A review by Nalini Haynes Midnight in Everwood is a fantasy novel set in a non-magical world where Marietta lives with her parents who plan …
Book reviews
Cults of Death and Madness
A review by Nalini Haynes Doctor Archibald Shaw arrives in India as a young man in 1878 during the British occupation. He’s assigned to an …
The Chase by Candice Fox
A review by Nalini Haynes Prison warden Grace Slanter receives a phone call telling her a bus full of security guards’ family members is a …
The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
A review by Nalini Haynes Ren is a Reaper living in London in a society of Reapers. The problem is, she’s also half-Japanese, which makes …
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
A review by Nalini Haynes Anna Sun needs to learn the Heart Principle. She gives her boyfriend Julian a blow job although she doesn’t like …
Starlight Enclave by R A Salvatore
A review by Nalini Haynes HarperCollins Australia says of Starlight Enclave: From New York Times bestselling author R A Salvatore comes a new trilogy and adventure …
Neodymium Exodus by Jen Finelli
A review by Nalini Haynes Neodymium Exodus’s Goodreads blurb is as follows: A universe of sentient insectoids, purple jungles, and insane electromagnetic fields. A mace-wielding …
Unworthy Duke by Charlotte Anne
A review by Nalini Haynes Ellen flees a domestic violence situation with her brother to pose as a Miss Smith, lady’s companion. When arriving in …
Wolf’s Curse by Jessica Vitalis
A review of a middle school fantasy novel Twelve-year-old Gauge lives with his grandfather behind a carpentry shopfront. Years ago Gauge told people he saw …
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
A review by Nalini Haynes The slow fire burning in this story is the rage of women whose power men stole. Men stole stories and …
Here in the After by Marion Frith
A review by Nalini Haynes Terrorists hold Anna hostage in a travel agency in Sydney. Nat, a veteran who toured Afghanistan, watches, feeling responsible. He …
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
A review by Nalini Haynes The reader discovers a magical circus, a night circus only open under cover of darkness and laid out in circles or …
You’ll Be Fine by Jen Michalski
A review by Nalini Haynes Alex is in a kind of limbo. She’s still grieving her ex leaving abruptly. Then her mom dies. She flies …
The Unusual Abduction of Avery Conifer by Ilsa Evans
A review by Nalini Haynes I have a confession to make. Spin Cycle inspired my love of Ilsa Evans’s writing. And I’ve loved her work …
Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis
A review by Nalini Haynes The Lights of Prague is a historical fantasy novel. Set in gaslight era Prague where monsters roam freely, with a …