A review by Nalini Haynes Prince Kadou is terrified. All the time. But especially right now. His sister, Zeliha the Sultan (NOT Sultana!) has just …
Book reviews
Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa
A review by Nalini Haynes Solange Pereira is not quite a wedding crasher: she’s helping out her wedding planner cousin when she overhears the bride …
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
A review by Nalini Haynes Spoiler warning – to skip what could be a spoiler, go from the first section right to The Verdict. In …
Animals In That Country by Laura Jean McKay
A review by Nalini Haynes Trigger warning: a pandemic. The Animals In That Country was published in 2020, so the first year of the pandemic. …
Path of Thorns by A G Slatter
A review by Nalini Haynes This novel acquires its name from a short myth told within about a woman’s path being a path of thorns. …
The Change by Kirsten Miller
A review by Nalini Haynes The Change’s cover features a woman’s face with a bee below her mouth, subverting Silence of the Lambs’s official movie …
A Lady’s Guide To Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin
A review by Nalini Haynes With both parents dead, the extended family estranged and creditors at their door, Kitty Talbot decides to travel to London …
With This Kiss by Carrie Hope Fletcher
A review by Nalini Haynes Lorelai works at an old-fashioned cinema while secretly writing screenplays for books that haven’t been converted to movies yet. But …
The Gifts by Liz Hyder
A review by Nalini Haynes It is 1840 in Shropshire, England, when Etta spontaneously grows wings only to be shot by a surprised young man. …
No Hard Feelings by Genevieve Novak
A review by Nalini Haynes No Hard Feelings is a rom-com featuring lots of common tropes but, in an absolute win, left me wanting to …
Lies my memory told me by Sacha Wunsch
A review by Nalini Haynes From the title, Lies My Memory Told Me, the reader assumes Nova has false memories. This is somewhat spoilery. However, …
Gallant by V E Schwab
A review by Nalini Haynes Gallant usually refers to a behavior or personality trait but not so in this story. Um… How do I write …
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
A review by Nalini Haynes Elizabeth Zott is a chemist determined to research abiogenesis, the chemistry version of researching the big bang. However, as a …
Murder Most Fancy by Kellie McCourt
A review by Nalini Haynes Indigo of the multiple-hyphenated-names is an heiress who, in the first novel, proved she wasn’t guilty of murdering her husband. …
King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St Clair
A review by Nalini Haynes Isolde is princess of the House of Lara. Her father is about to surrender to the Blood King to save …