Despite The Falling Snow – Shamim Sarif Review

With the film adaptation of the book due out on 15th April, there has been a resurgence of interest in Shamim Sarif’s Despite the Falling Snow. I can see why. B... Read More...

Shopaholic to the Rescue – Sophie Kinsella Review

I was confused with Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic to the Rescue at the outset. I expected to be because I’ve never read any of the previous Shopaholic books; I k... Read More...

Kingmaker: Broken Faith – Toby Clements Review

Toby Clements’ Kingmaker: Broken Faith picks up the story of Katherine and Thomas in 1463, two years after the epic last battle in Winter Pilgrims. Katherine is... Read More...

The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School – Kim Newman Review

Kim Newman’s The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School has a great opening for a novel and a great idea for a plot. When Amy’s mother finds her asleep on the ceil... Read More...

The Shepherd’s Crown – Terry Pratchett Review

Released: August 2015 This is the fifth Discworld novel featuring the young witch Tiffany Aching. Tiffany has always had to meet a few challenges in her stor... Read More...

Spill Simmer Falter Wither – Sara Baume Review

Released: October 2015 At the onset of Spill Simmer Falter Wither it’s not clear why Ray adopts the dog, One Eye. As the story progresses through the first s... Read More...

Among The Ten Thousand Things – Julia Pierpont Review

Released: August 2015 Julia Pierpont's Among the Ten Thousand Things is one of those novels that begins with quite a bombshell. When artist Jack ends his aff... Read More...

Armada – Ernest Cline Review

Released: July 2015 Zack Lightman is busy trying to daydream his way through a Maths class when he thinks he spots a flying spaceship hovering just outside t... Read More...

The Long Utopia (The Long Earth 4) – Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter Review

Released: June 2015 This is the fourth collaboration from Messrs Pratchett and Baxter in the Long World series. If you haven’t read the previous books, as I ... Read More...

After Birth – Elisa Albert Review

Released: April 2015 Many stories have good opening lines. It’s all part of the plan to draw you in. When a novel has a curious title like this one those fir... Read More...

Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims – Toby Clements Review

Released: February 2015 On a bitterly cold morning in 1460 Thomas, Katherine and Alice leave the relative safety of their neighbouring priories to do their c... Read More...

The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death – Martyn Waites Review

Released: December 2014 I should start this review by saying I don’t usually read horror stories. In fact I haven’t read one for about ten years but the New ... Read More...