Smiler’s Fair
Some say you only get one chance to visit Smiler’s Fair. When first death comes, the fair moves on, its buildings drawn around the land by mammoths. As the fair nears a small goat-herding settlement, one of the herders is about to learn the truth…
The Winner’s Crime
The Winner’s Crime is the sequel to The Winner’s Curse and therefore this review may contain spoilers for the previous book. The treaty has been signed, sealed with Kestrel’s engagement to the emperor’s son. Herrani is freed and the Valorians who were once their slavers…
Our Endless Numbered Days
“Marky says that Dad thought the world was going to end. He says Dad was crazy and ran away to join a cult in the woods. But the world didn’t end, did it?” Eight year old Peggy Hillcoat’s mother is an acclaimed pianist and her…
Chocolate Wars
Chocolate started out as a humble drink, sold by Quaker businesses as an alternative to the alcohol destroying so many lives. The 19th century saw their quest to improve their products and fend off bankruptcy. Little did they know quite how successful this weird bean…
Do No Harm
Every operation on the brain comes with great risks. The delicate organ inside our skulls holds our very selves, but one wrong cut can end in devastating results. We put a lot of faith in the doctors who wield the scalpels. But what is it…
The Fire Sermon
When Zach and I were born our parents must have counted and recounted: limbs, fingers, toes. We were perfect. They would have been disbelieving: nobody dodged the split between Alpha and Omega. After the blast it, something changed. Now each birth brings a pair of…
The Shadow Cabinet
The Shadow Cabinet in the third book in the Shades of London series and therefore this review may contain spoilers for the previous books. Instead you can read my review of the first book, The Name of the Star. Rory barely has time to stop…
The Death House
They say it makes your eyes bleed. I think there’s been a mistake. Toby wasn’t worried about the blood test, it’s just routine. Then one day a van turns up at his home, a van that takes him away to the Death House. Isolated from…
