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Behind Frenemy Lines (BFL) is a charming and delightful romantic comedy that vindicates author Zen Cho’s decision to make the switch from speculative fiction to romance. While this reviewer takes issue with the use of the neological portmanteau ‘frenemy’ in the title (or in any context whatsoever) he was pleasantly ...

Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2025, making it an opportune time to revisit, or discover for the first time, one of the most remarkable science fiction series of the 21st century. Among the finest examples of hard science fiction since Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem, ...

When it was first revealed that Zen Cho’s new book would be a contemporary romance, the news came as a surprise. After all, the UK-based Malaysian author has made a name for herself in the realms of fantasy and speculative fiction with such acclaimed titles as Black Water Sister and ...

“A woman had been crushed by a goat that fell from the sky.” Thus begins Malaysian writer Amy Leow’s debut novel, The Scarlet Throne, one of the most assured and deft fantasies to have fallen in my lap in recent times. Deliberating on the case of the crushed woman—on whether ...