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Advent (Advent Trilogy #1)
January 27, 2012
The ocean has kept its secret for a long time, but now it is giving it up to the earth. It will be found- the magic ring of the greatest magus in the world- and it will be at the centre of a power struggle. Gavin never knew he was different until everyone started telling … Continue reading
Tags: 14+, 2012, fantasy, gothic fantasy, Hodder, reviews, worth reading
The Fault in Our Stars
January 16, 2012
Reviewer’s note: the following is much less a review than a pondering upon The Fault in Our Stars. It is probably highly garbled, inconsistent and disjointed. Please forgive me; this seems to be a recurring consequence of reading John Green’s novels. “Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers any more…. The … Continue reading
An Abundance of Katherines
January 2, 2012
Have you ever thought you’d only date girls who share a name? Perhaps it was a passing thought, but for Colin, it is a reality. For the past 10-15 years of his life, he’s only been interested in Katherines. Not Catherines, Katys, Kats, Cates or Kate. Now, after having been dumped by his 19th Katherine, … Continue reading
Chronosphere: Malfunction (Chronosphere #2)
November 9, 2011
Things are changing in the Chronosphere; a general unrest has taken to the population. Slowly, things start to go wrong. First, the food deteriorates, then temperatures soar, followed quickly by the malfunction of the MAIDs, robotic servants. It’s only when the exits are blocked that things really get critical, and a civil war breaks out. … Continue reading
Shelter (Mickey Bolitar #1)
October 30, 2011
Just when Mickey’s parents decide to return to the US, a tragedy happens. His father is separated from him by an uncrossable barrier- death. His mum falls to drugs, and Mickey is left to live with his uncle whilst his mum completes rehab. Things aren’t going easy. But the new school sounds promising; here he … Continue reading
Chronosphere: Time Out of Time
October 9, 2011
Raffi is about to end his childhood. He is about to step out into the adult world; a world of work that quickly leads to children and graceful middle-age. But Raffi doesn’t want that, not quite yet. He wants a little time for himself- a holiday, per se. And that’s what the Chronosphere has to … Continue reading
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
September 16, 2011
Imagine teeth- all kinds of teeth. Dogs’ teeth. Cats’ teeth. Jackals’ teeth. Human teeth. Within them is a power that can only be unlocked by Brimstone in all his new devilry. Working quietly away, elsewhere, he seeks to create wish-fulfillment. But soon the Seraphim will find him and break him and extinguish his dark magic … Continue reading
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
September 7, 2011
Would you believe your grandfather if he told you stories of children with supernatural powers? Or would you just dismiss them as fairy tales? For Jacob, this is a very real choice, and in an attempt to understand his grandfather, he visits the Welsh island of his upbringing… only to find more than he bargained … Continue reading
An Act of Love
June 14, 2011
They start out as childhood friends- at aged 7 they are inseperable. They do everything together- swimming, football, exploring The Wilderness; the empty area of land behind the estate. But slowly, everything starts to fall apart. Chris moves away and makes new friends, Imran doesn’t. Chris gets a job, Imran doesn’t. Chris becomes a soldier, … Continue reading
One Seriously Messed Up Week in the Otherwise Mundane and Uneventful Life of Jack Samsonite
May 28, 2011
Introducing: Jack Samsonite, a nearly-16 British teenager. His mission: to pass his GCSEs, pull the girl of his dreams, and not get beaten up. Wish him luck. Diary-style novels are always hard to review. Always. Take a look at the other reviews I have made of books like Spud and Adrian Mole – they’re short. … Continue reading
Forgotten
May 9, 2011
Imagine this: you can see glimpses of the future, but your past is empty. Every day, at 4:33am, your brain deletes every memory you had in the previous 24 hours. Gone. For London Lane, she doesn’t need to imagine this. It’s her reality. She gets around it with help from her mother, her mobile phone … Continue reading
Clash
April 30, 2011
Alex Crow is not the sort of person you would socialise with. He’s one of those people who has a reputation wherever he goes, and not just any old reputation; Alex is known for his violent outbursts. Most people, including Kyle, think he’s a psychopath, but that’s only half the story. Alex is a young … Continue reading
Rosebush
February 22, 2011
One minute Jane is at a party. The next, she is left for dead on a street. Stuck in a hospital, Jane must piece together her gradually returning memories and find out who wanted to kill her. Was it her boyfriend, David, who can be moody at times? Or his friend, Ollie, who Jane doesn’t … Continue reading
Across the Universe
February 16, 2011
Seventeen year old Amy faces a choice: be cryogenically frozen and travel though space for 300 years to be with her parents, or stay earth-bound with her boyfriend. It’s not an easy choice, but she could never live without her parents. Too bad she’s woken up from her ice-induced dreams prematurely – 50 years too … Continue reading
The Left Hand of God (Thomas Cale #1)
January 20, 2011
Cale is different from the other boys at the sanctuary. They know he is different- he is quiet and secretive, but most of all challenging. He is a cold blooded killer, capable of taking the lives of others without thought, in seconds. Cale is trying to find a way of escaping from the Sanctuary- a … Continue reading
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