I REALLY enjoyed this one. It's the best read I've had in a while actually. The premise is your typical 'teenager goes off to magic school to learn magic' trope...

26 January, 2021 /

This is the sequel to Robert J Power's SPFBO finalist book, Spark City, and my overall comment is - it's even better than the first!! The story is a bit tighter, the characters have grown and developed, and the pacing is fast. It's quite long, too,...

30 November, 2020 /

Overall, I enjoyed this one, but I probably won't read on in the series. It was a nice change from some of the more epic fantasy I've been reading recently, a futuristic Gossip Girl-type story that focuses on the lead-up to a death that you...

30 November, 2020 /

I felt like a complete break from fantasy, and while I've always really enjoyed a good crime thriller, I just haven't had time to read any for a while. I had heard good things about Rowling's foray into crime, so I picked this up. . A quick...

29 November, 2020 /

I read Crier's War earlier this year, and as soon as I saw the sequel had been released I picked it up straight away. I really enjoyed the premise of the first book - man-made humans (automas) designed to be smarter and more advanced...

24 October, 2020 /

If you enjoyed These Witches Don't Burn, then you'll absolutely enjoy this sequel. Hannah is a bit of a mess throughout the book, for very good reason, and the author does a good job showing her grappling with the trauma of what has happened to...

24 October, 2020 /

While a couple of little things bugged me in this book, I ended up enjoying it far more than I thought I would. First, the things I found a little irritating: In the first part of the book, Yumeko's character often talks to herself in...

28 September, 2020 /

I picked up this book to take a bit of a break from some of the darker/more dense fantasy I've been reading recently, and it was absolutely what I was looking for. While there is definitely some darker subject matter in this one, the YA...

21 September, 2020 /

I got this book in July's Illumicrate box, and I really enjoyed it. I don't mind a good sci fi read now and then, and this one hit the spot nicely. I did run into the same problem I often do with stories told from...

21 September, 2020 /