I'm verging in 4.5-5 territory here. I've had this one on my list for a long time, always intrigued by the story (magical worlds torn apart by power yet connected by individuals who can walk between them with relative ease) but I always ...

4.5 - The first word that comes to mind about this book is "unsteady." (The second might be "unhinged.") You're never really sure what's real, who to trust, or where it's going to go - but it works so well because it's completely committ...

Alix Harrow has become one of my favorite new writers: her language is crisp, beautiful, and often very witty in a way that is endearing and disarming without being unnecessarily biting. Her characters are filled with detail in a way tha...

Some books just deserve a five star rating: the depth and breadth of the scope and the research required to keep it all afloat; the array of rich, flawed, deeply-human characters that experience every aspect of life, the love, the betray...

4.5 - A brilliant overview of the history and current landscape of astrophysics seen through the lens of the various theories of how the universe will ultimately end. I'm not even going to pretend that I fully understood the full breadth...