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|summary=A Hiroshima-like event called ''the DetonationsThere'' has transformed life on earths a part of me that wants to keep this just to myself for however long I can. Shortly after the DetonationsThis secret magic of my own, when the survivors were still hoping all mine, at last. I just want to enjoy it for some form of help to arrive, a cloud of leaflets were released all bearing the same message:while.''

Within a remote mountain pass, far away from the world, lies Silverton; a town under the protection of the Briar'We know you are heres, our brothers a family of witches who protect the town and sistersthe wider world from the Darklands. We willThough she has always wished for magic, one dayEllie Briar is the first non-witch to be born into her family for generations and as such since she was young, her training as a steward revolved around letters and administration rather than spells and potions. When her grandmother suddenly dies, Ellie's cousin Audra becomes the Briar Witch, the town's leader, and Ellie takes her place beside her. As challenges come her way left, right and centre, emerge from Ellie uncovers the Dome rare ability to join you in peacecommunicate with the dead, putting her at the heart of a maelstrom of chaos. For nowReeling from one family secret to another, we watch from afarEllie must decide who to trust and determine what to do as the Briar witches' legacy, everything they have sacrificed to survive, benevolentlyis under threat.'|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0755385489</amazonuk>1803364548

 {{newreview|author=Anne Rice|title=The Wolf Gift|rating=4|genre=Fantasy|summary=Reuben is on the upRosevear, make no mistake about it. He will turn from a good journalist to a great journalist - it's just that most of his family, his girlfriend remote and his editor all patronise him with diminutive nicknames based on his boyish good looks. While staying at a secluded cliff-side mansion in the Californian forestspartially forgotten island, and researching the back-story of it being survives on luring ships into the market for the first time in decades, he survives a bloody attack, rocks and ends up with plundering the house hiswrecks. AndMira, like her mother before her, is one of course, he receives the Gift - seven who swim out to survey the ruins – rescuing any survivors and becomes a werewolfany treasure that lies within. What does this mean for him - and for others, and just what are But when the secrets remaining in Council Watch lays a trap to end the strange mansion?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701187441</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Michelle Lovric|title=Talina in wrecking, they capture the Tower|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Nineteenth century Venice can seem a sinister place, full of secrets, misty forgotten islands and magic, both good island's leader and Mira'baddened's father. It does, however, have its brighter, warmer sideDesperate to save him from death, Mira makes a bargain with cosy, comforting grannies a wreck survivor who is as charming as he is secretive and delicious recipeswith only coordinates to guide her, and Talina loves it dearly. But then she sets off in search of a family secret that lies buried deep in the mangy, rabid Ravageurs arrive, creatures part-way between wolves and hyenas, and claim the city as their ancestral homesea. Men, women and children are stolen away in the nightWith only nine days to unearth what might save her father, as are cats and rats, but her journey takes her from the inhabitants refuse watched streets of foreign islands to believe the full horror heart of what is happeningthe smuggler's territory, preferring instead Mira must be determined to blame a neighbouring town.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444003380</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Ali Shaw|title=The Man Who Rained|rating=5|genre=Literary Fiction|summary=Do you remember being a child who had only just learned how stop at nothing to read? Do you remember the very first time you read a fairy story that no-one had told you before? Can you recapture save the joy future of entering a truly magical land her home and (for a time) believing it was real? No? Then I recommend that you read Ali Shaw's second novel 'The Man Who Rained'the ones she holds most dear.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0857890328</amazonuk>0008664730

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Margo LanaganT Kingfisher|title=The Brides of Rollrock IslandThornhedge

|summary=Elhathym gatecrashes ''You had a feast at the court of Vod-the-Giant-King demanding the throne, which he asserts was his 3,000 years ago. Vod is a little incredulous and refuses to abdicate. Elhathym then lives up to his job description (evil sorcerer), destroying the entire court... apart from his son, Prince D’zan who manages right to escape with his bodyguard, Olthacus the Stone. Prince D’zan wants to fight to regain his kingdom but the only way to counter Elhathym and his armies of the dead is to form alliances with other nations; alliances that create friendships but also bring treachery and betrayal. Behind it all is Iardu the Shaper, a creation god-like figure who plans and plotsretake your place.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0356500810</amazonuk>}}''

