Book Reviews
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ANY HUMAN POWER by Manda Scott (AUTHOR INTERVIEW)
Novelist, podcaster, renegade economist and regenerative smallholder, Manda Scott’s novels have been shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and the Saltire Award, nominated for an Edgar, won ... -
TROPIC OF SERPENTS by Marie Brennan (BOOK REVIEW)
This review may contain spoilers for the first book, A Natural History of Dragons. “Words, I fear, will again fail me as I attempt to ... -
ANY HUMAN POWER by Manda Scott (BOOK REVIEW)
From Sunday Times bestselling author Manda Scott comes a visionary new fantasy thriller f or the cli-fi generation, about a family at the centre of a ... -
THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS by Amal Singh (BOOK REVIEW)
“Delights are not shortcuts to avoid what the world throws at you. They are meant to elevate what you already have.” In the city of ... -
CAN’T SPELL TREASON WITHOUT TEA by Rebecca Thorne (BOOK REVIEW)
Reyna and Kianthe dream of opening a friendly book shop together, serving the very best tea and cakes. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, firelight ... -
SLEWFOOT by Brom (BOOK REVIEW)
Reading Brom’s Slewfoot feels like reading a work of art. From the wider physicality of the book to the illustrated chapter headings, to the evocative prose: ... -
THE SECRET LIFE OF INSECTS by Bernardo Esquinca (BOOK REVIEW)
Bernardo Esquinca – The Secret Life Of Insects (2024, translated by James D. Jenkins, illustrations by Luis Pérez Ochando) “Don’t knock liars: they’re great storytellers. In ... -
BLACK SHIELD MAIDEN by Willow Smith and Jess Hendel (BOOK REVIEW)
Black Shield Maiden by Willow Smith & Jess Hendel is a powerful coming of age story that follows Yafeu from her home in the Ghanaian Empire ... -
MORGAN IS MY NAME by Sophie Keetch (BOOK REVIEW)
‘And God strike me down if it weren’t true. There it was, waves crashing at the window, coming to claim us all. I ran to see, ... -
THE BOOK THAT BROKE THE WORLD by Mark Lawrence (Book Review)
We fight for the people we love. We fight for the ideas we want to be true. Evar and Livira stand side by side and yet ...
