Reviews

"The Phoenix King" by Aparna Verma. Cover Image coutesy of Orbit Books.

The Phoenix King is a smoldering start to Aparna Verma’s Ravence trilogy

Star Wars: Ahsoka speeds through Episode 3 (at least the ships were cool)

Ahsoka’s two-episode premiere captures that classic Star Wars magic

New Bernard Cornwell show The Winter King is no The Last Kingdom

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WiC Weekly: August 13-19

Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence by Rafał Kosik. Image courtesy of Orbit Books.

Book review: Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence by Rafał Kosik

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Warrior delivers an emotional gut punch in season 3 finale (#RenewWarrior)

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The Last Voyage of the Demeter review: I need a sequel

Outlander Season 7 -- Courtesy of Robert Wilson/STARZ

Outlander review, Episode 708: “Turning Points”

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Review: Warrior rushes to the finish line in Episode 309

L-R Ethan Peck as Spock and Anson Mount as Capt. Pike in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Michael Gibson/Paramount+

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 finale review, “Hegemony”

"Bridge" by Lauren Beukes. Cover image courtesy of Little, Brown and Company.

Bridge is a haunting multiverse thriller from Shining Girls author Lauren Beukes

L-R Carol Kane as Pelia, Christina Chong as La’an, Ethan Peck as Spock in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Best Possible Screengrab/Paramount+

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds review, Episode 209: “Subspace Rhapsody”

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Warrior delivers a Godfather moment in gripping Episode 308

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Good Omens remains a breezy trifle in Episode 203, “The Clue”

David Tennant (Crowley), Michael Sheen (Aziraphale)

Good Omens season 2 gets off to a relaxed, charming start in “The Arrival”

The Witcher season 3. Image: Netflix. Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia.

The Witcher season 3: Every episode reviewed and explained

The Witcher season 3 - Credit: Netflix

The Witcher season 3: The final 3 episodes reviewed and explained

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Finale review: Secret Invasion ends with a limp little plop

Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid and Anson Mount appearing in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds review, Episode 207: “Those Old Scientists”

Lauren Cohan as Maggie Rhee, Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan - The Walking Dead: Dead City _ Season 1, Episode 6 - Photo Credit: Peter Kramer/AMC

The Walking Dead: Dead City finale review, “Doma Smo”

Outlander Season 7 -- Courtesy of Robert Wilson/STARZ

Outlander review, Episode 706: “Where the Waters Meet”

Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura and Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds review, Episode 206: Don’t forget Hemmer!

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in Marvel Studios' SECRET INVASION, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Des Willie. © 2023 MARVEL.

Secret Invasion is in tension with itself in Episode 5, “Harvest”

Ethera Grave by Essa Hansen. Cover image courtesy of Orbit.

Book review: Ethera Grave by Essa Hansen

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan - The Walking Dead: Dead City _ Season 1, Episode 5 - Photo Credit: Peter Kramer/AMC

The Walking Dead: Dead City review, Episode 5, “Stories We Tell Ourselves”

Outlander Season 7 -- Courtesy of Robert Wilson/STARZ

Outlander review, Episode 705: “Singapore”

The Combat Codes by Alexander Darwin. Cover image: Orbit/Hachette.

Book review: The Combat Codes by Alexander Darwin