We’re always on the lookout for horrible SFF covers that need renaming.
When we tweeted our review for this book last week, author Myke Cole pointed out that this awful cover is really begging to be renamed:
Folks. This cover is crying out for alternate titles. Something more clever than “Behold! My glowing junk!” Please. https://t.co/UKieUzZ2ZO
— Myke Cole (@MykeCole) August 11, 2017
Yeah, he’s right, and there are lots of good suggestions in that thread (my favorite is “Gold Member”
August 17th, 2017. FanLit | Myke Cole, Orson Scott Card | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 10 comments |
Wicked Like a Wildfire by Lana Popović
In Wicked Like a Wildfire (2017), magic and secrecy swirl around Iris and Malina, a pair of seventeen year old fraternal twins who live in current-day Montenegro with their single mother, Jasmina. Jasmina confides to them that all of the women in their family have a distinct gleam, a magical way to create and enhance beauty. Jasmina bakes marvelous foods that call particular visual scenes to the minds of those who eat them. Malina can sense moods and reflect them back with an amazing voice that creates layers of harmony.
August 17th, 2017. Tadiana Jones´s rating: 3 | Lana Popović | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
“How do we protect our children?” Cal said quietly.
Apollo watched the soft little shape in his hand. “Obviously I don’t know.”
Victor LaValle’s novel The Changeling (2017) is a five-star book, one of the year’s best. I predict this thoughtful modern dark fantasy novel — or it might be horror — will be shortlisted on several awards and Best Of lists.
LaValle takes the tropes of traditional middle European fairy tales and blends them perfectly with a view of modern living,
August 17th, 2017. Marion Deeds and Ray McKenzie´s rating: 5 | Victor Lavalle | Locus Award, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
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