Author: Louise O'Neill (twitter) UK Publisher: Scholastic Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Buy now: ebook | hardcover | paperback Deep beneath the sea, off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father. On her first swim to the surface, she is drawn towards a human boy. She longs to … Continue reading REVIEW: The Surface Breaks – Louise O’Neill
Author: Bridget Collins (website / twitter) UK Publisher: The Borough Press Genre: Fantasy, historical fantasy, LGBTQ+ romance Buy Now: hardcover | ebook Imagine you could erase your grief. Imagine you could forget your pain. Imagine you could hide a secret. Forever. Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a letter arrives summoning him to begin … Continue reading REVIEW: The Binding – Bridget Collins
Author: Kevin Kwan (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Corvus Genre: Contemporary fiction, satire Buy Now: ebook | paperback When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his … Continue reading REVIEW: Crazy Rich Asians – Kevin Kwan
Author: Peter S. Beagle (twitter) UK Publisher: Tachyon Publications Genre: Fantasy, first draft Buy now: hardcover Peter S. Beagle first imagined his beloved heroine when he was twenty-three, half a decade before she sprang into the world. Now the Last Unicorn’s fantastical origins are recaptured in this lovely commemorative hardcover. Here you will discover the eighty-five … Continue reading REVIEW: The Last Unicorn – The Lost Journey – Peter S. Beagle
Author: C. Barton UK Publisher: Self-Published Genre: Novella, erotica Buy now: paperback (also available as an ebook for free on KindleUnlimited, or £2.24 to purchase) After yet another disastrous Christmas with her family, Diana returns to her empty apartment in NYC and decides to finally take her hot neighbor, Nathan, up on his constant flirtations. But Diana is … Continue reading REVIEW: Holiday – C. Barton
Author: Ibi Zoboi (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Harper Collins/Balzer and Bray Genre: Contemporary literature, Classic rewrite Buy Now: ebook | hardcover Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves … Continue reading REVIEW: Pride – Ibi Zoboi
Author: Diana Wynne Jones UK Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: Children's books, fantasy Buy Now: ebook | paperback In the land of Ingary, where seven league boots and cloaks of invisibility do exist, Sophie Hatter catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell. Deciding she has nothing more to … Continue reading REVIEW: Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones
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Author: Christina Henry (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Titan Books Genre: Fantasy, historical fiction Buy now: ebook | paperback Once there was a fisherman who lived on a cold and rocky coast and was never able to convince any woman to come away and live in that forbidding place with him. One evening he pulled … Continue reading REVIEW: The Mermaid – Christina Henry
Editor: Dominik Parisien (website / twitter) and Navah Wolfe (twitter) UK Publisher: Saga Press Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction Buy Now: ebook | paperback | hardcover A unique anthology of all-new stories that challenges authors to throw down the gauntlet in an epic genre battle and demands an answer to the age-old question: Who is more awesome—robots or … Continue reading REVIEW: Robots vs Fairies – ed. Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe
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