Joshua Bonifacio
Dive into a tale of espionage, faux marriage in Chloe Gong’s ‘Foul Lady Fortune’
Foul Lady Fortune begins with an assassination on a train ride.
Rosalind Liang — codename Fortune — spends her days as an assassin undertaking...
In ‘Gunk Baby,’ a store owner grapples with the melancholia of modern work
24-year-old Leen is determined to run a successful business.
She’s not alone in her desire in Par Mars, the unnerving setting of Jamie Marina...
Wading through the tides of time in Jinwoo Chong’s debut novel “Flux”
Flux, a stunning debut novel by Jinwoo Chong, is all about the feeling of being disoriented. It starts with a bit of a misleading...
A world of mystery and hyper-productivity awaits in “The Sleepless”
If you never had to sleep, what would you do with the extra time?
This is the central question at the core of Victor Manibo’s...
Short stories explore life, relationships, and the search for happiness
I find that authors of short story collections are able to really elevate their work when they can resolve the innate challenge of curating...
Navigating life’s limbo in Amy Zhang’s “The Cartographers”
Can you truly convince yourself that what you’re experiencing day-to-day is real, and that you haven’t, by any chance, stepped into the afterlife?
In “The...
Fighting Destiny with Martial Arts in Wesley Chu’s “The Art of Prophecy”
“Chosen one” stories have gotten a little old.
The promise of them is clear: wish fulfillment. Readers get to step into the shoes of someone...
In Godslayers, two lovers pursue a brighter future for all
“Godslayers” tells its epic in grand strokes.
As the sequel to Zoe Hana Mikuta’s 2021 breakout hit “Gearbreakers,” “Godslayers” by and large keeps the momentum...
A child of a poet travels a world torn apart in Celeste Ng’s sobering...
By the time readers finish Celeste Ng’s newest novel, they’ll understand it comes from a place of hope as much as it does fear.
Between...
