Cinnamon Soul – Book Review
A crime fantasy book that technically reads like a youngster’s adventure, yet the themes and language are definitely for adults.
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A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic by J Penner
Publish date: 15th April 2025 A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic is a cosy romantasy about baking, magic and found family. It follows the story of Arleta, an orphaned human, whose neighbours secretly enter her into a baking competition. In the process of the competition, she meets a variety of people from different races and…
Low Orbit – Graphic Novel Review
After the sci-fi novel became part of Azar’s story, I was sure there was gonna be a twist in there somewhere, like she’s in a coma and then she’ll swim through the world of the novel, which will help her later on in real life…
The Well – Graphic Novel Review
A slice-of-life story that turned dark and intriguing quite quick and kinda unexpected (pacing-wise). In a good way. I loved the daily life parts, and the …
A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland
Release date: 13/03/25 A Room Above a Shop is an atmospheric and intimate story about two men entering a relationship during the AIDS crisis. This is one of the most difficult reviews I have had to write and despite receiving an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC), I have struggled to eloquently put together my thoughts until…
Hi, Earth – Comic Review
Funny, yet tragic. I mostly wanted to cry to these, but the morbid humor works well enough to even make me laugh away my tears.
An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows
An Accident of Stars is one of the most ambitious political commentaries that I have read, set in a distinctive portal fantasy. The book revolves around Saffron Coulter, an Australian teenager who stumbles into a new world where magic is real and technology is rudimentary. Guided by another ‘worldwalker’, Gwen, she becomes ensnared in the…
Your Letter – Manhwa Review
That was so… heartwarming. Soft and tender, sweet and magical. I was moved to tears here and there, though mostly smiled through it, and deeply felt with all of the characters. It has stirred me so profoundly, especially the ending left me with an unexplainable longing, that I’m a bit too awestruck to form any…
How Do I Turn My Best Friend into My Girlfriend? – Manga Review
It had a rough start, but a great middle part, and then, unfortunately, a rough ending. Plot After seeing her best friend, Yuzu, being confessed to by another classmate, Minami realizes she wouldn’t be quite okay with Yuzu dating someone else, even though she wants her to be happy. As Minami hopes to go from…
The Snake Who Loved a Sparrow – Manga Review
Plot: Snakeman saves sparrowman from boars, but sparrowman calls snakeman evil and they part ways. Upon meeting again, they accidentally lose their clothes, sparrowman sees snakeman’s genitalia and is so mesmerized by it that he cannot help himself but grope him. Snakeman has never been touched in that way, but it felt kinda good, so…