Tag: Novella
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The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw – A Book Review
Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy is a dark and twisted fairy tale that will stay with you long after you finish reading it. The novella follows a mermaid who, after losing her tongue to her husband, births daughters who immediately devour their wicked father and the people of his treacherous kingdom. The mermaid and…
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The Ballad Of Black Tom by Victor LaValle – A Book Review
In The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle delivers a novella for those readers who crave brevity and the exploration of important societal issues intertwined with the arcane. The brilliance of this novella lies in its multifaceted approach to tackling important social matters. LaValle combines the supernatural with the very real horrors of systemic racism…
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A Prayer For the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers – A Book Review
In A Prayer For the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers delivers a captivating novella that explores the potential of humanity and technology’s role in shaping its fate. I picked this book up at my local library without realizing it is the second installment in the Monk and Robot series. Even so, it stands easily on its own,…
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Assembly by Natasha Brown – A Book Review
I often pick up thin books in the “new” section at my library simply to try out authors I haven’t read before or for the experience of a quick read. I knew nothing about Assembly other than that I liked its cover and it only had about 100 pages. Within the first ten pages of…
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All the Horses Of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie – A Book Review
I chose this book at my local library because it was so slim. I wasn’t familiar with the author, Sarah Tolmie, at all, nor did I have a particular interest in the horses of Iceland. However, it was touted as fantasy and published in association with Tor, so I figured it was worth a shot.…
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