Before I review Ghost Wood Song, I feel I have to share a confession: I am an enormous wimp. I can’t stand scary films in particular, but there’s been at least one book I was too creeped out by to finish (Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill in case you’re curious). Despite that, I love the idea… Read More Ghost Wood Song (Erica Waters)
I knew as soon as I read the blurb that I wanted to read A Song Below Water, but I foolishly didn’t pre-order and then struggled to get hold of a copy, so I was thrilled to get an audio ARC via Libro.fm. I can honestly say that it is one of the most important… Read More A Song Below Water (Bethany C. Morris)
I kept hearing amazing things about Becky Chambers, but for whatever reason I just hadn’t got around to picking the books up. Then finally in June 2018 I picked up the first book, A Long Way to A Small Angry Planet, and it became my favourite book of the year – I flew through the two books… Read More To Be Taught, if Fortunate (Becky Chambers)
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)
