Weekly Read: Full Speed to a Crash Landing

The first in a banter-filled space heist novella series with rivals-to-lovers romance.

Have you ever known youโ€™d love a book based on the dedication alone? That was my first impression going into Beth Revisโ€™s 2024 romantic space heist Full Speed to a Crash Landing. โ€œThis book is dedicated to spite, my greatest muse and motivator.โ€ Apparently, me and Beth share the same muse! The moment I read … Read more

Weekly Read: Under Cover of Stars by Danielle Price

A Spacefaring spy romance with major Star Wars vibes.

If you love Star Wars, Space Romantasy and supporting indie debuts, add this book to your must-reads right now! I’ve been reviewing indie space opera and sci-fi for two years, and this book honestly has the most Star-wars-y feel of any indie book I’ve encountered so far (yes, it feels even more like Star Wars … Read more

Weekly Read: Coldwire by Chloe Gong

A YA cyberpunk spy novel with a slow-build mystery, romance, and intriguing use of dual timelines ending in a great payoff.

I’m surprised to say that my fave sci-fi read of 2025 is a YA novel. I don’t often review YA, but I enjoyed Gongโ€™s debut Romeo and Juliet retelling These Violent Delights, so when I heard this author had a cyberpunk novel coming out, I was interested to see how she’d tackle my fave genre. … Read more

Author Interview: Amber Toro

Image of the author standing against a blurred indoor background, next to an image of the Parallax book cover showing a blue spaceship against a dark background. Beneath the photo of the author is a quote stating โ€œWhat if artificial intelligence wanted to experience life... by linking their life with a human?โ€

If you love epic space sagas, Han Solo coded FMC’s and MMC’s like Li Shang from Mulan, you’re going to want to save this interview! Today I’m talking with Amber Toro, whose space opera Umbra: Sentient Stars gave me all these vibes plus a whole lot of Last Air Bender feels when I listened to … Read more

Weekly Read: Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon

In Depth Review: Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon. A vengeful, sapphic sci-fi adventure.

When it comes to sci-fi romance, I’ve read some weird stuff–from aliens who give great oral to gothic horror set inside the guts of a living spaceship. But I honestly never thought I’d pick up a sentient object romance until I read the blurb for Volatile Memory. Yes, the FMC falls in love with a … Read more

Weekly Read: Scarper by Jenny Schwartz

Scarper is Book #2 in The Delphic Dame trilogy, and its story arc definitely does not stand alone. But even though nothing gets resolved plot-wise in this instalment, I really enjoyed the read. The story moves forward, the stakes get raised, and Scarper is chock full of Jenny Schwartz’s signature thoughtful insights into society, politics, … Read more

Weekly Read: A Sacrifice of Blood and Stars by Jennifer Brody

PUBLISHED: 2024 SERIES: A Sacrifice of Blood and Stars #1 SCI-FI SUBGENRE: Space Opera, New Adult Romance STYLE: Straightforward POV: 1st Person Present, Dual POV SPICE SCALE: low spice, only kissing TRIGGERS: N/A TROPES: Forced pairing (not sexual), Enemies to lovers

I interviewed Jennifer Brody, author of A Sacrifice of Blood and Stars, back in the fall when the book released, but it took me a while for this one to make it to the top of my TBR. I’m glad I came back to it, because it was a really fun read! A Sacrifice of … Read more

Weekly Read: Pirate Throne by Carysa Locke

PUBLISHED: 2019 SERIES: Telepathic Space Pirates #3 SCI-FI SUBGENRE: Space Opera, Romance STYLE: Straightforward POV: Multiple, 3rd person SPICE SCALE: 3, at least one open door scene TRIGGERS: N/A VERSION I READ: Audiobook, $15.04

I picked up Pirate Throne pretty much immediately after finishing Pirate Consort. I just couldn’t wait too long to find out what happens next after that shocking epilogue! This instalment takes up just after the assassination of the king and his heirs. We start off with a new and intriguing character named Casimir, the king’s … Read more

Weekly Read: Umbra: Sentient Stars by Amber Toro

Published 2024. Series, Sentient Stars. Genre, Space Opera, Romance. Style, straightforward. Spice scale, just kissing. Triggers, N/A. Version I read, Audiobook, $21.88 CAD.

Did anyone else have a cartoon crush on Zuko from The Last Air Bender? (Later seasons Zuko, with hair and better attitude! Don’t judge!) Well, if you did, you’re going to be majorly crushing on Hinata, MMC of Amber Toro’s Umbra: Celestial Stars. He’s got the whole “banished prince bent on restoring his honour” bit … Read more

Weekly Read: Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik

You guys, I needed this book this week! Stress was bubbling over in our house with our back-to-school schedule stuffed with activities and everyone’s anxiety running high, and then Covid hit. We had to cancel all our fun weekend plans, including my birthday costume party. I was stressed and disappointed, but Eclipse the Moon by … Read more

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