A review by Elizabeth Manthos ★★★★☆ four out of five stars Requiem, the final novel in the Delirium trilogy (Liz already reviewed book 1 and book …
Book reviews
Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★★ five out of five stars The Red Wind is the first of the Kingdom of the Lost series for children; …
Dance of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin
A review by Evie Kendal The second novel of a two-book young adult dystopian fiction series, Dance of the Red Death picks up immediately from …
New Kind of Death by Alison Goodman
A review by Nalini Haynes four and a half out of five stars Previously published in the US in 2007 under the title Killing the …
Black Sun Light My Way by Jo Spurrier
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★★ five out of five stars Black Sun Light My Way is book 2 in the Children of the Black …
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★☆ four out of five stars Allegiant is the third and final book in the Divergent trilogy; I previously reviewed …
Pandemonium (Delirium #2) by Lauren Oliver
A review by Elizabeth Manthos ★★★★☆ four out of five stars After the epic conclusion to Delirium (reviewed here), Pandemonium finds our protagonist all alone …
World of Poo by Terry Pratchett
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★☆ four out of five stars The World of Poo is a book that Young Sam, Sam Grimes’s son, absolutely loves. It’s …
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Delirium trilogy #1 A review by Elizabeth Manthos Imagine a world where Love was a disease. Now imagine that world to be fenced off cities …
Girl with All the Gifts by M R Carey
A review by C J Dee ★★★☆☆ three out of five stars Melanie is a 10-year-old girl with no memory of her life before she …
Adam Robots by Adam Roberts
A review by James Kennedy ★★★★★ five out of five stars Adam Robots is a collection of science fiction short stories. It’s a five-star tasting menu of …
Arrabella Candellabra and the Questy Thing to End all Questy Things
A review by Elizabeth Manthos To tell you the honest truth, I don’t even know where to begin this review let alone be serious, because …
Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister by George R R Martin, illustrated by Jonty Clark
A review by Nalini Haynes The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister is an illustrated hardcover book quoting Tyrion from the Song of Ice and Fire …
Happy Hour in Hell by Tad Williams
A review by Nalini Haynes Happy Hour in Hell is the second Bobby Dollar novel; I reviewed the first, Dirty Streets of Heaven. Just as …
Resilience by Anne Deveson
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★ 4/5 stars Aimed at the layperson, Resilience is narrative non-fiction combining a brief overview of academic studies into resilience, current …