{{newreview|author=Robin Wasserman|title=The Book T Kingfisher's latest novella is a lovely reimagining of Blood a fairytale that is well known and Shadow|rating=4well beloved.5|genre=Teens|summary=Nora But whilst there is a princess trapped in a tower, sleeping under an unusual heroine. She eternal enchantment, Thornhedge is sharp, snarky and funny, and her wry tone and contemporary references will resonate with not her readersstory. But she Instead, our protagonist is also uncompromisingly geekyToadling, and who was stolen away by fairies when she opts to complete her independent study assignment by joining her three friends at the local university in was a research project on the Voynich Manuscript by Edward Kelley (This manuscript actually exists, new-born baby and has taxed secreted away to the abilities land of some of the greatest code-breakers in the world in the last hundred years.). However Professor Hoffpauer does not consider Nora mature enough fairie where her childhood was spent being taught how to work on the manuscript itself, despite the fact that draw magic from her linguistic ability is far superior to that of the others, veins and instead he gives her the lesser task of translating the letters of Kelley's step-daughter Elizabeth Westoncast spells. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1907411445</amazonuk>1803364238

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Curtis JoblingNicole Jarvis|title=Wereworld: A Portrait in Shadow of the Hawk|rating=5|genre=Teens|summary=At the start of Shadow of the Hawk, our heroes are in disarray. Drew, having bitten off his hand to escape Vanmorten and the undead, is in captivity, about to be forced to fight as a gladiator. The Staglord Manfred and the Wereshark Vega, two of the three remaining members of the Wolf's Council, are on the run, spiriting Drew's mother to safety. And Hector, the third of the Council... oh, Hector!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141340495</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Darynda Jones|title=First Grave on the Right

|genre=FantasyHistorical Fiction|summary=Charley Davidson is a private investigator with a difference - she's the Grim Reaper, ushering souls towards the light. When three lawyers from the same firm are murdered, they ask her to solve the case to allow them to rest in peace. With the help 'I want all of her uncle, a detective, she sets out Florence to do just that - as long as she can avoid being distracted by the nightly dreams sheknow my name''s having of a sexy entity…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749956046</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|author=Michael J Sullivan|title=Rise of Empire|rating=4.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=''Rise of Empire''Cast out from Rome, the second volume Artemisia Gentileschi arrives in Florence seeking an oasis in The Riyria Revelations, starts which her art can find a year after [[Theft of Swords by Michael J Sullivan|Theft of Swords]] finishedhome and where her future can thrive rather than stagnate. The Imperialist forces are encamped across But as some as she enters Florentine society she faces great opposition from the river from Melengar, biding their time before they rout and capture Alric’s kingdom. Howeverpowerful Accademia, it’s ok as Princess Arista has a plan. She will send Hadrian Blackwater and Royce Melborn to enlist the help self-proclaimed guardians of the nationalists. Oh, healing magics that through paintings have the power to protect the city and its citizens from plagues and Arista wants to go too..curses. The all-male Accademia has hoarded power over art and Hadrian is getting fed up with an adventurer’s life architecture for centuries and wants to retire..guard it above all else. To them, Artemisia – an ambitious young woman who promises trouble and Gwen, Royce’s girlfriend, change – has had a premonition of death surrounding the enterprise..no place amongst them and their society. so what could possibly go wrong?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0356501078</amazonuk>1803362340

