The Deviants
They were the Fearless Five; Ella, Max, Fallon, Corey and Zane. But when Max’s sister Jess died, the distance grew between them. Ella and Max are still dating, but she’s starting to feel the pressure to have sex, something that fills her with dread. Zane’s…
Good Morning, Midnight
Augustine has spent his life looking to the skies, a brilliant astronomer who has not always been the best human being. Now an old man, he is stationed at an Arctic outpost when the call to evacuate comes. He does not know what has happened…
A Little Knowledge
A Little Knowledge is the fourth book in Emma Newman‘s Split Worlds series and therefore this review may contains spoilers for the previous books. There’s a pamphlet circulating the fae court teaching the ladies of society certain things about their bodies, a pamphlet the men…
Bath Bookshop Crawl
Yesterday, 10 lovers of books congregated in a slightly damp Bath for the Bath Bookshop Crawl, organised by the wonderful Bex @ Armchair by the Sea (also of Ninja Book Swap fame). The trains were running a bit late so I missed the first stop…
What’s a Girl Gotta Do?
When Lottie is harassed in the street on her way to college, she knows something has to change. So, time for a Spinster Club special project! Lottie decides to call out every incident of sexism she sees for a whole month. No matter that her…
Comics Catch-Up
After realising I was going to be on a comics panel at Nine Worlds last weekend, I had a bit of a binge of comics. The panel went fine (no one stood up and yelled imposter at me) and I feel I at least managed…
Illumicrate Unboxing
I’m pretty excited about the latest Illumicrate, I think it’s the best one yet. If yours hasn’t arrived yet, stop now to avoid spoilers! Find out how to subscribe at illumicrate.com. When I opened the box I immediately thought it contained an umbrella. It doesn’t…
The Unexpected Everything
Andie’s father is a congressman, well he was until scandal hits and he takes a break for summer. She’s not that concerned until her coveted medical placement is cancelled last minute. Possibly because of the scandal. With all her summer plans cancelled, and her dad…
Things We Know by Heart
It must’ve must been everything he didn’t want – a connection to his past, and the acknowledgment of a stranger’s death, and the pain of those mourning that death. Quinn’s world is shattered when her boyfriend is killed in an accident. His organs donated, it’s…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Admission, I like Harry Potter but I don’t love it. Back when they were first being published, I devoured the first four books but my interest waned a bit as the books got longer and longer, I seriously wondered if Voldemort had killed off Rowling’s…
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…