Adeline just wants a life of freedom, a life where she can make her own choices. When decisions start being made for her, and her freedom is one ‘I do’ from disappearing forever, Adeline calls on the wrong kind of god in her desperation. She makes a deal with the darkness: for time, for freedom,Continue reading “‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’ by V.E. Schwab”
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‘The Second Bell’ by Gabriela Houston
To be published March 9th 2021… In Heyne Town babies are sometimes born with two hearts. Two hearts mean that the baby is a Striga. The mother faces a choice then. There are three options: to kill her baby, to abandon her baby by the hope tree and hope that others of its kind willContinue reading “‘The Second Bell’ by Gabriela Houston”
‘The Kingdoms’ by Natasha Pulley
To be published May 20th 2021… Joe Tournier steps off a train in London. His ticket shows that he came from Edinburgh, but he doesn’t remember ever having been there and he doesn’t remember getting on the train or a single minute of the journey itself. Actually he doesn’t remember anything. All he knows isContinue reading “‘The Kingdoms’ by Natasha Pulley”
‘A Witch in Time’ by Constance Sayers
In trying to save her daughter from ruin a well-meaning mother accidentally curses her instead, binding her for four lifetimes to a doomed relationship cycle with different reincarnations, the man who ruined her. Juliette and Marchant in 1890’s France, Nora and Billy in 1930’s Los Angeles, Sandra and Rick in 1970’s Los Angeles, and HelenContinue reading “‘A Witch in Time’ by Constance Sayers”
‘Feathertide’ by Beth Cartwright
Born covered in feathers, Marea grew up hidden away from view. Even though the women in the whorehouse where she lived revered her and treated her as a precious treasure, she began to hate that which made her special and to question more and more her own existence. Eventually she makes the difficult decision toContinue reading “‘Feathertide’ by Beth Cartwright”
‘The Hollow Places’ by T. Kingfisher
Kara, a.k.a Carrot, is going through a tough time: she’s penniless, homeless, and getting a divorce. But when she moves in with her Uncle to help him run the ‘Wonder Museum’, she makes a discovery that causes all her other troubles to pale in comparison. The hole to another dimension seems sinister from the outset,Continue reading “‘The Hollow Places’ by T. Kingfisher”
‘The Midnight Library’ by Matt Haig
After an attempted suicide, Nora Seed hovers between life and death in a library where every book is a possible life she could have lived. Guided by her old school librarian, and a book titled ‘the book of regrets’, Nora explores the many different choices she made in life and the alternative choices that sheContinue reading “‘The Midnight Library’ by Matt Haig”
‘Deeplight’ by Frances Hardinge
‘Deeplight’ is set in a world of gods. A familiar theme, except for one marked difference: all the gods are dead. However, if you are brave enough to risk the dangerous deep and salvage their remains, dead gods can be just as useful as live ones. Possibly more so. Hark is not typically one ofContinue reading “‘Deeplight’ by Frances Hardinge”
‘Mordew’ by Alex Pheby
Alex Pheby’s ‘Mordew’ follows the life of Nathan Treeves as he comes into his magical inheritance. He learns that there is much he doesn’t know about his parent’s and the parts they played in making Mordew the city it is today. His journey is inspired mostly by circumstance, rather than by any real decisions onContinue reading “‘Mordew’ by Alex Pheby”
Escape to the Bookshelf 