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Category Archives: Literary Fiction

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane (they/them) is an incisive portrayal of one family trying to survive the clutches of a government that reset…

Posted byJasmine MarchandJanuary 2, 2023January 2, 2023Posted inLiterary Fiction, Speculative FictionTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, lgbtqia fiction, speculative fictionLeave a comment on I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

A History of Fear by Luke Dumas

A History of Fear reveals one man’s descent into madness. Scotland, 2017: Grayson Hale, an American grad student, callously murdered his classmate, blaming

Posted byJasmine MarchandOctober 31, 2022October 31, 2022Posted inGeneral Fiction, Horror, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, horror, spooky readsLeave a comment on A History of Fear by Luke Dumas

Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom

Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom takes a sharp look at the dark side of social media. While Anna waits to go under the knife to reverse all of her past cosmetic

Posted byJasmine MarchandOctober 24, 2022October 24, 2022Posted inFeminism, Literary FictionTags:book review, feminism, literary fiction, social mediaLeave a comment on Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom

The Bequest by Joanna Margaret

The Bequest is an atmospheric dark academia thriller, but it will not appeal to everyone. Isabel Henley just arrived in Scotland to begin her Ph.D. under the…

Posted byJasmine MarchandOctober 11, 2022October 11, 2022Posted inFiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery/SuspenseTags:book review, book review blog, dark academia, literary fiction, mysteryLeave a comment on The Bequest by Joanna Margaret

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout returns with her sparse but beautiful prose in Lucy by the Sea, book four in the Amgash series. It’s the early days of 2020 when COVID-19 was

Posted byJasmine MarchandSeptember 19, 2022Posted inGeneral Fiction, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, Elizabeth Strout, fiction, literary fictionLeave a comment on Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta truly is an odyssey of one trans woman’s life as she transitions from being incarcerated to being released.

Posted byJasmine MarchandAugust 15, 2022August 15, 2022Posted in2SLGBTQ, Fiction, Literary FictionTags:2SLGBTQIA, book review, book review blog, fiction, literary fictionLeave a comment on Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

Bad Fruit by Ella King

Bad Fruit has a couple of bad apples and one girl just trying to survive them. It’s the summer holidays, and Lily is waiting for the fall when she’ll commenc…

Posted byJasmine MarchandAugust 11, 2022August 11, 2022Posted inFiction, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, literary fictionLeave a comment on Bad Fruit by Ella King

Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin

Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin reminds me of old-school Atwood. Vera has spent her entire life in a small mountainous cloud-covered community cut off from…

Posted byJasmine MarchandJune 9, 2022June 16, 2022Posted inLiterary Fiction, Speculative FictionTags:book review, book review blog, book reviews, speculative fiction, women’s fictionLeave a comment on Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin

What We Both Know by Fawn Parker

What We Both Know explores the MeToo movement and how power imbalances can shift. ​With her father’s health condition deteriorating, Hillary Greene recently…

Posted byJasmine MarchandApril 21, 2022April 21, 2022Posted inLiterary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, book reviews, fiction, literary fiction5 Comments on What We Both Know by Fawn Parker

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel is a retelling of the life of the eponymous queen from the Ramayana, an Indian epic poem. In the kingdom of Kekaya, Kaikeyi is…

Posted byJasmine MarchandApril 18, 2022April 25, 2022Posted inFantasy, Feminism, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, epic, fantasy, mythologyLeave a comment on Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

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