Title: Hard Luck Hank: Screw the Galaxy Author: Steven Campbell Published: April 2014 Rating: Four and a Half Stars BLURB Hank is a thug. In his view the galaxy has given him a gift: a mutation that allows him to withstand great deals of physical trauma. He puts his abilities to the best use possible and… Read More Screw the Galaxy – Book Review
The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green Release Date: January 3, 2017 Genres: Historical Fiction, Christian, Romance SYNOPSIS: After being imprisoned and branded for the death of her client, twenty-five-year-old midwife Julianne Chevalier trades her life sentence for exile to the fledgling 1720s French colony of Louisiana, where she hopes to be reunited with her… Read More The Mark of the King – Book Review
Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie This book one of a three part series. Read this book first, then the next two, for Ancillary Justice sets up the other two. The world created by Ann Leckie is not one that will be familiar to most readers, even those who read primarily science fiction. Part of… Read More Ancillary Justice – Book Review
The book: Early One Morning by Virginia Baily Published 2016 by Fleet Pages: 400 My copy: Secondhand paperback The blurb: A grey dawn in 1943: on a street in Rome, two young women, complete strangers to each other, lock eyes for a single moment.
Things I should Have Known by Claire LaZebnik 4 stars Publication Date: 28th March, 2017 From the author of Epic Fail comes the story of Chloe Mitchell, a Los Angeles girl on a quest to find love for her autistic sister, Ivy. Ethan, from Ivy’s class, seems like the perfect match. It’s unfortunate that… Read More Things I Should Have Known – Book Review
A princess must find her place in a reborn world. She flees on her wedding day. She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor’s secret collection. She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father. She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan. The Kingdom of Morrighan is… Read More The Kiss of Deception – Book Review
366 pages, A Still Small Voice by John Reed was published by Delacorte Press in 2000. It was his debut novel. Alma is an orphan sent to live with her aunt. The year is 1859, which I absolutely loved. How simple life seemed to be then! There are plenty of lush country scenes in… Read More A Still Small Voice – Book Review
The Thieves of Nottica by Ash Gray (Amazon) Good Friday, my literary foodies, it is time once again to throw open the pantries and pick up a (hopefully) delightful meal to read through! This week, I have an intriguing steampunk fantasy meal on my plate, distinctive at the very least for the unique cover. The Thieves of Nottica has a… Read More The Thieves of Nottica – Book Review
Book Review of: A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) by Deanna Raybourn Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction Veronica Speedwell has just buried the last of her benefactress aunts, and is preparing to set off on a new scientific journey. Though her occupation as a scientist and lepidopterist is extremely suspicious to the general population in… Read More A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) – Book Review
Edenland Edenland is the evocative title of an evocative novel set in the early days of the US Civil War. Its story plunges us into the Great Dismal Swamp that straddles Virginia and North Carolina, and never quite allows us to escape the treacherous waters that threaten to engulf its protagonists. The Great Dismal… Read More Edenland – Book Review
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