WORKING AS A SUPERVILLAIN’S HENCHMAN seems like the best option for a broke student in a city staged for hero/villain battles. Fun concept, great characterization! B PLUS

HOW TO BECOME A HENCHMAN, A NOVEL: THE HENCHMAN'S SURVIVAL GUIDE
Endeavor Reads
2019

TRUTH, MEMORY, AND TREACHERY: nuanced, eloquent novel about a writer trying to navigate an accusation against one old friend by another. B PLUS

AFTERNOON OF A FAUN
W. W. Norton & Company
2019

ON A BRUTALLY HARSH COLONY PLANET, two women risk everything to find their true places within its very different cultures. Dazzling worldbuilding, memorable characters. A MINUS

THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
Tor Books
2019

HIGH-STAKES DUTCH TECHNOTHRILLER has a timely plot and compelling writing. Hard to put down! B PLUS
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MR. MILLER
World Editions
2019

AFTER A VOLUNTARY APOCALYPSE, the few stubborn people left behind try to understand the strange devices that took most of humanity away. Mind-bending SF. A MINUS

THE AMATEURS
Vintage Canada
2019

INTERSTELLAR SMUGGLERS AND SCIENTISTS form an unlikely alliance in dodging blasters and escaping an unusual pirate. Great fun! B PLUS

SHOCKWAVE (STAR KINGDOM BOOK 1)
Lindsay Buroker
2019

THE RISE AND FALL OF PURITANISM in England and its American colonies, laid out in a highly readable book with solid scholarly depth. B PLUS

HOT PROTESTANTS
Yale University Press
2019

HISTORY AND THE MYSTIC ENTWINE in this precise, beautiful tale of a World War II WAC, a secretary at a secret nuclear plant, haunted by the gift of prophecy. B PLUS

THE CASSANDRA
Henry Holt and Co.
2019

A HALF-GOBLIN DETECTIVE FIGHTS deadly magic attacks more easily than her emotions. Sharp, sexy paranormal thriller. SOLID B

LEONIE HENDRICKS: DEMON P.I.: AN URBAN FANTASY DETECTIVE NOVEL (NAVA KATZ BOOK 7)
Te Da Media
2019

A VICTORIAN GHOST STORY, love story, tale of the impossibility of art: all these things and an engrossing Gothic thriller as well. A MINUS

THE LOST HISTORY OF DREAMS
Atria Books
2019