Review: Sun of Blood and Ruin

Find on Bookshop Features: The promise of a gender bent retelling of Zorro with a Mesoamerican twist drew me immediately to this book. Taking place around 20 years after the Conquest of Tenochtitlan, this book not only managed to immerse me in the culture and mythology of the region, but also provided an honest snapshot

Review: Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution

Author: R.F. Kuang Date Published: August 23, 2022 This dark academia novel is both a love letter to linguistics and a criticism of academia as a whole. Despite being a little too ‘on the nose’ at times, I find Kuang’s overall illustration of themes like racism (including institutional), colonialism, eurocentrism, revolution, etc. through Robin’s journey

Review: The Lost Ryū

Author: Emi Watanabe Cohen Date of Publication: June 07, 2022 Type: Historical Fantasy, Middle Grade Content Warnings: Death of a family member, themes of grief and loss, alcoholism, verbal abuse, antisemitism (not explicit), severe illness/hospitalization, depictions of trauma, mentions of war and the Holocaust (non-explicit) Links: Goodreads, Bookshop, Libro.fm I’m not a very emotional person,