My latest SFF book review column for the Washington Post! I tackle The Red Scholars Wake by Aliette de Bodard, Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai and The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton.

wapo.st/3IAj0lR

@charliejane This link isn’t working for me.
@Dilateddiogenes @charliejane It’s it been crafted to be clickable, but if you copy and paste it into a browser it works fine. Bonus: it’s a “gifted” article so it gets past the paywall.
@Dilateddiogenes @charliejane I meant “It hasn’t been crafted to be clickable”.
@charliejane Oh, well done! I made notes on several of these.
@charliejane This link should work: https://wapo.st/3IAj0lR
Four sci-fi and fantasy stories about women who survive the worst

In these novels, women brave space pirates and occult mysteries — with the help of friends new and old

The Washington Post
@charliejane Thanks for the introduction to some new-to-me authors. Have added to my 2023 reading stack.
@charliejane I really appreciated the reviews, too! It’s nice to know where my next read is coming from. (I hadn’t realized that the sequel to Ninth House was out yet!)