Book Review: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

I Tweet that I'll soon be reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. It isn't long before I receive the following replies: I recommend a murder board on the fridge and reading it in as few sittings as possible before you forget all the things It's amazing. Also, my mum created a spreadsheet. Just sayin I'm now…

Book Review: Blood of Assassins by RJ Barker

Oh Girton... I feel I can now fully appreciate that hashtag. For those of you who have stumbled into this review and aren't aware, Blood of Assassins is RJ Barker's tortuous (in a good way) follow-up to his debut Age of Assassins (are you picking up the theme?) The assassin Girton Club-Foot and his master have returned to…

Book Review: Age of Assassins by RJ Barker

Where to begin?? Have you heard of Age of Assassins? Surely you have, of Girton Club-Foot? You've heard of the antlers, yes? No? What rock have you been living under since last year? The same  one I was instead of reading it, I presume... Girton Club-Foot, apprentice to the land's best assassin, still has much to learn…

Book Review: The Tower of Living and Dying by Anna Smith Spark

KING OF RUIN KING OF DUST AND SHADOWS KING OF DEATH HE WILL RULE ALL THE KING IS COMING The Tower of Living and Dying by Anna Smith Spark Publisher: HarperVoyager                                            Publication date: 28th July 2018…

Book Review: Darksoul by Anna Stephens

After falling madly deeply in love with Godblind earlier this year, Darksoul was certainly my most anticipated book for 2018. I can categorically state: it did not let me down. Darksoul by Anna Stephens Publisher: HarperVoyager                                            Publication date: 23rd August 2018…

Book Review: Under The Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng

I'm going to do something a bit different this time around. I've decided I'm not going to appoint a star rating to this book, as I can't say I particularly enjoyed it, but I want to review and discuss why I feel it didn't work for me. Under The Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng Publisher:…

Book Review: Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames

I took the boys down the beach because quite frankly they earned it ok? Where to begin with Nicholas Eames' Gemmell Award Nominated debut novel Kings of the Wyld? It stormed into the book community last year and everyone's been raving about it; I've been desperate to read it whilst simultaneously worrying it won't live up to…

Book Review: Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

I am currently in the throes of book-hangover; it hasn't been twenty-four hours yet* and I miss the characters desperately. I am holding off picking up Grey Sister until I write this review. It's agony. Let's get on with it. Nona has a past which is apt to wriggle away under scrutiny. She ends up at…

Book Review: The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams

The Bitter Twins, released tomorrow but gratefully received from Netgalley, is the second book in Jen Williams' Winnowing Flame Trilogy, following on from The Ninth Rain (find my review here). The Jure'lia have returned, but Ebora is not as it once was, and though The Ninth Rain has fallen, the war beasts have hatched too early…

Book Review: The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark

The old songs, the laments for dead heroes. We drink and fight and kill and die. I like to try and give a brief, spoiler free synopsis at the start of my reviews; to give you potential readers an idea if this is the kind of story you'd like. But I don't think I'm capable…