I am delighted that Black Gate Magazine has published a review by Brandon Crilly of my novel RecipeArium.

Here are a few snippets from it:

“The culture and world that Costi presents are absolutely bizarre, and with the detailed and expansive worldbuilding at play the way expert worldbuilding is supposed to work. (…)

The best word I can come up with to describe it (RecipeArium) is “visceral,” but in a unique way. Dark horror has its scenes of brutal murder, romance has its raw and heart-wrenching unions between characters… RecipeArium is visceral because it’s a story about people manipulating and indulging in their various senses — and those people happen to not be human, so basically I’m saying there’s a fair bit of alien sex.”

“It can be difficult sometimes to find science fiction that really stands out, but RecipeArium accomplishes that, hands down. If you’re looking for something weird and compelling, you’re gonna want to check out this novel.”

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