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The Principle of Moments, by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

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Second paragraph of third chapter:

The boy with grey eyes. A planet, viewed from space, imploding. A gaunt woman wrapping her arms around Asha’s middle and whispering sister.

Big chunky queer time-travel Regency romance crossover space opera; what’s not to love? I confess that I got this purely because I enjoyed the author’s novelisation of The Church on Ruby Road, and basically this has everything you would expect, dynastic manoeuvrings and far future warfare. I get a lot of books like this, and often I don’t last past the first fifty pages, but I kept going with this one to the end and it was satisfying. You can get The Principle of Moments here.

This was my top unread book by a writer of colour. Next on that pile is The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng.

Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road, by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

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Second paragraph of third chapter:

Ruby and her band were performing their usual Christmas set, full of old classics and crowd-pleasers, with some newer, cooler Christmas anthems snuck in. The rosy-cheeked patrons laughed and chatted, coats unbuttoned, bobble hats hanging off chairs, scarves trailing forgotten on the floor. Behind the bar, a boy Ruby knew from around the area served drinks with a cheerful smile, a tinsel crown in his hair.

Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson is new to the Whoniverse, and charmed everyone at Gallifrey One this year, though unfortunately there were not enough copies of this novelisation around for me to get one. Anyway, it’s a breezy, enjoyable revisiting of the first full Fifteenth Doctor story, with a bit more background for Ruby, and sensibly not trying to reproduce the stunning visuals in printed form. She catches the voice of the new Doctor well, but we don’t find out much more about him, perhaps even less than usual for a Who novelisation; perhaps there are surprises in store. You can get it here.