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‘Daughter of the Moon Goddess’ by Sue Lynn Tan

To be published 20/01/2022… The moon is a prison. Having grown up there in isolated comfort with her loving mother this is an uncomfortable truth for Xingyin to learn. But it is not until she sees the rest of the world for herself that she truly understands how great a tragedy it is for herContinue reading “‘Daughter of the Moon Goddess’ by Sue Lynn Tan”

‘Terciel and Elinor’ by Garth Nix

To be published 02/11/2021… Having grown up in isolation in her family’s slowly failing manor house Elinor does not have much experience of the world; until an undead tragedy thrusts her out into it and she finds that she may be destined to be one of the world’s key players after all. Plucked from theContinue reading “‘Terciel and Elinor’ by Garth Nix”

‘Gilded’ by Marissa Meyer

To be published 02/11/2021… Serilda is different, marked so by her golden eyes and judged as bad luck by the villagers who scorn her storytelling talents. Only the children see her without prejudice, and her father whose unending love attempts to overshadow the absence of Serilda’s mother. When she crosses paths with the Erlking duringContinue reading “‘Gilded’ by Marissa Meyer”

‘The Mask of Mirrors’ by M.A. Carrick

Street urchin, turned gang member, turned maid, and now con-woman, Ren is halfway to ingratiating herself into the noble Traementis family when the entire city begins to unravel into a plot greater than anything Ren has ever seen before.

‘Under the Whispering Door’ by TJ Klune

Wallace Price is dead. He’s not overly impressed, but unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be much he can do about it – other than hang out in a teashop with the Mei and Hugo (the reaper and the ferryman) and refuse to move on. Hugo’s dead grandad Nelson is there too, like Wallace stubbornly ignoringContinue reading “‘Under the Whispering Door’ by TJ Klune”

‘The Bookbinder’s Daughter’ by Jessica Thorne

To be published 20/09/2021… Sophie has never known what happened to her mother. So when an estranged Uncle shows up and offers her a job in the family business, her mother’s old job, it’s an offer too good to refuse. Little does she know that the secret of her mother’s disappearance isn’t the only mysteryContinue reading “‘The Bookbinder’s Daughter’ by Jessica Thorne”

‘Twilight at Moorington Cross’ by Abigail Wilson

To be published 11/01/2022… When Amelia Pembroke is made heir to Moorington Cross she must marry one of two highly unsuitable men within the month or they will all lose everything. The situation is only made more complicated by the fact that the previous owner of Moorington Cross (and possibly the one before him too)Continue reading “‘Twilight at Moorington Cross’ by Abigail Wilson”

‘A Spell of Rowans’ by Byrd Nash

To be published 26/10/2021… Vic left home fifteen years ago under a dark cloud and she hasn’t been back since. Her new life in the city is built carefully around privacy and solitude and painstakingly constructed boundaries. When her mother dies, finally, Vic is finally drawn home to deal once and for all with herContinue reading “‘A Spell of Rowans’ by Byrd Nash”

‘A Treason of Thorns’ by Laura Wheymouth

The Great Houses of England are alive with magic. Bound to the King’s service their magic can only be wielded through the stewardship of caretakers. For generations the Sterling family have been the caretakers of their beloved Burleigh House and Violet grows up happily within its walls, ready to take on the responsibility when herContinue reading “‘A Treason of Thorns’ by Laura Wheymouth”

The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

Set against the backdrop of Montverre, a boarding school where elite intellects study the complex intricacies of the ‘Grand Jeu’, this book focusses on the moments where two lives intertwine. Claire Dryden is Magister Ludi, master of the ‘Grand Jeu’ and first ever woman admitted into the mysteries of Montverre. Leo Martin was the MinisterContinue reading “The Betrayals by Bridget Collins”