Windfall + Firestorm
Since I got back from my holiday, I’ve really struggled to concentrate on reading (is that a symptom of jetlag?) so I returned to the Weather Warden series for a bit of light entertainment. Those of you not familiar with Rachel Caine’s other urban fantasy…
Flash and Bones
It’s saying something that I chose a Temperance Brennan book as an easy going in-flight read. I remember the days when they were quite challenging, trying to decipher medical terms and a smattering of French. I can’t decide if Kathy Reichs has just lost interest…
Have you been paying attention?
Unless a giant volcanic ash cloud has descended on Europe again, I should be back in the country by now. I’m sure I’ll be too tired to write anything so instead I’m going to give you a little test! I did warn you. Answer all…
Beautiful Thing
Guest Blogger: Mary Sonia Faleiro was a reporter in search of a story when she met Leela, a beautiful and charismatic bar dancer with a story to tell. Leela introduced Sonia to the underworld of Bombay’s dance bars: a world of glamorous women, of fierce…
Reviewing in the UK
Hello, it’s actually me and not a guest blogger! I thought the least I could do was write something myself but I hope you’ve been enjoying the content over the last week of so. Now I’ve often seen bloggers mention that getting ARCs (advance review…
Perspective
Guest Blogger: Dorothy Hello to Ellie’s readers! This is Dorothy from The Kindled Scholar, and I am very excited to be doing a guest post here. I’ve been one of Ellie’s readers since shortly after her blog started, and I’m honored that she would have…
Crucible of Secrets
Guest Blogger: Lisa Set in 1631, we are introduced to the University life of Aberdeen and to Alexander Seaton, regent of the Marischal College, a man greatly respected by his peers, who finds himself embroiled in mystery and intrigue when friend and college librarian, Robert…
Predators of Darkness: Aftermath
The following is an extract from Predators of Darkness: Aftermath by Leonard D. Hilley II. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 2073 Dropping a cat from the top ledge of a ten-story office building was not the best way to remain hidden, but it was necessary. Daniel Hutchinson assumed…
Mini Baked Cheesecakes
Guest Blogger: Mike Stimpson Makes 10 individual cheesecakes. Base: 150g McVities Digestive biscuits (or any crumbly biscuit) 70g butter (melted) Filling: 250g cream cheese 75g caster sugar 1 large egg 1 tbsp lemon juice 100ml double cream Topping: Fresh raspberries Icing sugar for dusting Preheat…
River of Shadows
Guest Blogger: Penny This is the first of a series, recently translated from the Italian by Joseph Farrell, and takes place during and in the aftermath of a severe winter flood in the Po Valley. The water is rising and a barge leaves the comparative…
Black Sun
Today he would become a god. His mother had told him so. The opening line may seem like something any mother would tell her son, but in the case of Serapio, his mother truly believes he will become the Crow God reborn. She blinds him,…
Legendborn
The day Bree gets accepted into an early college placement at UNC, is the day her mother dies. The last words they spoke were of anger. Unable to deal with her dad’s grief on top of her own, Bree goes ahead with the placement. Once…
Ninth House
Alex Stern does not belong at Yale. When she awakes as the sole survivor of a multiple homicide, presumed a drug deal gone wrong, she is given an unlikely offer. Come to Yale, join the House of Lethe and oversee the rituals of the other…
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Just let me dust off this blog thing, I have a review for you! One of my anticipated reads released during lockdown was the follow-up to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. If you read that, of course will will be dying to know what happened to…