{{newreview|author=Gillian Philip|title=Frost Child|rating=4.5|genre=Teens|summary=Fans of Gillian Philip's Firebrand novels will be thrilled to get their hands Set in the near-distant future, in a world on this stunning prequel, set when Seth's mother Lilith met his father, the Sithe captain Griogairverge of climate collapse, for the first timeBritain is in great peril. Starting with Griogair rescuing the youngster from the Lammyr, who have kept her captive for years, it follows Lilith trying The British Isles desperately needs a hero (or several) to settle into save the way day and rescue what little remains. What no-one expected was that one of life the Knights of the Sithe as Griogair keeps an uneasy eye on her... and those of us who've read [[Firebrand (Rebel Angels) by Gillian Philip|Firebrand]] and [[Rebel Angels: Bloodstone by Gillian Philip|Bloodstone]] realise that he's right to be worried. When a young Sithe boy starts to bully Lilith, he's clearly taking a massive risk..Round Table would answer the call. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>B006NXYEBE</amazonuk>0356518523

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Michael J SullivanAmelia Estelle Dellos|title=Theft of SwordsDelilah Recovered

|summary=The central characters, Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater are the Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid of fantasy. Royce is We meet Dee at a dour thief and Hadrian an agilepoint when her life isn't going as planned but things might, soft-hearted mercenaryjust might, both of whom can be hired if the price is right or if their curiosity is piqued sufficiently. Both books in this volume begin with the same simple intention – about to steal a sword from a tower. Different swords and different towers but they both go horribly wrong. Now this is where it gets difficultlook up. I don’t want to give away spoilers so there won’t be much in the way Out of plot explanation in this review. Let’s just say that they’re framed for a royal murder and become more deeply embroiled in the far reaching consequences as the volume goes onwork, collecting companions en route. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>035650106X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Kevin Barry|title=City of Bohane|rating=5|genre=General Fiction|summary=Bohane is a thoroughly lawless townabout to lose her flat, set in what would appear to be some kind of parallel universe. We are told it Dee is set in 2053, but itup for an accountant's a town without any technology or modern luxuriesjob. ItBut it's a violent place fuelled by alcohol, drugs and lust with a patois style language that takes a little work to get into. Novels with this kind of premise have not to be beyond good if they are to interest the annual literary prize judges; this is one such book and ''City of Bohane'' is nominated for this year's Costa First Novel prize. It Dee is stunningly goodattacked by two men calling themselves witch hunters.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224090577</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Christopher Golden (Editor)|title=Monster's Corner|rating=4She survives the attack but not unscathed.5|genre=Anthologies|summary=''The Monster's Corner'' is a collection of tales Witch hunters? What on earth has that are told from the monsterto do with Dee? She's perspectivejust an ordinary woman, living an ordinary life. It takes the idea Slivers of memory of things that we are not ordinary at all the heroes of our own story and has a gloriously good time with it. Ranging from the thought-provoking to the strange, return to the shocking her and gory – they're a great selection of stories from things will never be the likes of [[:Category:Kelley Armstrong|Kelley Armstrong]], [[:Category:Kevin J Anderson|Kevin Jsame... Anderson]], Sarah Pinborough and many others.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0749957859</amazonuk>B0BKYFDLLV

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jackson PearceHadeer Elsbai|title=SweetlyThe Daughters of Izdihar

|genre=TeensFantasy|summary=This book is Drawing inspiration from Egypt, ''The Daughters of Izdihar'' explores the lives of two women who could not be more different, yet find themselves fighting for the second rights of women and weavers – those with magical abilities - in a series of fairy tale retellings (society pitted against them. Nehal, born into the first being [[Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce|Sisters Red]]) whichupper class, without being closely connectedwishes to attend the Weaving Academy to learn to control her abilities and then join the military, share common elementsbut instead she is forced into an arranged marriage with Nico. They both deal with Giorgina on the paranormalother hand did not have a privileged upbringing like Nehal and feels great pressure to provide for her family and maintain their reputation, including whilst secretly attending meetings of the Fenris, which are about as far from the glamorous and sexy werewolves Daughters of recent books and films as you can getIzdihar – a group campaigning for women's rights. They stalkGiorgina also happens to be in love with Nico. They kill. They eat. End of What follows is a story. The two books also look at the aftermath of an attackunjust society, filled with hypocrisy and how it changes the lives cruelty, from which blossoms a group of those who surviveadmirable women fighting for their rights and overcoming their personal obstacles. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444900595</amazonuk>0356520471

