The Calyx Charm by May Peterson is the third and final book in The Sacred Dark series. I received this as an ARC so I will be doing a separate review of it and I’ll link it here when I’ve posted it. (Posted!)
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells is a short story in the Murderbot series. It takes place after the events of Exit Strategy (book no. 4) and is told from Dr Mensah’s perspective. It’s mostly a running internal commentary on trying to process trauma and coming to terms with traumatic events. It’s a nice set-up for Network Effect which was the first full-length novel in the series.
The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian is the start of a new series (duology I think) set in 18th century London. The first book centres on Kit Webb, a reluctantly reformed highwayman and coffee shop owner who meets his nemesis’s son, Edward Percy and start planning a heist against their foe/father. It’s cute and lovely and it has Cat Sebastian’s signature ”eat the rich/be gay, do crimes”-feel to it. I love it. I was also happily surprised when I got to the end and saw there will be a second book after this. I thought it was a stand-alone. Can’t wait to see what mayhem the couple in the next book can bring.
The Companion by E.E. Ottoman was a lot more erotic than I had anticipated but very enjoyable. A writer escaped New York City to lick her wounds in the countryside with a friend of a friend. Once there she finds refuge and companionship in more than one way and not how she had expected.
Subtle Blood by K.J. Charles – Oh Will Darling, how I love thee. This is the last part in the Will Darling Adventures and it was certainly worth waiting for. Will and Kim are back and this time they have to deal with Kim’s awful family, a murder in a gentlemen’s club and along the way they need to figure out what they mean to each other in the long run. So, so good.
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett was so much fun. I don’t know why I’ve never read Pratchett before – well, apart from Good Omens – but I listened to a podcast that reviewed this one and it sounded like a lot of fun and that was not wrong. I kept giggling and when I finished the book I bought the rest of this series about Tiffany Aching and her wee free men.