Do you ever stumble across something and you know without a doubt that if you had found it when you were younger, you would have been obsessed with it?
Tag: contemporary fantasy
BOOK REC: The Absolute Book – Elizabeth Knox
This is an unusual book. Published by Michael Joseph, one of Penguin Random House's literary imprints, I think it makes a difference when reading it to remind yourself that it is a literary book, not a straight fantasy genre book.
BOOK REC: Peace Talks (Dresden Files #16) – Jim Butcher
I have been waiting for this book for about five years. You would think that in this time I would have taken the opportunity to re-read the other instalments in the series to remind myself what had happened, so I would be fresh and ready when I finally got around to getting this new paperback (to match my other fifteen paperbacks). Reader: I didn't.
BOOK REC: Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune – Roselle Lim
Something about this description sounded really cute and cozy. I loved the idea of seeing a character reconnect with her family, her roots, and herself through cooking.
BOOK REC: The Dress Shop of Dreams – Menna Van Praag
I'll be honest, I was intially drawn to this book because it was on a shelf with a full collection of other titles from the same author and publisher, all in the same style but in a rainbow of colours, and I had to be talked down from clearing the shelf because they looked so beautiful together. This is the second Allison and Busby book I've bought, and the other - Unmarriageable - is also stunning, so mad props to their cover designers. They're smashing it out of the park.
REVIEW: The Faith Machine – Tone Milazzo
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
REVIEW: The Sisters Grimm – Menna van Praag
Author: Menna van Praag (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Bantam Press Genre: Contemporary fantasy, YA There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of sisters Grimm on Earth. You may well be one of them, though you might never know it. This is the story of four sisters Grimm – daughters born to different mothers on the same day, each … Continue reading REVIEW: The Sisters Grimm – Menna van Praag
REVIEW: Daughter of Light and Shadows – Anna McKerrow
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
REVIEW: the Gods of Love – Nicola Mostyn
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