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Joanne HarrisHeather Fawcett|title=Runelight|rating=4.5|genre=Teens|summary=''Runelight'' continues several years after [[Runemarks by Joanne Harris|Runemarks]] left off. The rescue of the gods has left a rift between the Worlds which allows demons and assorted ephemera to escape from Chaos into Malbry and spread towards WorldEmily Wilde's End, a lawless city now it has no Order to maintain it. With Odin dead and the surviving gods power-stripped and forced to inhabit bodies of Folk, there is little chance of re-establishing Order. And with the End of the Worlds prophesied in just twelve days, the task of rebuilding Asgard and preventing it is Herculean.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>085753081X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl|title=Beautiful Chaos|rating=5|genre=Teens|summary=Those of you who've been hooked on this series already will remember where we left off. A choice was made. Everything seems to have been changed. And now, we find, the End of Days is near… Dark characters lurk. Some who we thought (or hoped) were gone, have returned. Other things we’ve not seen before are starting to tear the small town of Gatlin apart. The shorthand way Encyclopaedia of summing up how terrible things are is to note that Mrs Lincoln may be one of the good guys now…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141335262</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Syd Moore|title=The Drowning PoolFaeries

|summary=The book opens with a group of young women out Emily Wilde is an expert academic scholar on the townfaerie lore, and she has travelled extensively, letting their hair down and having funresearched meticulously, to write her life's work, the very first encyclopaedia of faeries. Moore describes all of them in a fresh Whilst she is brilliant at research and modern voice which I really likedspeaking to faeries, she is not so good with people. It came across as a breath So when she finds herself far, far North in the small village of fresh airHrafvsnik, having somehow offended the village matriarch, she is not sure what she has done, nor how to redeem herself and put her final investigations for her book back on the right track. The storyEnter Wendell Bambleby, Sarahher dashingly handsome and insufferable rival who arrives unexpectedly, all charm and delight, much to Emily's story is told by Sarah herselffrustration. But it's told from the perspective of looking back after it's all happened so there's lots of why-didn't-I-see-that-coming language. is he here? What does he want? Hindsight, in a word.And what exactly is going on with the faerie folk around Hravsnik?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847562663</amazonuk>0356519120

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Laini TaylorChristopher Golden|title=Daughter Road of Smoke and BoneBones|rating=43.5|genre=FantasyHorror|summary=KarouThe Kolyma Highway… the 'Road of Bones'… the R504. Stretching for over a thousand miles across Siberia, it's friends think sheone of the world's normalmost notorious routes. They assume For months of the year it's a spread of sheet ice suspended above the permafrost surrounding it, while its 'spring' sees it turn into a huge blodge of unremitting, apocalyptic-level mud, however often she tells them that her bright blue hair grows that colourwhich dries into rutted, that she dyes puddly dust. I don't think google streetview updates itvery often. They think her frequent errands are just normal everyday things Built because Stalin wanted so much uranium and other Siberian minerals, and because he wanted to earn moneygive too many people a lesson, it legendarily cost a life every metre it covers. They believe the snake You can easily find documentaries about it online, but that's a bit rich, for one of our main characters, Felix 'Teig' Teigland, is a film-bodied being she draws in her sketchbook is maker, doing a figment recce with his cameraman buddy, John Prentiss – who's mostly there to encourage the project to fruition to claw back some of her imaginationthe funds he'd invested in the pair's prior TV projects. Theypick up their oh-so-chatty local guide, gain the company of a local beauty, and fetch up at the guide're wrongs childhood village. And that's where things start to go awry…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>144472262X</amazonuk>1803361476

