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Water, Water Everywhere (Review: Vengeance by Megan Miranda)

Vengeance
Megan Miranda
Bloomsbury 2012

Vengeance is the follow up to 2011's Fracture and, as such, this review contains some spoilers for the original title. You can read our review of Fracture here and if you haven't read the book already, you really should. Then come back.

About six months …

Neil Gaiman, Writer Genius.

I've been a fan of Neil Gaiman for a long, long time. I first came across him in my mid-teens, when a copy of Good Omens was pressed into my hands. I'd long since discovered, Terry Pratchett, the co-writer of this gloriously apocalyptic tale of a young anti-Christ, but Gaiman was a myster…

I Wonder About the Trees (review of Breathe by Sarah Crossan)

Breathe Sarah Crossan Bloomsbury 2012
It’s been a long time since anyone could breathe easily. Humankind has destroyed the earth’s forests, polluted its oceans and left the world with an oxygen level of only 6%. Unable to breathe in the outside world, what is left of the population has taken up resi…

We're All In This Together (review: Endure by Carrie Jones)

Endure
Carrie Jones
Bloomsbury 2012

Endure is the fourth and final book in Carrie Jones’ Need series and this review contains spoilers for the initial three books. If you’re OK with that then read on.
Things are ramping up in Maine – seriously, Stephen King has nothing on Zara’s world of Pixies, Norse…

Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair (Review: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas)

Throne of Glass Sarah J. Mass Bloomsbury 2012
Deep in the heart of a brutal salt mine slaves a young girl. Covered with salt-packed scars, this is the Assassin, dying in the place that killing led her. Unlikely to survive another winter in the mine, she finds herself dragged from its shadows by the …

Away With The Fae (Review: Stolen Away by Alyxandra Harvey)

Stolen Away Alyxandra Harvey Bloomsbury 2011
Eloise Hart keeps herself to herself.Content to spend her time with best friends Jo and Devin, hang out with her Rockabilly mother and help out at the local tattoo parlour (while avoiding the local mean girls) she’s used to not drawing too much attention he…

Guest Post by Celia Rees (This Is Not Forgiveness blog tour)

This Is Not Forgiveness Review and Giveaway

I'm delighted to be a stop on the blog tour for This Is Not Forgiveness by Celia Rees today. The book is quite brilliant and I'm pleased to be able to offer a SIGNED copy of the book to one lucky UK winnner. My review of the book is below and if you'd like to enter the giveaway then j…

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Death By Water (Review: Fracture by Megan Miranda)

Fracture Megan Miranda Bloomsbury 2012
When a harmless game leads to a fatal accident, Delany Maxwell should really be dead. In fact, eleven minutes trapped under the surface of an icy lake, she was dead. But then she came back. Not as a zombie, not as a vampire… just as a normal, teenage girl. Ex…

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Geek Chic (Review: Bleeding Hearts by Alyxandra Harvey)

Bleeding Hearts Alyxandra Harvey Bloomsbury 2011
Bleeding Hearts is the fourth book in Alyxandra Harvey's Drake Chronicles. If you haven't read the previous books in the series then this review may contain spoilers. You have been warned.
Christabel doesn’t get Violet Hill. Ha…

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A Winner Has Won... Chime by Franny Billingsley

The winner (chosen by random.org) of the outstandingly quirky and orginal Chime by Franny Billingsley is
Isabelle!
Congratulations, Isabelle - an email is on its way to you.
Thanks again to Bloomsbury for facilitating this giveaway.

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Win a copy of Chime by Franny Billingsley

I recently reviewed the captivating and ingenious Chime by Franny Billingsley (review here) and am delighted to have two copies to give away, thanks to Bloomsbury. I can't recommend this book enough, particularly to those of you who love to play with language.
To enter, just fill in the form …

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