In episode 13 we discuss Travis Baldree’s 2022 cosy fiction novel Legends & Lattes, as well as the rise of the genre since its publications …
Tome & Tome Again Podcast: Legends & Lattes & Cosy Fiction
Fantasy
Book review: Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
A brilliantly queer and imaginative blending of sci-fi and fantastical monsters. Barbara Truelove’s Of Monsters and Mainframes is a sci-fi, fantasy, queerness-filled, adventure novel that will push …
Book Review: The Crimson Road by A. G. Slatter
AG Slatter’s The Crimson Road is a novel about facing one’s fate head-on and the people who help along the way.Violet Zennor grew up with …
Tome & Tome Again Podcast: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
In episode 10 we discuss Howl’s Moving Castle, both the classic 1986 book by Diana Wynne Jones and the gorgeous 2004 movie by Hayao Miyazaki. …
Book review: Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood
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 …
Book review: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher
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. …
Book review: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst is a sweet, cosy fantasy story about letting people in, building community, and making a home for oneself. Kiela has lived and …
Book review: The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth
Courtney Smyth’s debut novel The Undetectables is a good idea.It offers disability representation, with a protagonist who lives with fibromyalgia. There’s also LGBTQIA+ representation in …
Book review: The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
Sarah Brooks’ The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands is a brilliant and unique story of a train journey that changes the world. In 1899, on the …
Book review: The Briar Book of the Dead by A. G. Slatter
The Briar Book of the Dead is a novel of witches, family legacies and terrible secretsby Australian author AG Slatter. Slatter has an incredible talent …