 {{newreview|author=Erin Morgenstern|title=The Night Circus|rating=5|genre=General Fiction|summary=The Night Circus moves from town to town; appearing with no warning, no announcements. The attractions seem impossible – a carousel with breathing animals, handkerchiefs that turn into birds in front of the watchful eyes of the audience, doors that appear and disappear. In the middle of it all are Celia, the daughter of a famous illusionist, and Marco, the apprentice of a mysterious magician. From a young age the lovers have been destined to compete against each other using their unusual skills to win a prize that neither of them understands; and an end that will leave only one standing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184655523X</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Kevin J AndersonAndrew Givler|title=Terra Incognita: Soul Fraud (The Key to CreationDebt Collection Book 1)

|summary=As ''Matt has a terrible life. Seriously—it's awful. It is so bad that Dan the two opposing armies Demon is shocked when Matt turns down his infernal offer: 10 years of Tierra and Uraba, both fighting a blissful life in exchange for control of the holy city they each believe belongs to their religion, march towards a final battle, two Arkships – one Tierran, one Uraban – are having their own race to the legendary land of Terravitaehis soul.''

Both armies and both Arkships have suffered much in their time. From run ins with powerful witchesPoor Dan! I know, mutinies and sabotageI know, the Arkships are battered and their crews wearywe shouldn't feel sorry for soul-catching demons. But he really is a terrible salesman. The armies have both suffered He never hits his targets and delivered atrocities and hate in , when he fails to get even Matt to sign on the decades-long war dotted line, he's so desperate that has gone on between themhe simply forges Matt's signature.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1841496618</amazonuk>1958204021

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Kelley ArmstrongOlivie Blake|title=Spell BoundThe Atlas Six

|summary=Wow. Gosh. Can it be true? We're on book 12 of Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series already. It seems like only yesterday that I became acquainted with her world of werewolvesDark, witchessharp, necromancers, demons and sorcerershighly inquisitive, but Wikipedia tells me it was way back in 2001. Spell Bound opens right ''The Atlas Six'' makes its publishing debut after Waking the Witch left off, with Savannah Levine struggling to cope with her guilt in the wake of becoming a disturbing murder caseTik-Tok sensation. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1841498076</amazonuk>1529095239

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jim ButcherDaniel Abraham|title=Dresden Files: Ghost StoryAge of Ash|rating=4.5

|summary=ItWe meet Alys under the most northerly of Oldgate's been four bridges, she has a while since I've read knife in her hand and a Dresden Files novel, so I am fuzzy on meeting that she dreads. Meanwhile the details before I begin 'Ghost Story', City of Kithamar is at a point in the latest instalment turning of years when the wildly successful urban fantasy seriesworlds are at their thinnest and all things are possible. 'Ghost Story' It is an unconventional one, even by Jim Butcher's standards – it begins after the narrator, Harry Dresden, was shot by an unseen sniper in the previous novel [[Changes: The Dresden Files by Harry Butcher|Changes]]. There is no deus ex machina or cliffhanger resolution in night between the first chapter – Harry really is dead as a doornail. For any fan funeral of the series, this is naturally a conundrum: how do you continue Prince and the Dresden Files if Dresden is no longer alive? Jim Butcher gets around this seemingly insurmountable problem by having his brash lead character remain equally as incorrigible and unforgettable as before – it's just that now he's having a bit coronation of trouble with his reliable 'punch first, ask questions later' doctrine, as his fists tend not to make contact with human flesh any moresuccessor. Yep, Harry's For a ghostnight the Kithamar is un-ruled. Where do you go from here?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1841497614</amazonuk>0356515427

