Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia In Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s debut novel Signal to Noise, the 1980s are almost over, and Meche is a teenager in Mexico City doing all those random stupid teenager things we all did back then: listening to music all night, riding around on the back of friends’ motorcycles, and casting magic spells […]
Read MoreStefan Raets (RETIRED)´s rating: 3.5 | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia I’ve gotten tired of vampires. All too often, their social models are those of decadent, louche aristocrats with their courts and their bloodsucking royalty, or mafia-like crime lords. There isn’t much new about the process of drinking blood, either; they host a demon; or they are demons, or they […]
Read MoreMarion Deeds´s rating: 4.5 | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s 2017 novel The Beautiful Ones is an historical romance, a comedy of manners set in an alternate world. This world has the social mores and the esthetic of Europe’s Belle Époque (the late 19th century). Certain people in the world of The Beautiful Ones have telekinetic abilities, […]
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Reposting to include Marion’s new review. Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Casiopeia Tun is the poor relation of the Leyva family, put to work as a servant to her grandfather, aunts, uncles, and cousins. It’s established early, though, that she’s not one to take easily to subservience. Sure, she’ll probably do what […]
Read MoreKelly Lasiter and Marion Deeds´s rating: 5 | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 10 comments |
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Noemí Taboada is a 22-year-old flighty socialite living in Mexico City. She loves to dress up in beautiful gowns and high heels and go to parties with handsome young men. One evening she’s called home from a party early. Her wealthy father has received a strange letter from Catalina, Noemí’s […]
Read MoreKat Hooper, Marion Deeds and Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 3.5, 4.5 | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 6 comments |
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia It’s 1877, and on a decaying rancho deep in the Yucatán peninsula, Carlota Moreau’s sheltered life — and world — is about to change. Carlota’s father, Doctor Moreau, conducts experiments on human-animal hybrids, with a stated goal of improving humanity. When his patrons, the Lizalde family, threaten […]
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I was excited by the first issue of The Dark, which I reviewed in 2013. The following issues fulfill the promise of the first, containing lovely and mysterious stories of dark fantasy. Reading the sweep of the magazine from Issue 2 to Issue 7 reveals that a particular type of story is likely to catch […]
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