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
Author: Jasper Fforde (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Genre: Dystopic Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy, humour, conspiracy Buy now: ebook | hardcover During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, and devoid of human activity. Well, not quite. Your name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with … Continue reading REVIEW: Early Riser – Jasper Fforde
Author: Alison Goodman UK Publisher: Walker Books Genre: YA, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance Buy Now: ebook | paperback See Also: The Dark Days Club Brighton, July 1812. Lady Helen Wrexhall is spending the summer season in Brighton, where she will continue her Reclaimer training and prepare for her duties as a fully fledged member of the Dark Days Club. … Continue reading REVIEW: the Dark Days Pact – Alison Goodman
Author: Jonathan Green (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Snow Books Genre: Fantasy, horror, choose your own adventure, gaming books Buy Now: paperback Several years after the events of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Alice finds herself back in Wonderland and called upon to save the world of playing cards and talking animals … Continue reading REVIEW: Alice’s Nightmare in Wonderland – Jonathan Green (Choose Your Own Adventure Gamebook)
Author: Naomi Novik (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genre: Fantasy, YA Release Date: 12th July See Also: Uprooted Buy Now: ebook | hardcover Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s too kind-hearted to collect his debts. They face poverty, until Miryem hardens her own heart and takes up his work … Continue reading REVIEW: Spinning Silver – Naomi Novik
Author: R.F. Kuang (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Fantasy, historical fiction (ish) Buy Now: ebook | hardback | paperback (out 18th Oct 2018) I stumbled across this book when I saw review copies being offered on twitter. The cover was so beautiful, I immediately leapt on it, but was only able to get a digital … Continue reading REVIEW: The Poppy War – R.F. Kuang
Author: Joanne M. Harris (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Gollancz Genre: Fantasy Buy Now: ebook | hardcover The first writing I got to read from Joanne Harris was A Pocket Full of Crows, which I was lucky enough to get a chance to check the page proofs for whilst I was interning at Gollancz. It was … Continue reading REVIEW: Testament of Loki – Joanne M. Harris (Runemarks #6)
Author: Stephanie Garber (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Genre: Young Adult, fantasy, romance Buy Now: ebook | paperback Welcome to Caraval, where nothing is quite what it seems . . . Scarlett has never left the tiny isle of Trisda, pining from afar for the wonder of Caraval, a once-a-year week-long performance where the … Continue reading REVIEW: Caraval – Stephanie Garber
Author: Naomi Novik (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genre: Fantasy, YA Buy now: ebook | paperback This book was sent to me by my pen pal, as a 'travelling book' - a book to be read and sent on to someone else. I had never heard of it prior to its arrival at the … Continue reading REVIEW: Uprooted – Naomi Novik
Author: Susan Dennard (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Tor Genre: Fantasy, YA Buy now: ebook | paperback In a continent on the edge of war, two witches hold its fate in their hands. Young witches Safiya and Iseult have a habit of finding trouble. After clashing with a powerful Guildmaster and his ruthless Bloodwitch bodyguard, … Continue reading REVIEW: Truthwitch – Susan Dennard
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