Metal from Heaven

I know comfort books are in, and yes, they have their place, but there's nothing quite like reading something dangerous. Something rich with ideas, something challenging, something transgressive, and revelatory, something that feels like it's pushing the genre forward, something punk in the true mea......more

Damn damn damn. And what a killer last line! This is not a happy book. It’s not romantic. I adored every heart break moment of it. It’s a bitter triumph with an oil-slick beauty. I’ve wanted this book all my life. Now that I’ve got it, it’s gonna stay with me for the rest of it. This one’s for the dy......more

Metal from Heaven is what you get when you blend the political commentary of Babel with the environmental themes of The Fifth Season and soak them in the unhinged lesbian horniness of Gideon the Ninth. In this bold and voicey adult fantasy debut from author August Clarke, a young orphan joins a gang......more

Loud, sweaty, sexy, bright, dreamlike, bloody. This won't be a book for everyone. But it was a book for me! Metal From Heaven follows Marney, starting from when she works in a factory, chronically ill from the harsh conditions and orphaned by her family's attempt to unionize before being shot down by......more

Where to even begin. Every time I open a book, I hope to be sucked in from the very first word. There are great books out there, but still this doesn't happen as often as I'd like. Until this book comes along, and with it all my prayers to a God I don't believe in and don't pray to are answered and e......more