The Fiction Addiction https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/ Book reviews with all the feelings Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:11:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.thefictionaddiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-fiction-addiction-FB-icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 The Fiction Addiction https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/ 32 32 81453742 Overbearing and Overhearing in “Crosstalk” https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/overbearing-and-overhearing-in-crosstalk/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/overbearing-and-overhearing-in-crosstalk/#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:11:52 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=17978 A few years ago, I read Joe Hill’s dark novel Horns and while I liked it overall, I thought the dark sides of people were just way too dark, that basically everyone had a horrific dark secret revealed by the mind-reading aspect. Revealing my mind wouldn’t show me hiding a murder or planning to abandon […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/overbearing-and-overhearing-in-crosstalk/feed/ 0 17978 Love Galaxy: The Hunger Games… IN SPACE! https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/love-galaxy-the-hunger-games-in-space/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/love-galaxy-the-hunger-games-in-space/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:17:21 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=15544 Love Galaxy, by Sierra Branham, offers a unique mashup of things I love in fiction:  A reality-show backstab-fest crossed with layered galactic diplomacy. Trash collector Artemis is working a double shift when she tells some spoiled rich kids to move away from the dumpster she’s trying to empty. Those rich kids, though, are the twin […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/love-galaxy-the-hunger-games-in-space/feed/ 1 15544 Oxford Time Travel: Blackout / All Clear https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/oxford-time-travel-blackout-all-clear/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/oxford-time-travel-blackout-all-clear/#respond Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:15:43 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=17803 I loved Connie Willis’ Doomsday Book, and To Say Nothing of the Dog, but somehow missed that there are two more novels in the Oxford Time Travel series, Blackout and All Clear, and I was delighted to find them and go back to this world. Blackout and All Clear are more like two halves of the […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/oxford-time-travel-blackout-all-clear/feed/ 0 17803 Chatbots, Pop Rocks, Booksta and Loss in YA “Message Not Found” https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/message-not-found/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/message-not-found/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:36:36 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=7990 In the beginning of Message Not Found, by Dante Medema, Bailey and Vanessa are high school besties, with so many private jokes and rituals, sure to be lifelong friends. When Vanessa dies in a random, tragic car crash after leaving Bailey’s house, naturally Bailey is miserable.  But even in her grief, there’s just one thing […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/message-not-found/feed/ 2 7990 Daisy https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/daisy/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/daisy/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:36:55 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=17821 Katie Cotugno’s upoming novel Daisy is a revisiting of The Great Gatsby, from Daisy’s perspective, opening after the events of that novel. Daisy takes place in the present day, even if the characters do go to a lot of jazz clubs and 20s-themed parties. Meh.  Some of this is on me, I think. I enjoyed […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/daisy/feed/ 0 17821 Book Lovers Day https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/book-lovers-day/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/book-lovers-day/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:25:58 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=17804 Obviously, every day is Book Lovers Day for me personally, but here are some extra suggestions to celebrate books on the official holiday, August 9th. You can visit your local independent bookstore and browse for a new book. You can post a recommended new release or an all-time favorite book on your social media. (Like […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/book-lovers-day/feed/ 0 17804 Feed https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/feed-2/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/feed-2/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:02:16 +0000 https://1morechapterblog.wordpress.com/?p=241 I don’t remember how I came across M T Anderson’s novel Feed, but I went into it thinking it was just science fiction, and not an extremely dark dystopia. That might be the ideal way to come at it, kind of like when I thought Never Let Me Go was about a boarding school. (Spoiler: […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/feed-2/feed/ 2 241 Book Review: Where Spectres Dwell https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/book-review-where-spectres-dwell/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/book-review-where-spectres-dwell/#respond Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:17:32 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=16674 Tyson Gill’s Where Spectres Dwell is a fantasy adventure that simply loves fantasy fiction. Ramille begins his life as an orphan with more abilities than the other kids being raised by the Sisters. But just when you think this is going to be a typical Chosen-One fantasy, he's is involved in an accident that changes the course of the world.

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/ghost-station/feed/ 3 11455 The Modest Ao Dai https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/the-modest-ao-dai/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/the-modest-ao-dai/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:55:51 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=16589 In Leila Vinnik’s upcoming novel, The Modest Ao Dai, Jamie Nguyen-Do is a Jewish-Vietnamese college student and aspiring writer. Jamie wants to write something true and authentic about the experiences of Jewish Asians like herself, a perspective she rarely sees. Looking for inspiration and community, she posts on Facebook looking for stories to tell. On […]

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