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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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The Cleaning Pooka of Kildare

Irish Fairies are a hot topic in the folklore world, so whether you are looking for a romanceable one or just a lovable sidekick, there are plenty of fair folk to choose from. A personal favourite of mine is the cleaning variety, but I might be biased since I’ve just finished the Emily Wilde series about Professor Wilde’s scholarly adventures as a dryadologist. This story isn’t about the aloof and haughty fair folk, though we will hopefully cover them in detail later. Today, we have the trickster phantom fairy called the Puca or Pooka. These solitary creatures can take on…

