Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school’s ultimate power couple—even if no one knows it but them. Only one thing stands between them and their perfect future: campus superstar Delilah Dufrey. Maria and…
Review: ‘The Roanoke Girls’ by Amy Engel
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 starsBeautiful.Rich.Mysterious.Everyone wants to be a Roanoke girl.But you won’t when you know the truth.Lane Roanoke is fifteen when she comes to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin at the Roanoke family’s rural estate following…
Review: ‘The Collector of Dying Breaths’ by M. J. Rose
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars**This is the 6th book in the Reincarnationist series so beware – this synopsis may well have slight spoilers for earlier books in the series** In 1533, an Italian orphan with an uncanny knack for creating…
Review: ‘Allegiant’ by Veronica Roth
**SPOILER ALERT – ALLEGIANT is the last in the Divergent series so there may be spoilers for earlier books in the series (although I have kept things spoiler free so far as this book goes). If you haven’t read the…
Review: ‘Black Swan Rising’ by Lee Carroll
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 starsJeweller Garet James isn’t the same as everyone else. She just doesn’t know it yet. With her fair share of problems – money (lack of), an elderly father, a struggling business – Garet should be…
Fantasy Review: ‘The Gunslinger’ by Stephen King
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Synopsis courtesy of GoodReads Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, The Dark Tower series is King’s most visionary feat of storytelling, a magical mix of…
Crime Review: ‘The Mysterious Affair at Styles’ by Agatha Christie
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 starsSynopsis The famous case that launched the career of Hercule Poirot. When a wealthy heiress is murdered, Poirot steps out of retirement to find the killer. As the master detective makes his way through the…
Review: ‘City of Bones’ by Cassandra Clare
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Synopsis When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder — much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange…
Review: ‘The Ruins of Gorlan’ by John Flanagan
Rating: 2.5 stars out of 5 Synopsis (from GoodReads.com) They have always scared him in the past—the Rangers, with their dark cloaks and shadowy ways. The villagers believe the Rangers practice magic that makes them invisible to ordinary people. And…
Review: ‘Pure’ by Julianna Baggott
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Synopsis We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . . Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an…
