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Review | The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Read more: Review | The City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyTitle: The City of Brass (2017) Author: S.A. Chakraborty Publisher: Harper Voyager Read: 8th – 20th February 2019 Genre: fantasy; historical fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Among the bustling markets of eighteenth century Cairo, the city’s outcasts eke out a living swindling rich Ottoman nobles and foreign invaders alike. But alongside this new world the old…
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Review | Emma by Jane Austen
Read more: Review | Emma by Jane AustenTitle: Emma (1815) Author: Jane Austen Publisher/Edition: Penguin/Penguin Red Classics Read: 6th – 12th January 2019 Genre: classics Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “Beautiful, clever, rich-and single-Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But…
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Review | Enchantée by Gita Trelease
Read more: Review | Enchantée by Gita TreleaseTitle: Enchantée (2019) Author: Gita Trelease Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books Release Date: 21st February 2019 Read: 23rd – 26th January 2019 Genre: fantasy; young-adult; historical fantasy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries – and magicians… When seventeen-year-old Camille is left orphaned, she has to…
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Review | King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Read more: Review | King of Scars by Leigh BardugoTitle: King of Scars (2019) Author: Leigh Bardugo Publisher: Orion Children’s Books Read: 29th January – 5th February 2019 Genre: fantasy; young-adult Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “Face your demons… or feed them. Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war – and…
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Review | Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Read more: Review | Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha NganTitle: Girls of Paper and Fire (2018) Author: Natasha Ngan Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Read: 4th – 8th February 2019 Genre: fantasy; young-adult; LGBTQ Rating: 3 out of 5 stars “Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It’s the highest honour they could hope for…and the most demeaning. This year, there’s…
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Review | The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Read more: Review | The Gilded Wolves by Roshani ChokshiTitle: The Gilded Wolves (2019) Author: Roshani Chokshi Publisher: Wednesday Books Read: 19th – 23rd January 2019 Genre: fantasy; young-adult; historical fiction; Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “It’s 1889. The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no…
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Review | The Dark Days Pact by Alison Goodman
Read more: Review | The Dark Days Pact by Alison GoodmanTitle: The Dark Days Pact (2017) Author: Alison Goodman Publisher/Edition: Walker Books Read: 18th – 26th November 2018 Genre: fantasy; historical fiction; young-adult Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Brighton, July 1812. Lady Helen Wrexhall is spending the summer season in Brighton, where she will continue her Reclaimer training and prepare for her duties as a fully fledged…
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Review | I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell
Read more: Review | I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’FarrellTitle: I Am, I Am, I Am: A Memoir (2017) Author: Maggie O’Farrell Publisher/Edition: Tinder Press Read: 11th – 15th December 2018 Genre: non-fiction; memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “When Maggie O’Farrell’s daughter was diagnosed with a severe immunology disorder, she found herself writing stories to make sense of how closely with live alongside the possibility…
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Review | And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Read more: Review | And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieTitle: And Then There Were None (1939) Author: Agatha Christie Publisher/Edition: HarperCollins Read: 27th – 28th November 2018 Genre: classics; mystery Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars “Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the…
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Review | Temeraire by Naomi Novik
Read more: Review | Temeraire by Naomi NovikTitle: Temeraire (2006) Author: Naomi Novik Publisher: Harper Voyager Read: 28th November – 9th December 2018 Genre: fantasy; alternate history Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the…
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