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T. Kingfisher: Hemlock and Silver (2025, Pan Macmillan)

"From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, …

I quite enjoyed this. It's sort of a tangential retelling of Snow White but if Snow White was a minor character.

Rebecca Roanhorse: Black Sun (Hardcover, 2020, Gallery / Saga Press)

The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of …

I've read this before but that was before I moved to Canberra so I don't remember any of it, and now I want to read the whole trilogy.

TJ Klune: Under the Whispering Door (Hardcover, 2021, Tor Books) No rating

Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead …

For a novel about death (but not in the way you might think), it's probably not too surprising that this made me cry at the end. It was lovely though.

Melissa Scott: Burning bright (1993, Tor) No rating

Governed by two political rulers, the planet Burning Bright is the location of the biggest …

This was genuinely pretty good. For a book written in the 90s that talks about computer gaming and the internet, it really didn't feel dated at all.