A review by Nalini Haynes Outlawed is a change of pace from my recent reads despite the feminist theme running through all the shiny books …
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Betrayals by Bridget Collins
A review by Nalini Haynes Leo is a politician who, thanks to a passionate letter objecting to extreme bigotry in a bill under consideration in …
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
A review by Nalini Haynes Jane tells her story in Dread Nation, the United States as a nation fallen during the 19th century civil war …
Carved from Stone and Dream T Frohock
A review by Nalini Haynes Carved from Stone and Dream starts several years after Where Oblivion Lives and is a very different novel although it …
Doctor and the Dinosaurs by Mike Resnick
A review by Rebecca Muir The Doctor and the Dinosaurs is the fourth instalment in Mike Resnick’s Weird West series. Doc Halliday, the dentist turned shootist, …
Landing by Colin Taber
a review by Nalini Haynes The Landing is an alternate history where the Vikings settled America instead of leaving or being absorbed into Native American …
Before the Storm by Sean McMullen
a review by Nalini Haynes Before the Storm by Sean McMullen is an alternative history time-travelling YA novel. Emily and Daniel Lang, teenage brother and …
Smokey discovers BatCat: items received
Smokey discovers BatCat: items received After months of trying to feature items received by working with Recalcitrant Kitty, Karin McLean rehomed BatCat with us, providing …
Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris
A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences novel a review by Evie Kendal The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences investigates unusual events and artefacts in service of Queen …
Steam Mole by Dave Freer
a review by Rebecca Muir The Steam Mole is the sequel to Dave Freer’s alternate history novel, Cuttlefish. The world of Cuttlefish and The Steam …
Cuttlefish by Dave Freer
Review by Nalini Haynes Cuttlefish by Dave Freer is a speculative fiction YA book set in a not-too-distant past alternate history where rising sea levels …
11.22.63 by Stephen King
a review by Nalini Haynes Stephen King’s latest novel, 11.22.63: Jake Epping is a high school English teacher whose wife divorced him, claiming he was …
Savage City by Sophia McDougall
A review by Rebecca Muir Savage City is the final instalment in the Romanitas trilogy. The series is set in an alternate history, which diverges from …
Rome Burning by Sophia McDougall
A review by Rebecca Muir Rome Burning continues the story begun in Romanitas. The premise of the series is an interesting one: The Roman empire never …
Romanitas by Sophia McDougall
A review by Nalini Haynes Romanitas introduces Una and Sulien, sibling teenage slaves living in the Roman Empire in London in 2005. Separated after the death of …