Peter Öberg says: May 6th saw the release of Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep, the first English-language speculative fiction anthology with Swedish authors …
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Kelley Grant
The first time I heard about Kelley Grant was in an email from Caroline Perny, a HarperCollins publicist in New York. Caro said: I wanted …
Hacked by Tracy Alexander
A review by Nalini Haynes. Dan Langley is your typical 16-year-old geek except for his affinity with code. He goes down the rabbit hole to …
Clockwork Dagger by Beth Cato
A review by Rebecca Fleming Octavia Leander is a healer, orphaned as a child and taken in by Miss Percival, the headmistress of the Caskentian …
Techbitch (aka The Knockoff) by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
A review by Nalini Haynes The term Techbitch evolved from Queen Bee. Sometimes a “bitch” is a queen of something, like when “dessert bitch” means …
Spring Bride by Anne Gracie
A review by Lynne Larby Spring Bride is the third Chance Sister Regency romance by Anne Gracie, telling Jane Chance’s story of sense versus sensibility. …
“We’re So Very Thorry” — CJ and Bec spam Thor images
This week DMZ’s managing editor Nalini posed a question to her Facebook. I posted a supportive picture referencing a certain blond god and — well, …
Followers by Anna Davies
A review by CJ Dee I don’t even know that I can be bothered writing a synopsis. Let’s see how it goes. Briana is the …
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
A review by Nalini Haynes Grayson Sender is in grade 6 in Chicago. He’s isolated from his peers because he has an enormous secret that …
Guy, The Girl, The Artist and His Ex by Gabrielle Williams
A review by Nalini Haynes Guy is in the last year of high school. He’s a bit of a slacker, forging school reports so his …
Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
A review by Nalini Haynes Jam’s parents sent her to the Wooden Barn, a school for fragile yet intelligent teenagers. At the Wooden Barn she’s …
Valiant by Holly Black
A review by Nalini Haynes Before the Knights of Badassdom movie, Holly Black wrote: Hands raised in mock surrender, Ruth laughed. “Just a joke, Princess …
Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
A review by Nalini Haynes Laia was born into the Scholar caste, a downtrodden caste suffering random and not-so-random searches, torture and death at the …
Prudence by Gail Carriger
A review by Nalini Haynes A few years back I succumbed and started Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate novels on book 4. I had no idea …
Desert Rising by Kelley Grant
A review by Nalini Haynes Sulis, a woman from a nomadic desert tribe (desert rising?), feels called to the temple to serve the One, the …