I’ve long had a fascination with disease and its spread, and figures like Typhoid Mary hold a certain interest for me as part of that intersection between social and medical history. I’m also keenly fond of historical fiction, so Fever ticked two boxes for me before I’d even opened it. Mary Beth Keane tells the […]
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#BookReview – Trancehack
I’ve been a fan of Sonya Clark for a while now – I think I read Mojo Queen and Red House in a couple of days. So it was hardly surprising that I’d pick up Trancehack as well – it might have taken me a few months to get to it, but I’m glad I […]
#BookReview – Lupa Bella
Of all the ‘traditional’ monsters, I’ve always liked mummies the most, but I’ve often felt werewolves had potential that wasn’t always used. Many of the books I’ve read have tried to turn werewolves into super creatures, imbued with powers and abilities that put them on the same playing field as vampires – but this, in […]
#BookReview – Cobweb Empire
Back in October I reviewed Vera Nazarian’s Cobweb Bride, the first in a trilogy set in an imaginary pocket of Europe during the Renaissance. I absolutely loved book one, awarding it four blunt pencils, and managed to get my mitts on Cobweb Empire, its follow-up. I’ve had book two on my Kindle for some time, […]
#BookReview – The Diviners
The Diviners was one of those books I stumbled across by accident, recommended in a blog post I don’t fully remember. I downloaded a sample to my Kindle, flew through the first couple of chapters, and couldn’t stop myself from buying the full book. It was a snip at £2.99! The Diviners is set in […]
#BookReview – Cobweb Bride
I first came across Vera Nazarian’s Cobweb Bride through a recommendation by Nerine Dorman, and I’m very glad I decided to follow this recommendation up. Book one in a trilogy, Cobweb Bride tells the story of an imaginary kingdom called Lethe, located somewhere in an alternate Renaissance Europe. Death appears, proclaiming he will take no […]
