The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2023
INK BLOOD SISTER SCRIBE By Emma Torzs
Two sisters, Esther and Joanna, have been raised to be secret stewards of magical books — tomes written in and activated by human blood.
Buzzing with atmospheric prose, charismatic characters and a cryptic plot, Ink Blood Sister Scribe sumptuously bleeds magic from every page. We follow Joanna and Esther, two estranged half-sisters who must protect their family’s collection of magical books as their ancestors for generations have done a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power.
INFINITY GATE by M.R. Carey
Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth’s environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret of inter-dimensional travel, a secret that could save everyone on her dying planet.While the book technically begins and ends on a university campus in Lagos, Nigeria, its vaulting scope makes you feel as if you’ve taken a few steps up a mountain and ended up in outer space.
EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES by Heather Fawcett
A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love in the start of a heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series. Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries Delicious and satisfying, Fawcett’s novel mixes winsome characters with real loss and deep feeling.