Author: Sarah Pinborough (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Titan Books / Gollancz Genre: YA, fantasy, fairy tale retellings Buy Now: ebook | paperback | hardcover Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, a handsome prince rescues a beautiful princess from the machinations of her wicked stepmother, sweeps her onto his white horse and rides … Continue reading REVIEW: Poison – Sarah Pinborough
Author: Lygia Day Peñaflor (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Harper Teen Genre: YA, contemporary fiction Buy now: ebook | paperback Miri Tan loved the book Undertow like it was a living being. So when she and her friends went to a book signing to hear the author, Fatima Ro, they concocted a plan to get close to her. Soleil Johnston wanted to … Continue reading REVIEW: All of This is True – Lygia Day Peñaflor
Author: J.K. Rowling (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: Children's books, fantasy, fairy tales Buy Now: Illustrated Hardcover | Standard Bloomsbury Paperback | ebook As familiar to many Hogwarts students as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are to Muggle children, The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of popular stories written for young wizards and … Continue reading REVIEW: The Tales of Beedle The Bard – J.K. Rowling
Author: Edward Ross (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Self Made Hero Genre: Comics, Film theory, non-fiction Buy Now: ebook | paperback I love graphic novels, and I love films, so the minute I heard about this book it set off all the alerts my brain in that I had to read it, and do so as soon … Continue reading REVIEW: Filmish – Edward Ross
Author: Emiko Jean (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Gollancz Genre: Epic fantasy, Young Adult Release Date: 8th November 2018 Buy Now: paperback | ebook In a deadly tournament to become empress, any may enter but only one will survive, and one competitor doesn't just plan to win, she's going to steal the Emperor's fortune. . . … Continue reading REVIEW: Empress of All Seasons – Emiko Jean
Author: Joanne M. Harris (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Gollancz Genre: Fantasy, folk tale, novella Buy Now: ebook | hardcover I am as brown as brown can be, And my eyes as black as sloe; I am as brisk as brisk can be, And wild as forest doe. (The Child Ballads, 295) So begins a beautiful … Continue reading REVIEW: A Pocketful of Crows – Joanne Harris
Author: Anna McKerrow (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Bookouture Genre: Contemporary fantasy, romance, erotica Release Date: 16th October 2018 Buy: ebook | paperback Faye Morgan – beautiful, independent and lonely – runs her family’s small shop of magical curiosities like her mother and grandmother before her. She longs for an escape, unaware of the dark power that flows through … Continue reading REVIEW: Daughter of Light and Shadows – Anna McKerrow
Author: Mary Balogh (website / facebook) UK Publisher: Piatkus Genre: Romance, historical fiction Buy now: ebook | paperback Humphrey Wescott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family - including the daughter no one knew he had . . . Anna Snow grew … Continue reading REVIEW: Someone to Love (Westcott #1) – Mary Balogh
Author: Nicola Mostyn (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Piatkus Genre: Contemporary Fantasy, humour Buy now: ebook | paperback Meet Frida: divorce lawyer, cynic and secret descendant of the immortal love god Eros. She's about to have a really bad day . . . When a handsome but clearly delusional man named Dan bursts into Frida's office … Continue reading REVIEW: the Gods of Love – Nicola Mostyn
Author: April Genevieve Tucholke (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Simon and Schuster Genre: YA, fantasy Release date: 4th October 2018 Buy: ebook | paperback Frey, Ovie, Juniper, and Runa are the Boneless Mercies--girls hired to kill quickly, quietly, and mercifully. But Frey is weary of the death trade and, having been raised on the heroic sagas of her … Continue reading REVIEW: The Boneless Mercies – April Genevieve Tucholke
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