Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall Also by this author: Under Rose-Tainted Skies Published by Clarion Books on January 3rd 2017 ISBN: 0544736516 Pages: 320 Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can’t step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He’s sweet and funny, and he… Read More Under Rose Tainted Skies – Book Review
CHAMELEON By Zoe Kalo Genre: YA/Gothic/Ghost/Multicultural Word count: 55,000 Release date: February 2017 Premise: Kicked out of school, 17-year old Paloma finds herself in an isolated convent in the tropical forests of 1970s Puerto Rico, where she must overcome her psychosis in order to help a spirit and unveil a killer.
Source: I purchased a print copy from the author at Penned Con 2016. Genre: Fantasy, Arthurian Format: eBook, Print Publication Date: January 1, 2016 Back Cover: Before queenship and Camelot, Guinevere was a priestess of Avalon. She loved another before Arthur, a warrior who would one day betray her. In the war-torn world of late fifth century Britain,… Read More Daughter of Destiny (Guinevere’s Tale) – Book Review
Summary: The shape shifters from Gemini Island’s Ursa Resort have been through hell. In the battle with their enemy the Alpha Brethren, they suffered losses and are still dealing with the emotional aftermath. No one in this heroic group has emerged unscathed. When mountain lion shifter Connor Church lost his best friend, he made… Read More Predator’s Salvation – Book Review
I’m weirdly fond of Lev Grossman’s The Magicians and I can’t quite put my finger on why. It’s campy, and self-aware, and God help me I love it. I first picked it up because I liked the look of it – one of those judge-a-book-by-its-cover situations that works out surprisingly well. Since then it’s become one of… Read More The Magicians – Book Review
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
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
Yesterday’s Tomorrow (Tomorrow’s War Book 1) by G.W. Pomichter and William DuPree Ah, alternate history recipes! What can’t you do? From Nazis with spaceships to Ben Franklin summoning dragons, alternate history meals can present all sorts of bizarre scenarios … and quite a few starkly realistic ones. That is the intent of today’s meal, to show an alternate contemporary… Read More Yesterday’s Tomorrow – Book Review
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