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=David WongAnn Sei Lin|title=John Dies at the EndRebel Skies|rating=35|genre=HorrorTeens|summary='John Dies at Kurara has spent her entire life as a servant on the Midori, a massive dining hall floating in the sky where soldiers of the End' begins with friends John Empire come to drink and Dave going make merry between their conquests. However, when a man named Himura arrives to tell her that she is a party and meeting a Jamaican drug dealer who provides John Crafter like him, someone with the power to form paper into whatever she desires – a hit of something called 'soy sauce'power sought after all across the Empire. ThereafterHe asks her to come with him, John starts to see things leave the life of dreary servitude that others canis all she has known. Well, soon Kurara won't see. Dave thinks he has had have any say in the matter, because the Midori is destroyed by a bad reaction to the drug until he accidentally takes monstrous paper spirit known as a hit shikigami, and also starts she is forced to have strange experiences, seeing odd shadow creatures, none of whom are very friendlyflee out into the world. Even worseShe joins Himura aboard the Orihime, people start a sky-ship whose express purpose is to die and a dog takes on human characteristics. Before longhunt down shikigami, John and Dave are facing death on a regular basis and are aware that they have access to dimensions that normal people don't know about.whole world of adventure awaits her…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0857684833</amazonuk>1406399590

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Miles AllenB09Q3P283Y|title=The Walkers of LegendShadebringer|author=Grayson W Hooper|rating=3.54

|summary=The Empire controls nine-tenths of Clyde Robbins signs up for the globe, but even this doesn't supply enough victims to keep enough blood flowing from US Army during the Yan-producing chambersVietnam War. And so He's not really that invested in the new Emperor sets about fight against Communism, nor is he particularly interested in a plan to invade career in the last remaining free landsmilitary. Advance parties are abducting mages to leave the defenders exposed and vulnerable. This is nothing new - itIf he's an obvious tactic honest - but among the refugees which Clyde usually is Chayne, a young man with himself at least - he hasn't got many choices and this one, at least, gets him out of startling power and promisethe rut he's in. ChayneHe's potential good in training and is soon discovered by the advancing armyquickly put onto a non commissioned officer training course. He's chief mage, Lathashal, and the young Mlendrian finds chuffed with himself a favoured apprentice. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956832008</amazonuk>

 {{newreview|author=Helen Grant|title=Wish Me Dead|rating=4.5|genre=Teens|summary=Rural Germany, in modern times. Steffi and her five friends lark about in a deserted building to summon a witch and get her to kill a local celebrity - who does indeed die. When a repeat attempt gifts a decent amount of cash to Steffi it becomes clear she is alone in having her wishes granted. So what will happen when she wishes for the town hunk - hasn't Steffi heard to be careful what you wish for? But how on earth can things get so bad she feels her story deserves *that* title?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141337702</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=N M Browne|title=Wolf Blood|rating=4.5|genre=Teens|summary=Trista is a Celtic warrior girl and seeress. Her visions are always horrifying, full of blood and death. And one of her premonitions tells her she must escape from the tribe who have captured and enslaved her, for their time is running out. Fleeing into the snowy forest, she runs straight into two Roman soldiers and thinks this time the game is surely up. Surely she cannot survive a second time? But one of the soldiers has a secret - he is a shapeshifter. Part wolf, part man, Morcant also has both Roman Celtic blood in his veins and he has never felt truly at home in either world. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>140881255X</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewJennifer Saint|title=Ember and Ash|author=Pamela FreemanElektra

|genre=FantasyLiterary Fiction|summary=Ember is about to be married. It's not just a romantic day for her personally, itElektra's exciting because her wedding will seal by Jennifer Saint tells the alliance story of the Far South Domain and the Last Domain three women who live in the north, making a new kingdom which is a shining example heavily male dominated world of justice and peaceAncient Greece. By fantasy standardsCassandra, this sounds too good to be true. And soClytemnestra, and Elektra are all bit players in the story of course, it is. Barely have the words which bind Ember to new husband Osfrid been spoken before he is consumed by flames, murdered by an elemental god her mother once angeredTrojan War. Soon after Yet Jennifer Saint shows us that, nearly every fire in often the kingdom is extinguished. Shocked to learn that silent women have the world is controlled by elemental powers she knew nothing about, Ember enlists her cousins Ash most compelling stories and Cedar to go with her to Fire Mountain to bring back a piece of the mountain and relight their lost firesmost extreme furies.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1841498270</amazonuk>1472273915

