A story of growing up, friendships, and fierce drag in a rural town. Curtis Campbell’s debut novel The House of Rural Realness is an engaging and highly …
Book Review: The House of Rural Realness by Curtis Campbell
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An aesthetically pleasing cosy fantasy about discovering your powers and finding community. Lucy Jane Wood’s debut novel Rewitched is the story of Belladonna Blackthorn, a soon-to-be 30-year-old …
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A Sorceress Comes to Call is another brilliant novel from T Kingfisher that explores the human consequences of fairy tale ideas that we take for granted. …
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