and part of me wondered if… Continue reading (re)introductions
Image Credit: Sourcebooks Fire Fellas, is it gay to fantasize about your rival monster girl and to dream about her and to spend all of your time thinking about her and wondering if she spends all of her time thinking about you, too? Welcome to The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska. In a fantasy version… Continue reading New Release Highlight: THE MIDNIGHT GIRLS
Thank you to everyone who has read and shared my blog posts this fall! It's been wonderful to get back into writing book reviews and promoting the titles I've loved in 2021 and beyond, and I'm looking forward to reading and reviewing even more in 2022. On that note, the blog is going on a… Continue reading Update: Winter Break
Image Credit: Sourcebooks Fire The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska combines the lush, haunted seaside atmosphere of Maggie Stiefvater's The Scorpio Races with a to-die-for queer romance that will keep your heart racing. This gorgeous standalone novel crystallizes all that makes dark, romantic fantasy such an alluring subgenre. The magic shines on the page, inviting… Continue reading Backlist Highlight: THE DARK TIDE
Image Credit: Tordotcom Robin Blyth, a struggling English baronet, is shuffled off to run a small, forgettable bureaucratic office. Enter Edwin Courcey, a magician with mystery and murder on his heels -- and he is not happy to see that the previous liaison between the mundane and magical worlds has disappeared, and that Robin is… Continue reading New Release Highlight: A MARVELLOUS LIGHT
Image Credit: Ace Books Alexis Henderson's The Year of the Witching is a superb novel in which the things that lurk in the woods are not the worst monsters the heroine must face. Immanuelle Moore leads a strict, quiet life in the commune of Bethel, where the word of the Prophet is law and conformity… Continue reading Backlist Highlight: THE YEAR OF THE WITCHING
Image Credit: Wednesday Books The nights are growing longer and there's a chill in the air: it's the season of fear! Now is the time for scary stories under the covers, and in 2021, there are plenty to choose from. Below are some personal favorites, from the eerie to the bloodcurdling. Read on, enjoy, and… Continue reading Halloween Reads 2021
Image Credit: Ace Books With its latest film adaptation now in theaters and streaming on HBO Max, it's time to talk about Frank Herbert's classic science-fiction novel, Dune. Strap in. The term "space opera" has never applied more literally to any piece of fiction than Dune. Thousands of years in the future, a frightened emperor… Continue reading Test of Time: DUNE
Image Credit: Henry Holt and Co. This very special Tuesday, I have not one but two fantastic new releases I need to highlight. These books are two of my most anticipated titles of 2021 from two incredibly talented authors, and together, they make an ideal double-feature for readers who enjoy retellings of fairy tales or… Continue reading New Release Highlight: LITTLE THIEVES and WITHIN THESE WICKED WALLS
Cover: Erewhon Books, Edit: Tori Kiersten Frost Witchy books became the trend in contemporary fantasy -- and everywhere else on the bookshelf -- starting around 2019, when fiction publishers began to catch up with a booming modern interest in astrology, tarot, and alternative spiritualities. Despite debuting in a crowded field in the middle of a… Continue reading Backlist Highlight: THE SCAPEGRACERS
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