The writing in Osirisfelt very beautiful to me. The story is told at a restrained pace allowing us to get to know and understand the vastly different lives of Adelaide Rechnov and Vikram Bai in the last city left on earth. It’s told in alternating chapters, starting with Adelaide at the ‘service of hope’ for… Continue reading Osiris by E.J. Swift
Month: June 2014
The Battles of Ben Kingdom: The Claws of Evil by Andrew Beasley
The Claws of Evilis the first story in The Battles of Ben Kingdom, a middle-grade Victorian, supernatural, Steampunkish adventure series. It is set over six very eventful days in Ben’s life leading up to his birthday on 25 December 1891; in under a week his life changes forever. He has to adjust very quickly from being… Continue reading The Battles of Ben Kingdom: The Claws of Evil by Andrew Beasley
Dark Vision by Debbie Johnson
I’m a bit torn by this book; my opinion is inconveniently divided between enjoying the story and not enjoying specific bits of it.To the positives first, of which the book does have many. Dark Vision has a good story and doesn’t mess about in the telling of it. Lily has had a strange childhood, orphaned… Continue reading Dark Vision by Debbie Johnson
Blackberry Blue by Jamila Gavin
Jamila Gavin has created six beautiful, magical fairy tales. These new tales are so perfectly done that they seem as if we’ve known them all our lives. In Gavin’s inspirational preface she talks about her love of fairy tales growing up. The tales she tells here are all in the European tradition but the protagonists… Continue reading Blackberry Blue by Jamila Gavin
A Wicked Pursuit by Isabella Bradford
A Wicked Pursuitis the first novel in the new Breconbridge Brothers series. And what fun it is. If you are in the mood for a bit of romance Georgian-style with a dash of steamy romping, then really look no further. I’m not sure much else needs to be said to recommend it, not to me… Continue reading A Wicked Pursuit by Isabella Bradford
