You know the type: strong (headed/willed), capable female characters who get shit done, but are kind of assholes about it, or are they? Men often like to call them “Mary Sue” and “unlikeable”, I like to call them “bitch queens”. It’s no secret that while we have a massive amount of male characters of the same kind who are loved by everyone, the number of characters of other genders is still way too small and where they do appear, they get hated on by too many people. Misogyny is still going strong.

If you know me, you know that I LOVE series. I don’t handle falling in love with characters and fictional worlds, only to be done with them after only one book very well haha. I do occasionally enjoy a good standalone though. Some stories are hella amazing *because* they are standalones, some really only work […]

Summary Derek is LitenVärld’s most loyal employee. He lives and breathes the job, from the moment he wakes up in a converted shipping container at the edge of the parking lot to the second he clocks out of work 18 hours later. But after taking his first ever sick day, his manager calls that loyalty […]

I know publishing has its very own schedule/calendar, but not publishing LOTS of queer books during June AKA pride month seems like a missed opportunity. June still comes with a decent amount of queer SFF releases that I’m very excited about. It’s somewhat of a short list compared to other months though.   Make sure […]

Welcome to my favorite topic EVER, the mother of all favorites: found family. Friendships have always interested me way more than romances did and when that is taken to the next level, when characters become family, that is the way to my heart. That’s all I want to read about, really. So yeah, of course […]

Ten Low is eking out a living at the universe’s edge. An ex-medic, ex-con, desperate to escape her memories of the war, she still hasn’t learnt that no good deed goes unpunished…

May is Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month and the book community is once again taking part in these celebrations by hosting readathons and generally encouraging everyone to read mostly/more books by Asian authors during the month of May.

May has a wide variety of queer books to offer in both fantasy and science fiction, from murder over giant robots to KNIGHTS ON MOTORBIKES. Yes, you read that right. This is a truly wild month and I’m extremely excited about every single one of these books.