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NBN Episodes hosted by Gabrielle:
December 5, 2023
The Dragons of Deepwood Fen
The Dragons of Deepwood Fen (Daw Books, 2023) is an immersive fantasy which takes you deep into a world of duality. There are two suns, one light and …
March 26, 2023
The Crane Husband
Today I talked to Kelly Barnhill about her book The Crane Husband (Tordotcom, 2023). Our unnamed narrator, a fifteen-year-old girl, manages to care f…
February 24, 2023
Half a Soul
Today I talked to Olivia Atwater about her new book Half a Soul (Orbit, 2022). When a nasty fairy Lord tries to take young Dora’s soul, her doting co…
January 10, 2023
The Daughters of Izdihar
The Daughters of Izdihar (Harper Voyager, 2023), like last year’s A Master of Djinn, is set in a world similar to Egypt, during the time of the suffra…
November 7, 2022
The Revivalists
A road trip novel, The Revivalists (Harper, 2022) is intimate, funny, and at times, shocking. It has only the dystopian setting in common with Cormac …
October 14, 2022
Monsters Born and Made
Today I talked to Tanvi Berwah about Monsters Born and Made (Sourcebooks Fire, 2022). In our narrator Koral’s world—an oceanic world full of sea mons…
September 14, 2022
Comeuppance Served Cold
A clever magical mystery which needs your full attention, Comeuppance Served Cold (Tordotcom, 2022) challenges this podcaster to write a review withou…
August 8, 2022
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (Tor, 2022) is marketed as a historical fantasy novel, but its subtle and humane sweetness set it aside from most exa…
June 27, 2022
The Justice of Kings
The Justice of Kings (Orbit, 2022) opens with our young narrator, Helena, traveling from town to town as clerk to the King’s Justice, a learned and id…
May 26, 2022
The Beholden
Today I talked to Cassandra Rose Clarke about her book The Beholden (Erewhon Books, 2022). Two impoverished sisters, one with magical gifts and one w…
May 2, 2022
A Lullaby for Witches
Augusta is a meek museum curator trapped in a dead-end job and relationship, when an employment offer to become the collections manager at Harlowe Hou…
April 4, 2022
Bone Orchard
Get ready for a cruel dark world of abnegation and revenge, featuring a woman who struggles to achieve psychic integration after a succession of betra…
March 15, 2022
The Cartographers
Nell Young, a dedicated cartographer, once had it all—a dream job in the New York Public Library, a stylish boyfriend, Felix, who understood her obses…
February 2, 2022
Trailer Park Trickster
Did you ever hear the one about the elf, druid, and warlock that walk into—no, not a bar—but a trailer? Trailer Park Trickster (Blackstone, 2021), Da…
January 11, 2022
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Today I talked to Sue Lynn Tan about her new book Daughter of the Moon Goddess (Harper Voyager, 2022). The immortal Xinyin lives a quiet life on the …
December 1, 2021
Wicked As You Wish
Rin Chupeco's Wicked As You Wish (Sourcebooks Fire, 2020) begins with our Filipina narrator, Tala, and her best friend, Alexei, who both attend high s…
November 1, 2021
The Seventh Queen
The Seventh Queen (HarperCollins, 2021) is the second book in the Warrior Witch Duology, so the following review and questions for author Greta Kelly …
October 11, 2021
Capture the Crown
Today I talked to Jennifer Estep about her new book Capture the Crown (HarperCollins, 2021). Princess Gemma Ripley is famous for her glittering outfi…
August 10, 2021
Appleseed
We have a collective memory of a primeval world embodied in myth. It is a world where spirits lived in the trees, water, and mountains, and nature wa…
July 14, 2021
A Master of Djinn
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark goes full-length for the first time in his dazzling debut novel: A Master of Djinn (Tordotcom, 202…
June 8, 2021
The Wolf and the Woodsman
Today I talked to Ava Reid about her new book The Wolf and the Woodsman (Harper Voyager, 2021) The wolf, in the title refers to a pagan woman, given…
May 10, 2021
The Bone Shard Daughter
Today I talked to Andrea Stewart about The Bone Shard Daughter: The Drowning Empire Book One (Hachette UK, 2020). In a world of floating islands, var…
April 15, 2021
The Frozen Crown
The horror of the battlefield is fresh for Princess Askia. She’s just been forced to flee her kingdom, the northern country of Seravesh, where her cou…
March 29, 2021
Taylenor
Today I talked to Anne Marie Lutz about her book Taylenor (Hydra, 2019). Taylen is the designation for magical power in the world that Anne Marie Lu…