A review by Nalini Haynes The Beast Within is not to be confused with the 1982 movie of the same name. This novel is an …
Romance
Jane in Love by Rachel Givney
A review by Annabelle Lee A tale of desperation, romance, misunderstanding, feminism with a dash of time travel! Jane in Love has it all! A …
Fairytale Christmas by Merrie Destefano
A review by Nalini Haynes Eire, Queen of the Fairies in Ireland, faces an invading army. Her family and her own troops fight valiantly but …
A Cinderella Story: A Christmas Wish (2019)
A review by Nalini Haynes Kat (Laura Marano, Heroes) is 17, hanging out for her 18th birthday when her stepmother says she might (if Kat …
Christmas gone perfectly wrong by Cecilia Grant
A review by Lynne Larby In the vein of Marian Chesney (think Georgette Heyer but more racy including some sexytimes), comes Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong. …
Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
A review by Nalini Haynes January is a red-skinned child, an oddity in a world that likes to categorise skin colour. Ultimately, people put her …
The Fare (2019)
A review by Nalini Haynes Setting the scene Opening: black and white. A taxi driver, Harris (Gino Anthony Pesi), is heading to pick up the …
Holiday in the Wild (2019)
A review by Nalini Haynes Kate’s (Kristin Davis) son leaves for college then, as he walks out the door after this momentous event, her dick …
Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
A review by Nalini Haynes The story… Zachary Rawlins (never ‘Zach’) is an introvert passionate about books and computer games. During a foray into the …
Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
A review by Nalini Haynes Somlata is a Hindu living in Bangladesh. So this novella follows on from my recent viewing of Viceroy’s House. Somlata …
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 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 …
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 …
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne
A review by Lynne Larby Darcy Barrett and Tom Valeska have known each other since they were eight years old, and Darcy has had a …
Emergency Contact by Mary H K Choi
A review by Lynne Larby Emergency Contact is a young adult coming-of-age romance. Penny heads off to college, relieved at leaving behind her mother who’s …