Review of "What Stalks the Deep" (3.5 stars): What Stalks the Deep

https://books.theunseen.city/user/picklish/review/190380

"This air had winter’s bite, even though at home they had not even hit the autumn solstice."

— Karen Conlin, L. J. Cohen, Chris Howard: Litany for a Broken World

not sure if mistake or worldbuilding

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Possible future #SFFBookClub book? (largely on the strength of bookwyrm.social/user/sohkamyung/review/10090007 )

(comment on The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop)

The #SFFBookClub pick for March 2026

(comment on Litany for a Broken World)

⭐ A child who was told she was broken discovers she's a healer — and refuses to ask permission to help save the world.

What's the bravest character moment you've read in YA fiction?

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Genuine question for SFF readers: šŸ¤”

Do you prefer stories where the protagonist's power makes them stronger than everyone else, or stories where their power makes them a target?

Cass Thorne's ability makes every powerful person in the room suddenly ordinary. They do not take it well.

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Review of "The King Must Die" (2.5 stars): The King Must Die

https://books.theunseen.city/user/picklish/review/188142

"Mettan hadn’t been lying when he’d said the trek to the village was two hours. But it was two hours for relatively unstabbed people."

— Kemi Ashing-Giwa: The King Must Die

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"For this land to escape slow, agonizing obliteration, all kings must die. There is no other way."

— Kemi Ashing-Giwa: The King Must Die

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"Alekhai had been having a just-okay week when his sister’s assassins arrived."

— Kemi Ashing-Giwa: The King Must Die

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