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3 Book Review: Captain Liz Laika Adventures by Nikki Haverstock
Space Murder Want to read a cozy mystery in space that has a dinosaur creature as a mechanic? Heck yeah! Liz Laika was once the brightest and best the Fleet had to offer, but now she’s slumming it as captain to a beat up old freight carrier running supply deliveries. When a passenger is murdered…
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Book Review: The Jam by Dan Soule
The Jam centers on a group of disparate people, all traveling on an English motorway, who get caught in a traffic jam. There’s the internet guru, the professional soccer player, a couple and their teenage son, and an elderly retired doctor who kindly offers a lift to a working girl he meets at a service…
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Book Review: The Lucky Diamond by Valinora Troy
About the book The whirlclouds erupted on all sides, buffeting the boat first one way and then the next, sending Alan sprawling from one side of thedeck to the other. He couldn’t stay on his feet long enough to reach the tiller. Yvonne and Susan clung to the mast. He couldn’t see Vicky or Cathy…
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Bookouture Books on Tour: The Book Binder’s Daughter by Jessica Thorne
About the book The song surrounded her now, the murmuring of the library insistent, and her foot took the first step on the winding stairs. She knew it wasn’t entirely a dream. It was the library calling her, its magic driving her. When Sophie is offered a job at the Ayredale Library – the finest collection of rare books…
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Book Review: Dark Waters by Katharine Arden
It’s been over six months since the events of Halloween when Ollie, Coco and Brian first met The Smiling Man, and over three since their second run in with him after Christmas. Terrified of meeting him again, the three friends have hit the books in the hope of finding a way to get him out…
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Book Review: Plague Birds by Jason Sanford
Set in the far future, what is left of humanity is separated into agrarian settlements protected by sentient artificial intelligences, and wilder human animal hybrids devoted to the hunt. Overseeing both groups and keeping the peace are the plague birds, powerful AIs that have bonded with their human hosts. They are feared by the people…
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2 Book Review: Odriel’s Heirs and Burning Shadows by Hayley Reese Chow
Odriel’s Heirs A fun young adult fantasy adventure that delights with its supporting cast of magical animals. Three heirs, gifted with powers by Odriel, which combined are powerful enough to defeat the mighty necromancer, Nifras. The time heir; a powerful healer. The shadow heir; able to become invisible. And the dragon heir; who wields the…
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Book Review: Immortelle by Catherine McCarthy
Set in 19th century Wales, Immortelle is the story of skilled potter, Elinor, and her daughter, Rowena. After Rowena’s sudden, tragic death, Elinor sculpts a beautiful graveside memorial – or immortelle – in the hope that her art can tell her about the darkness that has corrupted her quiet seaside home. McCarthy has a beautiful,…
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Book Review: The Spooks by Dan Soule
This collection of 17 super short stories is sure to delight children with its mixture of fun, silly, gross and thoughtful horror. Aimed for the reluctant reader, each story is flash length and written simply, to encourage interest in the written word. A great primer of sorts to whet the appetite of the young horror…
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Book Review: One in the Hand by Rhonda Parrish
Autumn lives an ordinary life working two jobs, looking after her two fabulous wolfhounds, and chilling with her policeman boyfriend. After her grandmother is attacked in her retirement home, Autumn discovers that her life isn’t so ordinary after all. With magic swords, wings, giants and gods all set to complicate her life, will Autumn ever…