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Tom HoltDean Koontz|title=Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of SausagesQuicksilver|rating=2.5|genre=FantasyThrillers|summary=Imagine a world where pigs can do quantum mechanics, and where female solicitors turn into chickensMeet Quinn Quicksilver. Add a dry cleaner that moves (literally, from He's not had the roof tiles chance to the basement) from town get to town every fortybe a mercurial character yet, for he's lived in a nun-eight hours, run orphanage since he was a couple of medieval knights who've fought every three-day for centuriesold foundling, and now is starting a magical ring (or pencil sharpener, depending career on the mood ita needless magazine's in)staff. Stir in But when this book starts he IS now ''subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind'', for something – call it unearthly intuition, call it mind-control, call it a bit supernatural urge – has demanded of property developinghim that he go to a derelict diner, find a gold coin worth a thaumaturgical detective fortune, cash the value of it out of his bank and an old man who lives prepare for going on the lam. And all this is just in time for two of those typical Men in a cloudBlack types to turn up and suggest he's of interest to them. Result? You haven't even begun Helped to probe escape, he finds his flight is interrupted by other instances of him acting without being in control, the depths discovery that he is not unique in having some kind of this crazy, absurd, complex burgeoning power – and hilarious booka whole lot more besides.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1841495077</amazonuk>1542019885

 {{newreview|author=Daniel Abraham|title=The Dagger and Coin: The Dragon's Path|rating=5|genre=Fantasy|summary=A hero of renown, jaded by fighting and ready to leave the city before war breaks out. The only son of a noble house, taking more of an interest in books than swords. A court baron who strives to keep his king from being killed by traitors. And a young girl, left orphaned, disguised as a boy in a desperate attempt to smuggle the city's fortune to safety. Reading the cast list for thefirst volume of Daniel Abraham's new fantasy epic, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd read very similar works before. You'd also be completely wrong.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841498874</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=S L Grey|title=The Mall|rating=3.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=I must admit that the front cover is extremely eye-catching and that drop of blood gives a hint as to what the book's all about. There are two central characters and their stories are told in the first person in alternating chapters. So first up, is Rhoda - and boy does she have attitude. She's babysitting for a friend and decides to take the youngster to a local shopping mall. Nothing wrong there, you could say except that it's late at night (the boy should really be in bed) and the shops are starting to shut for the night. Rhoda is a bit of a mess. She takes drugs, although she says she's not reliant on them, so when the 'kid' goes and does a disappearing act on her, she's both fuming and scared. Grey locates her story in Jo'burg and there's an element of threatening violence within its pages.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857890425</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Jesse Bullington|title=The Enterprise of Death|rating=3.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=It's the 1500s in Europe, and two women are being transported against their will across the continent. One, an African Moorish beauty is being delivered to the King of Spain as ransom payment, but she and two servants are to end up in the home of a mighty necromancer instead. Elsewhere, a Swiss soldier taking a young witch to those in charge of the Spanish Inquisition finds his cargo is even more dangerous than he thought.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841499129</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Patricia Briggs|title=Mercy Thompson: River Marked|rating=4.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=Mercy, the female car mechanic who is half-Native American and half-Caucasian, and can turn into a coyote, has bitten the bullet and married Adam, the Alpha werewolf of the region. But not long into their honeymoon at an idyllic riverside camping ground they have to themselves, she finds something is about to break their peace. Their presence there was, shall we say, requested, for a killer is lurking in the river waters, and only they can see to it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841497975</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jon Courtenay GrimwoodTasha Suri|title=The Fallen Blade: Act One of the AssassiniJasmine Throne

|summary=I'm always in two minds about books On the night of her sacred burning, Princess Malini defies her brother and refuses to step on to the pyre. She is immediately sent to be imprisoned on the Hirana: an ancient temple that echo other works was once filled with a community of literaturepeople who got powers from the mysterious deathless waters. I'm all But now the temple is nothing more than an overgrown, decaying ruin. One day, Malini witnesses a girl kill someone with magic. Instead of reporting her for reworking myths and legends – they're so ancient and have been so often retoldsuch a gruesome crime, even before arriving at Malini claims that the accepted 'true' versions, they're fair game – but works of literature written in recent enough history to have been actually ''written'' girl saved her from an attacker and still widely read in their original form? It can go one way or begs for the othergirl to become her own personal maidservant.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1841498459</amazonuk>0356515648

