A review by Nalini Haynes Kell is a magician from Red London who travels between three parallel worlds, some of which have magic and some …
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Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
A review by Nalini Haynes Once upon a time in a far distant post-nuclear-war Earth, some people have evolved into humans with silver blood and …
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
Tales of the Otori Book 1 A review by Nalini Haynes Takeo is a village boy rapidly growing into manhood. He is Hidden, part of …
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
A review by Nalini Haynes A spoilery review. You have been warned. Amani prepares to run away from home. Her uncle — her mother’s sister’s …
Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan
A review by Nalini Haynes Elizabeth is locked in the Tower of London while her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, vies for the throne. Elizabeth …
Summer Harvest by Georgina Penney
A review by Lynne Larby Slight spoilers Beth Poole is a dog trainer from Yorkshire, England. Her parents died in a car accident when she was …
Summer Skin by Kirsty Eagar
A review by Nalini Haynes Jess is hiding from her stalker ex-boyfriend while encouraging all the girls in Unity, her residential college, to entrap Knights (boys …
Who’s Afraid by Maria Lewis
A review by Nalini Haynes Who’s afraid of the big blonde blue-haired wolf? Tommi Grayson is a half-white half-Maori Kiwi (New Zealander) who grew up in …
Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman
A review by Lynne Larby Lady Helen Wrexhall anticipates her debut in London society via her presentation to Queen Charlotte in 1812. However hard Lady Helen …
Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix
A review by Lynne Larby Lady Truthful Newington, aka Newt to her male cousins, celebrates her 18th birthday with a family dinner. Her father, a former …
Earth Flight by Janet Edwards
A review by Nalini Haynes Earth Flight is the final book in the Earth Girl trilogy (Earth Girl and Earth Star) about Jarrah Morrath, a …
Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger
A review by Nalini Haynes Manners & Mutiny is Finishing School book 4, preceded by Etiquette & Espionage, Curtsies and Conspiracies and Waistcoats and Weaponry. …
Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth
A review by Nalini Haynes The Beast’s Garden is a historical romance crossed with a thriller, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast set in …
Tower of Thorns by Juliet Marillier
A review by Nalini Haynes Dreamer’s Pool is the first in the Blackthorn and Grim novels; Tower of Thorns is the second. In the first …
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
A review by Evie Kendal Frost Burned is book seven of Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson paranormal romance series. The book begins by recapping for the readers Mercy’s new status …