The Year of the Flood is an expansion, a deepening, and a reckoning all at once. Margaret Atwood drags us further into the decaying world she built in Oryx and Crake, but this time, the perspective shifts. It’s not the privileged vantage point of a man on the inside; it’s the stories of those left…
Tag: science-fiction
The Scoville Scale: A Smoldering Journey Through Books
I’ll admit, my reading habits are… varied. One day I’m lost in the delicate prose of a literary classic, and the next, I’m blushing furiously at the antics of characters who just can’t keep their hands off each other. It’s all about balance, right? When I first dipped my toes into the world of spicy…
“City of Mirth and Malice” Alexis Menard
If House of Bane & Blood sets the stage, City of Mirth & Malice cranks up the chaos; and I mean that in the best way possible. Alexis Menard leans deeper into the themes of power and control, letting her characters (and readers) spiral into a world where everything feels one wrong step away from…
“House of Bane & Blood” Alexis Menard
It feels like House of Bane & Blood was written to scratch a specific itch you didn’t even know you had. Alexis Menard crafts a world dripping with atmosphere: dark, dangerous, and just begging you to sink into it. The world-building is what hooked me first. Menard doesn’t waste time; the setting unfolds quickly but…
“Dragon Teeth” Michael Crichton
With Dragon Teeth, Michael Crichton takes readers on an unexpected journey that blends the grit of the Wild West with the thrill of paleontology. Set in the 1800s, the novel is less a deep dive into dinosaurs (as I initially hoped) and more a rollicking adventure through a time when science and survival collided in…
A Tempest Storm 