Plot: ★★ Characters: ★ Readability: ★★★ Orphan X is not my usual style of book, but my husband bought it for me for Christmas on a friend’s recommendation, and I ended up enjoying it so much more than I expected. Although, the fact it’s about a secret government conspiracy should have clued me in, I… Read More The Nowhere Man (Gregg Hurwitz)
Plot: ★★ Characters: ★★★ Readability: ★★★★ Exorsisters is a really fun premise – two sisters work together to help paying customers deal with possessions, exorcisms, and troublesome demons. Volume 1 contains the first 5 issues, and the story develops quite a long way within just this one volume. Like early Buffy or Smallville, each issue… Read More Exorsisters Vol. 1
Plot: ★★★★ Characters: ★★ Readability: ★★★★ If you’ve been following the blog for long, you’ll probably know there are a few things I absolutely cannot resist, and while this book doesn’t have all of them (there’s a distinct lack of dragons) it does tick a lot of my boxes. Secret government conspiracy? Check. Mysterious, creepy,… Read More Adaptation (Malinda Lo)
Plot: ★★ Characters: ★ Readability: ★★ I’ve heard a lot about Meagan Spooner – I know Mel loved Hunted – but I’ve never got around to picking one of her books up. I got a review copy of Sherwood through Edelweiss ages ago, and when I wasn’t sure what I was in the mood for… Read More Sherwood (Meagan Spooner)
Plot: ★★★★★ Characters: ★★★★ Readability: ★★★★★ The Poppy War was everywhere on social media, so when it popped up on Scribd as an audiobook I picked it straight up. I didn’t have much of a commute at the time so it took me almost two weeks to listen to, but I looked forward to my… Read More The Poppy War (R.F. Kuang)
