Kevin Kwan’s New “Lies and Weddings”

Lies and Weddings, by Kevin Kwan, contains the same kind of frothy lifestyle fun as the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy.…

The Sequel (to The Plot)

Pretty much any discussion of The Sequel is going to have spoilers for the first book, The Plot, so if…

Gods on Trial Book 1: Beyond the Father

In Beyond the Father, the opening novel of the planned eight-part scifi/fantasy epic series Gods on Trial by Opëshum Patroz,…

Timelines of “The Day Tripper”

I have to warn you that James Goodhand's new novel The Day Tripper has a pretty rough start. At the…

New/Old Fiction: The Porridge of the Countess Berthe

I'd never heard of The Porridge of the Countess Berthe, an overlooked fairy tale by Alexandre Dumas, newly translated into…