The Book of Love by Kelly Link Head of Zeus, HB, £20.24 Reviewed by Rym Kechacha A Kelly Link fan is a reader well-versed in folklore and mythology and all the ways those things can get tricksy on you. A reader who is delighted when magic turns up in unexpected… Read More »The Book of Love
The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker Hodderscape, hardback, £16.99 Reviewed by Nadya Mercik When I looked at the blurb of The Scarlett Alchemist, I was intrigued by the mixture of the Chinese world and alchemy, although, in general, I don’t read many YA novels. In the end, the book… Read More »The Scarlet Alchemist
Dead Drunk: Tales of Intoxication and Demon Drinks Edited by Pam Lock British Library, p/b, £9.99 Review by Tori Borne The British Library’s latest instalment to their Tales of the Weird series, Dead Drunk, features a collection of harrowing tales where drunkenness, the supernatural and moral degeneration all interlock.… Read More »Dead Drunk
Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham Orbit Books, pb, £18.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Kithamar has always stood. A centre of trade and wealth, it has developed over time from a fortress protecting the Hansch kingdom from the nomadic Inlisc or the start of an invading force of Hansch, depending… Read More »Age of Ash
And Break the Pretty Kings by Lena Jeong Magpie, pb, £9.19 Reviewed by Mikaela Silk Mirae had always known she would be Queen one day, had always known she would have to undergo the three trials and take over the sacred duty of protecting the kingdom with her ancestral magic.… Read More »And Break the Pretty Kings
THE BITTER CROWN by Justin Lee Anderson. Orbit Books. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Still coming to terms with the shocking truth, Aranok, Allandria and Nirea, among others, must race to save their people from not just the threat of the Blackening nor the demons that came so close… Read More »The Bitter Crown
The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab Titan Books, h/b £18.99, Ebook £9.99 Review by Tori Borne In 2015, fantasy lovers were graced by American author V.E. Schwab with the first of the Shades of Magic series, A Darker Shade of Magic, introducing to us not just one world… Read More »The Fragile Threads of Power
MERMAIDS NEVER DROWN Tales To Dive For Edited By Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker Titan Books, pb, £7.99 Reviewed by Christine Downes The problem with story collections is that inevitably, there will be some you love and others that leave you cold, and this is certainly the case with… Read More »Mermaids never drown
EMILY WILDE’S MAP OF THE OTHERLANDS by Heather Fawcett. Orbit Books. h/b. £20. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Professor Emily Wilde, always a scholar first, is preoccupied with her latest project – to create a map of the faerie worlds she knows of and record their known entrances and secrets. It… Read More »Emily Wilde
THE EIGHT REINDEER OF THE APOCALYPSE By Tom Holt Orbit, pb, £9.19 Reviewed by Christine Downes The first thing I want to make clear is that I have never read a book by Tom Holt. This is my first venture into his work after a great many people have enthusiastically… Read More »8 Reindeer