Book Reviews
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THE SKY ON FIRE by Jenn Lyons (BOOK REVIEW)
The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons is a fast-paced, action-fuelled, standalone heist novel full of dragons, a prism of diverse characters, and a cantankerous found ... -
THREADNEEDLE by Cari Thomas (BOOK REVIEW)
Threadneedle is Cari Thomas’s dark saga of a family of witches torn apart by a curse. Every page is a riot of magic, and you’ll find ... -
THE MIME ORDER by Samantha Shannon (BOOK REVIEW)
A note on the edition: I received the 10th Anniversary fully revised edition from Bloomsbury, which is said to contain new scenes and altered scenes. I ... -
LOST IN THE GARDEN by Adam S. Leslie (BOOK REVIEW)
“STAY AWAY FROM ALMANBY. Almanby is dangerous. Go anywhere, but don’t go to Almanby. But no one ever specified why. No one thought to impress upon ... -
ARTHUR by Giles Kristian (BOOK REVIEW)
“All gone now. All of it of no more substance than a memory which may just have been a dream. Hadn’t they been fools to think ... -
BOY WITH A BLACK ROOSTER by Stefanie Vor Schulte, translated by Alexandra Roesch (BOOK REVIEW)
Stefanie Vor Schulte – Boy With A Black Rooster (2021, translated by Alexandra Roesch 2024) “There is something so wrong about the fact that the boy, ... -
THE DISSONANCE by Shaun Hamill (BOOK REVIEW)
“What do you think about the fuckups saving the day for once?” What happens when a group of misfit teenagers unlock extraordinary powers? They unveil ... -
DAUGHTER OF CALAMITY by Rosalie M Lin (BOOK REVIEW)
Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M Lin follows Jingwen, a cabaret dancer in 1920s Shanghai who moonlights as a messenger for her physician Grandmother delivering bones ... -
YOKE OF STARS by R B Lemberg (BOOK REVIEW)
Yoke of Stars by R B Lemberg is a novella set in their Birdverse series which you can read in any order. This is a story ... -
THE COMPANY OF THE WOLF by David Wragg (BOOK REVIEW)
‘Ma,’ the kid whispered. ‘Please. For a little while, could you stop making enemies of everyone we meet?’ Ree flexed her jaw. ‘That depends on them ...
