One Salt Sea. Book review
ONE SALT SEA by Seanan McGuire. DAW $7.99 Reviewed by Jenny Barber Once upon a time October (Toby) Daye got turned into a fish and spent fourteen years trapped in a Koi Pond [...]
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Indigo Eyes. Book review
INDIGO EYES by Fel Kian. Immanion £12.99/$21.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan This is a book with an interesting and original plot by an Iranian writing in his second [...]
Fire and Thorns. Book review
FIRE AND THORNS by Rae Carson. Gollancz £18.99 Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins As a baby, Princess Elisa was given a gift by God: the Godstone. She bears it without [...]
Chung Kuo volumes 1 and 2. Book review
SON OF HEAVEN (Chung Kuo Volume 1) and DAYLIGHT ON IRON MOUNTAIN (Chung Kuo Volume 2) by David Wingrove. Corvus, hb £18.99/pb £7.99 Reviewed by John Howard David [...]
Curfew and Other Eerie Tales by Lucy M Boston. Book review
CURFEW AND OTHER EERIE TALES by Lucy M Boston. The Swan River Press £25 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Mostly remembered as the author of a series of children’s novels [...]
The Emperor’s Toy Chest by Tobias Seamon. Book review
THE EMPEROR’S TOY CHEST by Tobias Seamon. PS Publishing £11.99 Reviewed by Tom Crouch Tobias Seamon is a newish writer I’ve not come across before, showcased [...]
Echo City by Tim Lebbon. Book review
ECHO CITY by Tim Lebbon. Orbit £7.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan A mark of a good writer is to drop the reader straight into an alien landscape and for them to instantly [...]
Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds. Book review
TERMINAL WORLD by Alastair Reynolds. Gollancz £8.99 Reviewed by Jim Steel Misleadingly labelled ‘steampunk’, Reynolds’ latest novel is more like the [...]
The Broken Kingdoms by N K Jemisin. Book review
THE BROKEN KINGDOMS by N K Jemisin. Orbit £7.99 Reviewed by Jenny Barber Oree is a blind artist who sells her work in the streets of Shadow, where the newly freed godlings [...]
Dark Heart by Darren J Guest. Book review
DARK HEART by Darren J Guest. Snow Books £7.99 Reviewed by Cavan Scott Leo Stamp should be happy. His business is booming, he lives in a dream home and a shiny Aston [...]