Review – Nobody But Us by Laure Van Rensburg
Nobody But Us shows us the extreme lengths you can go to to right a wrong.
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Review – I Saw Santa’s Underpants by Bobbie Hinman
I Saw Santa’s Underpants is a silly festive tale that younger readers will enjoy for the rhyming and bright illustrations. Whereas older readers or curmudgeons will focus more on gaps in the storyline.
Review – Relatively Normal Secrets by C.W. Allen
All the elements rolled up make Relatively Normal Secrets a fine middle grade read.
Review – Utopia PR by Adam Bender
Utopia PR is an audiobook that will have you chuckling, bemused at how similar that world is to ours. It depicts a world that on the surface appears far fetched or extreme but worryingly is not.
Review – The Seawomen by Chloe Timms
The Seawomen impressed with its slow start building up to a satisfying end. Whilst predictable and obvious: ‘power corrupts’, it wasn’t told in an overt way, you had to pay attention. A book that resonates.
Review – The Whistling by Rebecca Netley
Looking for a suspenseful ghost story? Look not further than The Whistling. The atmosphere and sinister occurances result in a cracking read.
Review – Alexander X by Edward Savio
Before I finished listening to the audiobook of Alexander X, I was already searching online to see if the next in the series was out. It was obvious that that must be another instalment...
Review – The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
The Bone Shard Daughter is a satisfying though wanting end to a novel on human experience. What makes us human? Are humans made or born? Indentured servitude or slavery, is one worst or better? What is the alternative? Is it acceptable to do unacceptable things for the greater good? Who defines the greater good?
Plus there’s magic, mystery, and fantasy
Review – Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan
Xianxia novels are high-fantasy stories that feature magic, demons, ghosts, magical beasts, immortals, and Chinese folklore and mythology. Jade Fire Gold is a really great read and I’m hoping there is a sequel or at the very least another book in this universe.
Review – In Every Mirror She’s Black by Lola Akinmade Åkerström
Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm as they build their new lives in the most open society run by the most private people. Important themes, let down by unrealistic characters
