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About Roseanna

A London-based reviewer mainly interested in scifi and fantasy, but occasionally prone to dabble in historical and mythological fiction. Currently an editor at Hugo and Ignyte award-winning fanzine Nerds of a Feather. When not reading, can be found playing rugby, collecting too many crafting hobbies or attempting to learn how to fight with a longsword.

Too Much Positivity

Posted on 11/07/2023 by Roseanna

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the need for and place of negatives reviews in the SFF sphere (and bookish sphere more generally), but I want to come at it from a different side today, specifically – when being … Continue reading →

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Whoaah… we’re half way the-ere!

Posted on 31/05/2023 by Roseanna

Whoah-oh… no I can’t think of a funny way to continue that. Maybe if I’d read Spare? As of a couple of hours ago – I’m half way through my reading goal for the year, a whole month early. I’m … Continue reading →

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Perilous Times – Thomas D. Lee

Posted on 30/05/2023 by Roseanna

I have been super excited about Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee coming out for months. I saw people talking about it on twitter, about how it was an interesting new take on the Arthurian mythos in a modern setting, … Continue reading →

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The Saint of Bright Doors – Vajra Chandrasekera

Posted on 22/05/2023 by Roseanna

I didn’t really know what to expect when I started reading this, but honestly, I think that was the best plan I could have had. Expectations would have only held me back (and/or been absolutely useless to me). The Saint … Continue reading →

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All the Hollow of the Sky – Kit Whitfield

Posted on 10/05/2023 by Roseanna

FAIRIES. I love fairies. I am five times more likely to read a book with fairies in… well, maybe not the ACOTAR kind, but otherwise. I was promised fairies here, and it absolutely delivered on that score. All the Hollow … Continue reading →

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All the Books I’ll Never Read

Posted on 22/04/2023 by Roseanna

I exist at a weird interstice in the people I know, when it comes to books. On the one hand, I have a lot of friends, even the ones who read, but who for the most part aren’t immersed in … Continue reading →

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What I read last week – 10th to 16th of March

Posted on 18/03/2023 by Roseanna

Last week, I went on holiday! Specifically, on a reading holiday. From Friday to Monday, I was in a shepherd’s hut near Windermere, listening to the rain on the roof, snuggling under blankets, drinking my body weight in tea and, … Continue reading →

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Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries – Heather Fawcett

Posted on 16/01/2023 by Roseanna

I may or may not be susceptible to advertising, and doubly so to the sort selling me on receiving monthly mystery parcels. As such, I’m now signed up to both illumicrate and Fairyloot. Yes, yes, I’m a sucker. This self-analysis … Continue reading →

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A Taste of Honey – Kai Ashante Wilson

Posted on 07/01/2023 by Roseanna

I realised, a while ago, that almost none of the books I had read with gay male protagonists/major characters was written by men (gay or otherwise)*. Given that in the other direction, I’d be a bit wary of books about … Continue reading →

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Ithaca – Claire North

Posted on 13/12/2022 by Roseanna

There are a lot of Greek myth retellings floating around now. And not just Greek myth retellings, but feminist ones specifically. In many ways, I am the targetest of target markets for the subgenre, and I have to admit, even … Continue reading →

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