Fiction

A spoiler-free review of A Snake Among Swans by Hannah Kaner: a hostage bride, a conquering swan king, a forest that sells power for memory, and a running bill that comes due.

A spoiler-free review of We Already Dug the Grave by Emma C. Wells: two sisters, one shovel, a decade of silence, and a set of tea leaves that have said the same word for ten years.

A spoiler-free review of Big Bad Wolf by Laurie Gilmore: the first Maple Hollow book is a rewrite of a novel she published three years ago under another name, and knowing that changes how you read it.

A spoiler-free review of The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman: two Radcliffe freshmen, a secret society older than Harvard, and a hanging tree that has been standing on the Common the whole time.

A spoiler-free review of Tempest by Victoria Aveyard: the pirate republic has fallen, the gallows are full, and the woman who helped bring it down has one job left before they hang her too.