A review by Nalini Haynes Lilian is a Ugandan girl dreaming of teaching while adults tell her she won’t amount to anything. The best she …
Book reviews
Eyes of Tamburah by Maria V Snyder
A review by Nalini Haynes Shyla is ‘sun-kissed’, born with brown skin but blonde hair, so her parents left her to die in the desert. …
This Hasn’t Been A Very Magical Journey So Far by Homeless
A review by Nalini Haynes Hank Williams (self-named) is in a hospital. He’s dead when Sid, an orange cat wearing a black leather jacket, half …
This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
A review by Nalini Haynes Red is a super-human woman wandering the highways and byways of space, time and quantum universes. Her job is tweaking …
The Happiness Quest by Richard Yaxley
A commentary by Nalini Haynes Tilley used to be happy or at least ‘average’ but now depression clouds her thoughts and days. Anxiety harangues her, …
Where Oblivion Lives by T Frohock
A review essay by Nalini Haynes Where Oblivion Lives is a historical fantasy novel based on meticulous historical research. Diago is a member of the …
Daughter Of Bad Times by Rohan Wilson
A review by Nalini Haynes Yamaan is a refugee in a migrant detention centre on Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania. This centre is a combination of Australia’s …
Promise by Alexandra Alt
A review by Nalini Haynes Lene is a teenager in World War II Nazi Germany, attending BDM (a Nazi girls’ group) while her love interest …
All That Impossible Space by Anna Morgan
A review by Nalini Haynes Lara Laylor is 16 years old and in grade 10 in a $20,000 per annum private school in Melbourne. She …
Bride Test by Helen Hoang
A review by Lynne Larby Khai is Vietnamese American with a large extended family. After his cousin died as a teenager, Khai is convinced he …
Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom by P M Freestone
A review by Nalini Haynes Rakel is a poor teenager with a gift for creating perfumes alongside creativity that has resulted developing unique skills when …
A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha Bird
A review by Nalini Haynes Super gumboots Willa is aged 8. Middle Willa is aged 33. Silver Willa is aged 93. They are all the …
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 …
Zombies vs Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier
A review by Nalini Haynes Zombies vs Unicorns is an anthology of short stories about — you guessed it — zombies and unicorns. Black and …
Mindcull by K H Canobi
A review by Nalini Haynes Mindcull is launching on 30 May 2019 at Robinson’s Bookshop in Melbourne! Eila is invited to a Big Brother House …