A review by Nalini Haynes Lord High Fire has fallen from the pinnacle of the foodchain to become a loner hanging out with alligators in …
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“We are a great group of salty women”: International Women’s Day panel includes Jennifer Iacopelli, Tabitha Bird and Hannah Capin
This is Dark Matter Zine‘s Best Panel Ever: an International Women’s Day 2020 podcast, featuring three books by women about girls and women who, if …
Mirror Mirror: A Disney Twisted Tale
A review by Emma Streeton The Story Mirror, Mirror: What if the Evil Queen poisoned the prince? Following her beloved mother’s death, the kingdom falls …
Lost Ones by Anita Frank
A Review by Emma Streeton The Story The year is 1917. While struggling from the death of her fiancé, Stella Marcham welcomes the opportunity to …
Frozen 2: Forest of Shadows by Kamilla Benko
A review by Emma Streeton The Story Frozen 2: Forest of Shadows begins with Elsa absorbed in her role as queen of Arendelle. Anna wants …
Beast Within by Serena Valentio
A review by Nalini Haynes The Beast Within is not to be confused with the 1982 movie of the same name. This novel is an …
Jane in Love by Rachel Givney
A review by Annabelle Lee A tale of desperation, romance, misunderstanding, feminism with a dash of time travel! Jane in Love has it all! A …
Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo
A review by Nalini Haynes A young Wonder Woman is living on Themyscira trying to live up to her mother’s expectations and trying to overcome …
Carved from Stone and Dream by 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 …
Shadow By Lucy Christopher, illustrated by Anastasia Suvorova
A review by Annabelle Lee A young girl tells the story of her experience moving with her mother to a new house in the children’s …
Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster by Liza Palmer
A review by Nalini Haynes Carol Danvers is not yet Captain Marvel. She’s driving towards the US Air Force academy for her first day of …
Fairytale Christmas by Merrie Destefano
A review by Nalini Haynes Eire, Queen of the Fairies in Ireland, faces an invading army. Her family and her own troops fight valiantly but …
Blade Witch by Jenny Schwartz
A review by Nalini Haynes Martha is a Blade Witch who hasn’t been home in 7 years and six months but, dammit, she’s going straight …
Trouble at Home by Cate Whittle, illustrated by Kim Gamble
A review by Annabelle Lee and offspring In Trouble at Home, written by Australian author Cate Whittle, Georgia is on her way home from school …
Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
A review by Nalini Haynes I read this book a while ago but forgot to write the review. I picked it up today to read …