22 / she | a desi blogger who loves books and anything related to stories! focuses on south-asian representation in literature, a writer working on a hindu eschatology-based fantasy.
Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles is an absolute favourite YA fantasy with themes of smashing sexism + rebelling against systems in the midst of romantic yearning and an air of mystery.
Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha is a a South Asian science-fiction dystopia that impressed me with its timely themes of climate change and classism around a revolution against technocracy.
From December 21-31, I’ll be reading these five translated books for the Reading in Translation Readathon: Women of Sand and Myrrh, Timeless Tales from Marwar, Kim Jiyoung Born 1982, An Apartment on Uranus, and Moustache.
Five 2021 sequels to fantasy books by south asian authors are being anticipated the most. Read more about these titles: The Chariot at Dusk, Aru Shah and the City of Gold, Rising Like a Storm, We Free the Stars, and A War of Swallowed Stars.
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi is a heist-filled YA historical fantasy set in 1889 Paris with diverse characters, complex magic, romance and excellent themes. An absolute favourite of mine.
The end of 2020 is almost here and I have ten fantasy books on my TBR for the next five weeks. See all the hyped titles I’ll be finally reading and the ratings I’ve predicted for each of them.
I recently came across my first ARC review and decided to dissect each paragraph, so this analysis dives into how my reading preferences and reviewing style has changed over the last two years.
We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal is the first in a YA fantasy duology set in ancient Arabia where darkness and cold is creeping over a kingdom of sand and sun. An absolute favourite of mine.
First of the many weekly updates about my current writing project, #KaliYugaWIP — how and when this story idea came into being, a quick & raw blurb, NaNoWriMo motivation, and a pretty aesthetic.
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong has easily become one of the best reads of the year and taken a place in my list of absolute favourites. It’s a historical fantasy romance set in 1926 Shanghai.