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May Reads with Fox

May 2026 was a month full of fairy-tales, fantasy, and folklore all with a heaping side dish of feminine rage. While some hit the mark, others fell short in our round-up. Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for giving us advanced copies of each of the following for review: Burn the Sea by Mona Tewari (Bindery Books) Psyche by Forrest Gladstone (Bosque Publishing) We Dance upon Demons by Vaishnavi Patel (S&S/Saga Press) Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou (Penguin) Burn the Sea by Mona Tewari (4/5) Mona Tewari’s “Burn the Sea” came out a few weeks ago and its a…
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Six Crimson Cranes

Six Crimson Cranes is book one of Elizabeth Lim’s duology. Princess Shiori of Kiata is the youngest sister of six brothers. As their last summer together approaches before adulthood, Shiori discovers a part of herself that she had inadvertently locked away. She conceals her forbidden powers, but when she uncovers a greater secret, she is confronted by her stepmother, the Empress Consort Raikama. Raikama banishes the princess and turns her brothers into six cranes with crimson crowns. With a bowl fused to her head and a warning that every word she speaks will be a death sentence for her brothers,…

