Critiques et Commentaires

The Tainted Cup is very much a fantasy Holmes novel, where a labyrinthine mystery is being solved by an almost supernaturally skilled investigator and their lovable but hapless assistant, through whose viewpoint the story is being presented.

The setting is delightfully weird, much more like Divine Cities than Founders, with elements of existential/apocalyptic threat and imperialism.

I'm looking forward to more in this universe.

A fantasy thriller in a unique setting with nuanced takes on colonialism, gender, and poverty.

I'll be looking forward to upcoming books in this universe or by Naseem Jamnia

V is excellent as always.

Going in blindish, I expected a bit more scifi based on the title - instead, I got a wonderful, wholesome space fantasy.

True to form, the characters really shine, and there's a lot for me to identify with in Avari. It was fun to explore a new setting, and although this time the plot didn't have the epic scope of The Beautiful Decay, I was thoroughly invested in the outcome.

Go read The Old Goat and the Alien!

The #SFFBookClub pick for May 2024

😃 Love the murderbot reference

I didn't manage to resolve the earlier one, if that was also a real book

Thank you for CWing your spoilers ❤️

This one just wasn't for me. I feel like it was one of those books that's all setting and no plot - and the setting was great, but I just couldn't engage with it.

#SFFBookClub

aaaaaaaa it's here!

As a consequence of living under capitalism, I am sometimes forced to tell people about the books I write.

Today, I want to talk about 🎲 Non-Player Character ✨

NPC is a novel about a highly anxious autistic person in their 30s who joins a tabletop role-playing group...and then all of them get transported to the world of their game.

It's cosy, it's queer, it has asexual romance, and it's very much about found family.

You might like it! You can find buy links here.

veocorva.xyz/books/non-player-character-by-veo-corva/

mastodon.art/@vicorva/112246836913192964

You'll never convince me that "Scrivenor" isn't a pseudonym

It kept very much to the themes of the original: genocide, greed, betrayal, and the sheer amount of damage a few bad-faith actors can do in a system not designed to account for them

Finished just in time for #SFFBookClub sequels month 😅

#SFFBookClub pick for April 2024

The only novel from the Nebula finalists that wasn't already on my list