Struggling to pick up a book? Check out the latest book reviews for recommendations!
Book Reviews You Can’t Miss Out On
• • •
- ‘Vow of Eternal Night’ Book Review: Lily Crozier brings Beauty and the Beast back with Vampires
‘Vow of Eternal Night’ by Lily Crozier is marketed as a gothic romantasy, but is it really so? I found a Beauty and the Beast retelling with vampires wrapped up in family secrets on both sides. Read the full review here. - ‘The Man Who Died Seven Times’ Book Review: Time Loop Murder Mystery of Yasuhiko Nishizawa
A Japanese murder mystery that should definitely be on your radar, ‘The Man Who Died Seven Times’ by Yasuhiko Nishizawa, is not your regular honkaku. There is a time-loop involved that serves to reveal the secrets each family member is hiding as they are vying for their grandfather’s fortune. Read full review here. - “Tales of the Celestial Kingdom” Book Review: Sue Lynn Tan’s Short Story Anthology is better than the Main Duology
Is a concluding short story anthology to the Celestial Kingdom duology worth reading? Find out here in the full review of the book. - “When I was Death” Book Review: Teenage Girls being Death’s Minions in This Alexis Henderson
‘When I was Death’ by Alexis Henderson is a story of grief, finding Death, looking for closure and finding friends along the way. This tale of magic realism is more than teenagers galivanting around killing people, it is about love, loss and the beauty of the bond between siblings. Full review here. - “A Trade of Blood” Review: Shadow of Leviathan gets new book in Robert Jackson Bennett Series
Book 3 of the Shadow of the Leviathan series by Robert Jackson Bennett ‘A Trade of Blood’ is a worthy addition to the detective SFF series. Great world-building, crime-solving and pondering the foundation and fate of civilization, this seies has it all. Check out full review here. - “To the Moon” Book Review: Jang Ryujin Brings Friendships and Ambition to Life
“To the Moon” is an underrated Korean Fiction in translation about lives that are about to change after staying stagnant for years. As the protagonists struggle with the realities of their lives and the dreams they have for themselves, the readers are taken on an unexpected journey. Full review here. - “How to Kill Men and Get Away with It” Review: Katy Brent’s Deliberately Misunderstood Thriller
‘How to Kill Men and Get Away With It’ by Katy Brent is a story that is more than meets the eye. It is not actually a woman on a blind murder spree, but a thriller with rich social commentary. But is this book for you? - “Of Monsters and Mainframes” Book Review: Barbara Truelove Shapes this Space Opera in the Occult
Are you looking for a sci-fi mystery that has action, romance and long space travels? If you pick up ‘Of Monsters and Mainframes’ by Barbara Truelove, you get a side of vampires, werewolves and aliens invading a sentient ship. This non-evil AI story might just be what is needed in this day and age. - “Hungerstone” Book Review: Kat Dunn’s Intense Gothic Carmilla Retelling
“Hungerstone” by Kat Dunn is a surprisingly subdued horror that makes up its scary quotient with its eerie atmosphere and the effective Carmilla retelling. The narrative captures the attention of the reader from the very beginning with its gothic setting and premise. But this is more than a vampire story, more than a classic retelling. - “The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop” by Takuya Asakura: Book Review of a Quiet Healing Fiction
“The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop” by Takuya Asakura is a quiet healing fiction with meta narrative about a bookshop that connects realities to this in-between bookshop/coffee shop. Heart-warming stories about memory and loss are at the core of this book and leave a lasting impact on the readers. Read full review here.
• • •
The Calcuttan Bibliophile 