One was made to remember.One was made to forget. Presenting Synopsis Every autumn the Exalted of the Mountain descend upon their subjects to take their tithe. They call it a blessing yet demand all of the young marked with magic. The children are taken, sealed behind porcelain masks and remade. None have ever returned home. […]
Reviews
Review: The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo
Synopsis A dark and magical tale of ballrooms and bloodshed in the Gilded Age, from multi-award winning fantasy author Nghi Vo. Judith Ban – convent girl, courtesan, and failed thief – is looking for her next identity. She’s no stranger to wealth or danger, but the glitter of New York’s Gilded Age hides a darkness […]
Review: Depth Charge by Tyler Jones
Synopsis: Art world darling Julian Le Sang paints with passion, with abandon, and with his own blood. Inside these blood paintings, Julian sees more than art… he sees the future. In fifth grade, Julian is bullied and alienated until Marcy befriends him and learns the strange boy’s dark secret: he sees visions of death in […]
Review: The Trial of Magdalena Overmorrow by Caitríona Moran
Synopsis: Healer. Harlot. Heretic. Magdalena Overmorrow is the magician that women go to when they need illegal abortions in the kingdom of Astoleyn. When she is betrayed and arrested, she is banished to the realm’s northernmost city to await her trial where she will be watched over by the pious Lord Proctor of Cair Gramora. […]
Review: The Twelve Loves of Christmas: an advent calendar of festive romance stories for Christmas
Synopsis: Count down to Christmas with twelve sealed festive love stories from various romance authors. The perfect treat for yourself or a gift for friends, partners, family and romance fans looking for a little extra love and magic this Christmas. The Twelve Loves of Christmas is a swoon-worthy, novelty advent-style short story collection – some […]
Review: Wildwood by Laika Studios
Synopis After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness—an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Tremblay), Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and […]
Review: Mortality Gauntlet (The Hybrid Helix #9) by J.C.M. Berne
Synopsis: Hyperion was Rohan’s hero. His idol. His mentor. Even his friend.The shadow of that man has been Rohan’s ward, his confidante, then his rival, and ultimately his enemy.That Hyperion has caused the death of innocents. Has attempted to destroy the entire human race. Cares for nothing but his own revenge.He’s stronger than Rohan, tougher. […]
Review: A Requiem for Fallen Stars (Cadence of the Fallen) by Hazel S. Wilkes
Synopsis: Lyra Izacalli does not clutch onto the jagged remnants of her past—she buries them deep beneath her skin. To feel is to give power to the past—to let grief and memory carve through her like a blade. But Lyra refuses to let them win. She will not let the sharpened words of men who […]
Review: The Worth of Scars (Book One of the Scarred Saga) by Gabriel Farrell
Synopsis A bookworm, a brothel madam, a gangster, an aristocrat, a widow and a war hero walk into an inn – though it turns out there’s nothing funny about what happens next. For humanity’s ancient enemy the Serafin are rumoured to have returned, and the old man who assembled such an unlikely band believes these […]
Review: The Forever King by Ben Galley
Synopsis Revenge loves company. Mithrid Fenn wants nothing to do with magick. Magick is a curse word, banned by the vast Arka Empire and punishable by death. Its purging has finally brought peace to war-torn Emaneska. Only a stubborn rebellion, led by the warlord Outlaw King, raids and pillages the empire’s northern fringes. To cliff-brat […]
Review: A Court of Splintered Harmony: The Valkyrie Cycle, Movement I (A Court of Thorns and Roses Book 6) by Sarah J. Maas
Synopsis: What was broken will be remade. Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he’s been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands. The […]
Review: Mortality Gauntlet (The Hybrid Helix #9) by J.C.M. Berne
Synopsis Hyperion was Rohan’s hero. His idol. His mentor. Even his friend. The shadow of that man has been Rohan’s ward, his confidante, then his rival, and ultimately his enemy. That Hyperion has caused the death of innocents. Has attempted to destroy the entire human race. Cares for nothing but his own revenge. He’s stronger […]