Author: Sarah Archer (website / twitter) UK Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: Science fiction, romcom In the US, this book is titled The Plus One. Dating is hard. Being dateless at your perfect sister's wedding is harder. Meet Kelly. A brilliant but socially awkward robotics engineer desperately seeking a wedding date… Meet Ethan. Intelligent, gorgeous, brings out the … Continue reading REVIEW: How to Build a Boyfriend from Scratch – Sarah Archer
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: 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
Authors: Amie Kaufman (website / twitter) and Jay Kristoff (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Rock the Boat Genre: Science fiction, YA The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded … Continue reading REVIEW: Aurora Rising (Aurora Cycle #1) – Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Author: Catherynne M. Valente (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Corsair Genre: Sci-fi, humour, EUROVISION IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented-something to cheer up everyone who was … Continue reading REVIEW: Space Opera – Catherynne M. Valente
August! This year seems to be flashing by so quickly, but I have to say I have been enjoying the nice weather. More time to sit in the garden and read my books. Have you had any good books set aside for the summer? Or are you saving them up for holiday reading? REVIEWS Legend … Continue reading BLOG: June and July Round-Up
The most common refrain of anyone who works even remotely near books, or who blogs about books, is that their To Be Read pile increases at a rate that far outstrips their reading pace. I've been trying to be strict with myself - attempting to not buy new books, or request too many from Netgalley … Continue reading BLOG: Tackling the TBR – July 2019 Edition
Author: Tade Thompson (twitter) UK Publisher: Orbit Genre: Sci-Fi Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless - people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumoured healing powers. Kaaro is … Continue reading REVIEW: Rosewater (Wormwood Trilogy Book 1) – Tade Thompson
Author: Christina Dalcher (website / twitter) UK Publisher: HQ Genre: Dystopic fiction, feminist fiction Silence can be deafening. Jean McClellan spends her time in almost complete silence, limited to just one hundred words a day. Any more, and a thousand volts of electricity will course through her veins. Now the new government is in power, … Continue reading REVIEW: VOX – Christina Dalcher
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
