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EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES by Heather Fawcett from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Fantasy #Fae

18/01/2023

The front cover for Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. At the bottom of the cover is a book which is open half way. Blue and green ivy and red toadstools are coming out from behind the book and more blue and green ivy are coming out from the right hand side. The two threads of plant meet at the top, framing the book's title.

EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES by Heather Fawcett. Orbit Books. h/b. £14.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Professor Emily Wilde was, in fact, the youngest [...]

Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell from @orbitbooks #BookReview #SciFi #LGBTQA+

26/12/2022

Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell Orbit, pb, £9.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming As a wealthy socialite, Tennal has no responsibilities and bounces from mistake to mistake, [...]

TEN THOUSAND STITCHES by Olivia Atwater from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Fantasy #FairyTale #Romance #AltHistory

25/11/2022

The front cover for Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater. The front cover is a rich blue with a sewing needle in the middle of the page. A silver thread is wrapped around the thread and forms a circle of stitches. There are decorative gold motifs in each corner.

TEN THOUSAND STITCHES by Olivia Atwater Orbit p/b £8.99 Reviewed by Nigel Robert Wilson Euphemia Reeves, known as Effie, is a humble, industrious domestic servant in the [...]

DEAD WATER by C.A. Fletcher from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Horror

07/11/2022

The front over for Dead Water by C. A. Fletcher. The front cover is white with the image of a blue rabbit in the middle. The rabbits paws are indistinct, blurring and becoming roots that go down and off the bottom of the page.

DEAD WATER by C.A. Fletcher. Orbit Books. h/b. £18.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Sigrid freedives alone though she should really be accompanied by a team. Her actions are [...]

AUGUST KITKO AND THE MECHAS FROM SPACE by Alex White from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Scifi #SpaceOpera #Music

27/10/2022

The front cover for August Kitko and the Mechas from Space. The front cover is of a space mecha on a bright pink background with the title over it in yellow outlines.

AUGUST KITKO AND THE MECHAS FROM SPACE by Alex White. Orbit Books. p/b. £8.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. It is three years since the last ship left Earth. In the midst of [...]

HALF A SOUL by Olivia Atwater from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Faerie #RegencyRomance

21/10/2022

The cover for Half-a-Soul by Oliver Atwater. The front cover is green with a gold crescent in the top half of the page. A pair of silver scissors are laid over the bottom of the crescent

HALF A SOUL by Olivia Atwater Orbit p/b £8.99 Reviewed by Nigel Robert Wilson Since my earliest days as a reader – which is now close to seventy years – I have adored [...]

THE FALL OF BABEL by Josiah Bancroft from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Fantasy

14/10/2022

THE FALL OF BABEL by Josiah Bancroft. Orbit. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Captain Winters aboard the State of Art has come to round up a series of paintings that [...]

Out Today A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Horror

06/10/2022

The front cover for A Dowry of Blood. There is a woman in the middle of the cover in a red dress. Her eyes are crossed out with a red streak. The double oo in blood is in red.

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson Orbit, HB, £10.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Raiders destroyed Constanta’s village. They murdered her family and left her dying in the mud. [...]

THE MARTYR by Anthony Ryan from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Fantasy

15/09/2022

The front cover for The Martyr by Anthony Ryan. The front cover has a man in armor standing on a castle's ramparts. He has a sword over one shoulder and his cloak in flying in the breeze. In the background, there is a woman with her back to the man.

THE MARTYR by Anthony Ryan. Orbit Books. h/b. £20. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Alwyn Scribe spends his time as tutor to Ayin while he recovers from the wounds he received [...]

Available for Pre-Order NOTORIOUS SORCERER by Davinia Evans from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Fantasy

12/09/2022

The cover for Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans. There are two light blue circles, one on top of the other, in the middle of the screen with orange flames around them. The bottom circle is larger than the other, with a a person in the middle. The person is wearin an orange robe and a satchel over their shoulder. Their right hand has flames coming out of it and a bird flies over their left shoulder. The smaller circle above has semi-circles around the edge.

NOTORIOUS SORCERER by Davinia Evans. Orbit Books. p/b. £8.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Siyon Velo of the Little Bracken tribe has a talent for obtaining alchemical [...]