A review by Nalini Haynes Violet, Katie, Nate and Alice all love the book Gallows Dance by Sally King. Gallows Dance is a sensation that …
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Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb
A review by Nalini Haynes I wrote this review in 2016 and left it in drafts. With uni, disability discrimination and assaults, this review of …
Jeannette Ng
Jeannette Ng’s book Under the Pendulum Sun is about “[t]wo Victorian missionaries [who] head into darkest fairyland, to deliver their message to the godless magical …
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 …
A Curse of Ash and Embers by Jo Spurrier
A Curse of Ash and Ember is book 1 of the Tales of the Blackbone Witches. Elodie is restless; she’s a prisoner in her own …
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
A review by Nalini Haynes Camellia Beauregard is one of the Belles; she was born with colour in Orleans, a magical archipelago where the God of …
Defenders (2017)
A review by Nalini Haynes Once upon a time there was the brilliant 5 star TV series Jessica Jones, starring a kick-ass female protagonist (Krysten …
Corpselight by Angela Slatter
A review by Nalini Haynes Corpselight is Verity Fassbinder book 2; in book one, Verity learns she’s half-fae and her father was a monster, even …
The Ones That Disappeared by Zana Fraillon
A review by Nalini Haynes Ezra, Miran and Isa are children living in slavery, tending opium plans in a basement in Australia. They’re rarely allowed …
Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
A review by Nalini Haynes Humpty Dumpty fell off his wall and broke into hundreds of pieces. Detective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary of …
Kong: Skull Island
A review by Nalini Haynes A US soldier and a Japanese fighter crash on Wonder Woman’s island. There can’t be two islands that look the …
Beauty and the Beast (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Beauty and the Beast opens with Belle (Emma Watson) living in a village in France, wandering around with her nose …
Logan (2017)
A review by Nalini Haynes Logan (Hugh Jackman) is back. Again. At least this time he wasn’t in a remake of his own origin story. …
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Death dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is back, older but trying to look the same, replacing Bill Nighy with Charles Dance …
The Awesomes season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes The Awesomes is an animated superhero comedy created by Seth Meyers and Michael Shoemaker, both known for late night comedy …