Author: Laura Lam (website/ twitter) UK Publisher: Wildfire Books Genre: Science fiction, thriller Ravaged by environmental disaster, greed and oppression, our planet is in crisis. The future of humanity hangs in the balance - and one woman can tip it over. Despite increasing restrictions on the freedoms of women on Earth, Valerie Black is spearheading … Continue reading REVIEW: Goldilocks – Laura Lam
Author: Stephanie Garber (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Genre: Young Adult, fantasy, romance See Also: Caraval, Legendary Caraval is over, but perhaps the greatest game of all has begun - with lives, empires, and hearts all at stake. There are no spectators this time: only those who will win, and those who will … Continue reading REVIEW: Finale – Stephanie Garber (Caraval #3)
Author: Christina Dalcher (website / twitter) UK Publisher: HQ Genre: Dystopic fiction, feminist fiction See Also: Vox In the US, this book is titled Masterclass. Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state’s new elite schools. Her daughters are exactly like her: beautiful, ambitious, and perfect. A good thing, since the recent mandate that’s swept … Continue reading REVIEW: Q – Christina Dalcher
Author: Claire McKenna (website / twitter) UK Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: Fantasy Arden Beacon arrives in the salt-swept port of Vigil with a job to do. Tasked with using the magic in her blood to keep the lighthouse burning, she needs to prove herself worthy of her family name and her ancestors' profession. But the coastline … Continue reading REVIEW: Monstrous Heart – Claire McKenna
Author: Tone Milazzo (website / twitter) Publisher: Running Wild Press Genre: Contemporary science fantasy Welcome to the Strip, where operatives on the fringe command teams of ‘Cards’: Agents cursed with subtle, specialized, and sometimes sloppy psychic powers. Dr Ken Park, Korean-American psychologist and spy, dares to lead six of these Cards. Together, they tackle esoteric threats … Continue reading REVIEW: The Faith Machine – Tone Milazzo
Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Orion Children's Books Genre: Fantasy, YA They say the thirst of blood is like a madness - they must sate it. Even with their own kin. On the eve of her divining, the day she'll discover her fate, seventeen-year-old Lil and her twin sister Kizzy are … Continue reading REVIEW: The Deathless Girls – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Author: Mathias Malzieu (wikipedia) Translator: Sarah Ardizzone (wikipedia) UK Publisher: Vintage Genre: Literary fiction, steampunk(-ish) Edinburgh, 1874. On the coldest night the world has ever seen, Little Jack is born with a frozen heart and immediately undergoes a life-saving operation. But Dr Madeleine is no conventional medic and surgically implants a cuckoo-clock into his chest. Little Jack … Continue reading REVISITED: The Boy With The Cuckoo-Clock Heart – Mathias Malzieu
Author: Georgette Heyer UK Publisher: Arrow Genre: Romance, historical fiction See Also: Charity Girl; Regency Buck; These Old Shades Rich, handsome, darling of the ton, the hope of ambitious mothers and despair of his sisters - the Marquis of Alverstoke sees no reason to put himself out for anyone. Until a distant connection, ignorant of his selfishness, … Continue reading REVISITED: Frederica – Georgette Heyer
Author: Erin Morgenstern (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Vintage Genre: Fantasy See also: The Night Circus Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a strange book hidden in the library stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something … Continue reading REVIEW: The Starless Sea – Erin Morgenstern
Author: Georgette Heyer UK Publisher: Arrow Genre: Historical romance See Also: These Old Shades; Regency Buck When Fate and a chivalrous impulse combine to saddle Viscount Desford with a friendless homeless waif named Cherry Steane, to whom else should he turn in such a scrape but his old childhood playmate, Henrietta Silverdale? For all they refused … Continue reading REVISITED: Charity Girl – Georgette Heyer
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