Last month was a little light on romance reading for me, but a goldmine for my other go-to genres! I read some great YA, really compelling litfic-y fantasy rooted in Indian mythology, and some awesome urban fantasy. Rebecca Roanhorse’s UF debut, Trail of Lightning, rooted in Navajo culture and lore, is just brilliant–reinvigorating a subgenre that, at least for me, had begun to feel kind of samey-samey. Her heroine, Maggie, is SUCH a badass. I cannot wait for the next book, Storm of Locusts, which is set to come out April 23, 2019. And I finally got around to Anne Bishop’s Lake Silence, the latest visit to her Others universe. It’s so weird to say this, because Bishop’s books are really violent, but I always feel warm and fuzzy after I’m done with one of her titles. There’s a real softness and kindness woven throughout despite the frequently bloodthirsty content. I hope she’s not done with the terra indigene yet!

The reading rundown:
From a Certain Point of View by Renée Ahdieh, Zoraida Córdova, Nnedi Okorafor, et al (anthology, science fiction, Star Wars tie-in)
Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong (anthology, urban fantasy)
Lake Silence by Anne Bishop (urban fantasy)
The Devourers by Indra Das (literary fiction, fantasy)
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (literary fiction, Mahabharata retelling)
Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert (paranormal romance, urban fantasy, novella)
It Takes Two by Jenny Holiday (contemporary romance)
Mr. Hotshot CEO by Jackie Lau (contemporary romance)
Last Shot by Daniel José Older (science fiction, Star Wars tie-in)
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (urban fantasy, post-apocalyptic)
Sadie by Courtney Summers (young adult thriller/suspense)
Pride by Ibi Zoboi (young adult romance, coming-of-age, Pride and Prejudice retelling)

On the TBR:
Hired by Zoey Castile (out 2/26/19)
An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole (out 2/26/19)
Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin (out 6/19)
A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna
Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik (out 2/5/19)
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri (out 11/13/18)