Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, home to djenn and ghuls, holy warriors and heretics, are at the boiling point of a power struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif and the mysterious master […]
Category Archives: Reverse crossover
Swashbucking European Romances: The Prisoner of Zenda, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and The Man in the Iron Mask
When we decided to have a Reverse Crossover Month, my first thought was of all the oldie goldies written over the past two centuries or so. You know the ones: Little Women, Treasure […]
Reverse Crossover: The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
Hardcover, 368 pages Published August 6th 2013 by William Morrow Source: Personal Copy In some parts of Asia, if young men die without getting married, their relatives try to find […]
YA a few years older
Magic, check. Fantasy setting, check. Court politics, check. Swashbuckling characters, check. Female protagonist, check. Female protagonist who saves the kingdom, check. Female protagonist who saves the kingdom and engages in […]
Reverse Crossover: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang, Kim Chi-Young (Translation), Nomoco (Illustrations)
Paperback, 144 pages Published November 26th 2013 by Penguin Books Source: Purchased Hwang Sun-mi (born 1963) is a South Korean author and professor who is best known for her fable […]
Hope and Other Luxuries: A Mother’s Life with a Daughter’s Anorexia by Clare Dunkle: A Dialectical Review
Hardcover, 560 pages Expected publication: May 19th 2015 by Chronicle Books Source: Raincoast Books Janet and I received review copies of this book from Raincoast Books and as this is […]
Review: Milk And Honey by Rupi Kaur
It took precisely two poems for Tumblr to convince me that Rupi Kaur’s milk and honey was a book I needed to read. There’s poetry that feels (to me) like it’s […]
Review: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty—the opposite of the life she’s left behind in New […]
Feeling a little bit betrayed
A couple months ago Vancouver Public Library and Academie Duello hosted the Pen and Sword event, which featured authors CC Humphreys, Jen Landels, Kris Sayer, and Sebastien de Castell. The […]
Reverse Crossover: Damascus Nights by Rafik Schami
Paperback, 272 pages Published August 1st 1995 by Touchstone Books Source: Personal copy Lies and spices are brothers and sisters. Lies turn any bland fare into a piquant delicacy. The […]
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