A review by Nalini Haynes Cicada works in an office job, possibly in the public service or at a university. He’s been there a very …
Book reviews
No Limits by Ellie Marney
No Limits for Harris Derwent, a bad boy but he’s not so bad that he wants to be a drug mule, not even when a friend offers him a job could get him out of his father’s house. Amie is a nursing assistant in the local hospital. Her Punjabi family ties keep her in this small town although she had dreams of being a photographer. They meet in hospital, Amie caring for Harris after he was shot helping a friend. Sargent Blunt, Amie’s father, encourages Harris to accept a job as a runner for a drug ring so Blunt can take down some local drug dealers before his health forces him to retire.
Wisp: A Story of Hope by Zana Fraillon and Grahame Baker-Smith
A review by Nalini Haynes One day a wisp lands at Idris’s feet, feet trapped in a dark refugee camp surrounded by rolls of barbed …
Pirate Songs in the Accessing the Future anthology
A review by Nalini Haynes I began reading the Accessing the Future anthology (edited by Kathryn Allan and Djibril al-Ayad) at the beginning because that seemed to …
Daintree by Annie Seaton
A review by Lynne Larby A while ago I read Daintree by Annie Seaton, a romance between two doctors based in — you guessed it …
Disabling Characters: Representations of Disability in Young Adult Literature by Patricia A Dunn
Patricia Dunn selected several Young Adult literature texts for discussion in Disabling Characters: Representations of Disability in Young Adult Literature, which focuses on teaching disability …
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 …
Asshole Survival Guide by Robert Sutton
A review by Nalini Haynes Last year I read How To Be An Academic by the Thesis Whisperer, Inger Mewburn (I recommend her book); Mewburn recommends …
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 …
Persepolis Rising by James S A Corey
A review by Nalini Haynes Persepolis Rising is the 7th book in The Expanse novel series that is entwined with 6 ‘short fictions’ located as …
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
A review by Nalini Haynes Lila Norcross is the sheriff of a small town in Midwest America, struggling to hold it together after learning that …
How to stop time by Matt Haig
A review by Nalini Haynes In 16th century England, Tom Hazard’s mother is accused and tried for witchcraft because Tom doesn’t appear to have aged in …
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 …
My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen by David Clawson
A review by Nalini Haynes Chris Bellows lives in a house with his alcoholic step-mother, stunning but spoilt step-sister and hunky step-brother of ambiguous intelligence …