Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars A jumble of entries, written in different hands, different languages, and different times. They tell of a rumour. A shadow. A killer. The only interest that Oxford Professor Charles Meredith has in the diaries…
Review: ‘The Bone Season’ by Samantha Shannon
Rating: 4 out of 5 starsThe year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for information by breaking…
Review: ‘Taste of Darkness’ by Maria V. Snyder
**SPOILER ALERT – TASTE OF DARKNESS is the last in the Healer series. If you haven’t read the first, Touch of Power, you might want to head over to my review of that HERE instead. Looking for the second book, Scent…
Review: ‘Cracked’ by Eliza Crewe
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Meet Meda. She eats people. Well, technically, she eats their soul. But she totally promises to only go for people who deserve it. She’s special. It’s not her fault she enjoys it. She can’t…
Fantasy Review: ‘A Game of Thrones’ by George R. R. Martin
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on…
Steampunk Review: ‘The Osiris Ritual’ by George Mann
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars **This is the second in a loosely connected series – if you haven’t read the first, The Affinity Bridge and want to avoid minor spoilers, you can pop over to my review of that…
Review: ‘White Cat’ by Holly Black
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Cassel comes from a family of Curse Workers – people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is…
YA Fiction Review: ‘Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters’ by Rick Riordan
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson is finding his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson,…
Fantasy Book Review: ‘Scent of Power’ by Maria V. Snyder
**SPOILER ALERT – SCENT OF POWER is the second in the Healer Series. If you haven’t read, Touch of Power, you might want to head over to my review of that HERE instead** Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Hunted,…
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…