Starless

Jacqueline Carey has a fiercely devoted fanbase. Her Kushiel’s Legacy saga introduced us to a heroine who is deservedly featured on lists of “best fantasy heroines” lists to this day—courtesan-spy Phedre, who enjoys a good book, a great dress, and wild, abandoned sex in equal measure. Her motto “Love as thou wilt” has become a rallying cry […]

Science Fiction and fantasy have explored with different ideas of gender for decades, but in the last few years, we’ve finally begun to see an increased number of works in which transgender characters (very often created by writers who are themselves queer) have taken on leading roles in some genuinely great books. They aren’t there […]