Category: reviews
Aug 04
Book Advocate
Feb 24
Stolen Songbird
For five centuries, a witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the ruins of Forsaken Mountain. Time enough for their dark and nefarious magic to fade from human memory and into myth. But a prophesy has been spoken of a union with the power to set the trolls free, and when Cécile …
Oct 15
Forgive me Leonard Peacock
Forgive me Leonard Peacock is defiantly aimed at the older YA readers, because of the type of content covered including suicide and violence. Written in the first person narrative the book starts with the beginning of Leonards day, his 18th birthday, and he is thinking about the day. A day when he will kill his …
Oct 15
Student Bodies
Great read, good plot, with some humour and characters that you can relate to. Julie the main character is a witch with powers inherited from her father now dead Her boyfriend is Marcus, he does not have an ounce of magic in him, and friends and family feel their relationship puts him in danger. The …
Oct 15
The Woken Gods
The storyline content is quite good. Kyra a 17 year old lives in Washington, but one that is a bit different to the Washington that we know, because it is also full of Gods, and prophets and prophecies, as well as vaults full of magical relics. They live side by side fairly peacefully with humans. …
Oct 15
Noble Conflict
Malorie Blackman writes brilliant books and she does not let us down with this book. Noble Conflict is very much a dystopian YA novel, a popular genre at the moment. The main characters Kaspar a guardian and Rhea an Insurgent. I especially like the character of Rhea, believable and strong, but one that we really …
Sep 04
Night of the Purple Moon
Firstly I would like to thank Scott Cramer for the copy I received to review. The book starts with the anticipation of the coming purple moon and the possible effects to the community of Castine Island in the first chapter. Next morning everything has changed, all the adults, except the very old who did die …
Aug 02
Mirror Chronicles
A glorious epic fantasy in the grand tradition of CS Lewis and Philip Pullman, and a major publishing event, The Mirror Chronicles will take you into another world, and on the adventure of your lifetime… Half of your soul is missing. The lost part is in the mirror. And unless Sylas Tate can save you, …
Aug 02
Americanah
From the award-winning author of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun,’ a powerful story of love, race and identity. As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, …
Jul 31
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic
An imaginative story of a woman caught in an alternate world—where she will need to learn the skills of magic to survive Nora Fischer’s dissertation is stalled and her boyfriend is about to marry another woman. During a miserable weekend at a friend’s wedding, Nora wanders off and walks through a portal into a different …