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jaye WellsGenevieve Gornichec|title=Sabina Kane: Green-Eyed DemonThe Witch's Heart

|summary=Sabina Kane is on A modern and approachable reimagining of the Norse myths that centres around a missionwitch named Angrboda. Her evil grandmother Lavinia, Alpha Domina She hides in a forest at the edge of the whole vampire racenine worlds, has kidnapped remembering nothing of her twin sister from beneath Sabinapast life but that fact that she was survived burnt at the stake three times because of Odin's nosewrath. Her attempts to live in peace, however, and Sabina isn't about are quickly thwarted when Loki shows up with her literal heart—the one that was cut from her chest before she was tied to the stake—and refuses to let leave her get away with italone. Not this time. Sabina knows time is short if sheAfter an initial period of mistrust, Angrboda begins to fall for Loki's to rescue Maisie alive charms, and put the two start an end to Lavinia once and for allunusual family made of up a half-dead daughter, a son that's a wolf, but before she can storm in and kick ass, she has to find her. And another son that's no easy taska snake.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1841497584</amazonuk>1789097061

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Trent JamiesonHannah Whitten|title=Managing DeathFor the Wolf|rating=3.5

|summary=I reviewed In Red's family, the [[Death Most Definite by Trent Jamieson|first book]] in this series daughter becomes queen, and, even although itthe second daughter becomes a sacrifice. To Red's misfortune, she is the second daughter. Sent alone into the woods with nothing but the cape on her back, Red knows what to expect: within the woods is a wolf, and he is the one who will decide the fate of their kingdom. If she is not a genre I would normally choose worthy sacrifice, the monsters he keeps contained to readthe woods will be released, I was pleasantly surprisedand the fabled kings he keeps hostage will never be returned—or so the stories go. Would this second book (which are often difficult But when Red enters the woods, expecting nothing more than to pull off with be killed within the hour, she finds that the same degree of success) be as good or as entertaining? Time to find out .legends are lies.The wolf is not a monster—he's a man.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1841498602</amazonuk>0356516369

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=K J ParkerJohn Gwynne|title=The HammerShadow Of The Gods|rating=45

|summary=The met'Oc family have three sons. One Shadow Of The Gods is strongthe first installment of the Bloodsworn Saga, super-industriousset in the era of the Vikings in the shadow of Ragnarok, but too busy when the Gods have battled and their bones lie scattered for all to do more than patch up their farmsee. The second This story is a vicious thingthe ultimate in High Fantasy, eager and John Gwynne certainly does justice to ride roughshod over people like a western film's worst bandit, even when it belies the met'Oc's noble origins. And the youngestgenre, Gigwith mythical creatures, archaic language and battles galore. This is... not employed. Not thought highly of. Not allowed out of their compounda thick book, or to think too much. But he is courageous enough to try with an intricate plot and leave, firm of mind fascinating characters that are woven together to ignore something horrific that happened seven years before, create a wonderfully realistic and gutsy enough to succeed gritty world in escapingwhich our heroes must do battle. Or is he? How far can he ever leave his destiny behind in this backward frontier town?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>184149514X</amazonuk>0356514218

{{newreview|author=Asa Jones|title=The Illustrated Mind of Mike Reeves|rating=3.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=Mike Reeves doesn't have his troubles Move on to seek. His wife was brutally raped some four or five years ago and whilst she might seem to be recovered she cannot stand to be touched by a man – any man, Mike included. Quite suddenly Mike was alone, in every way – until he found himself drawn to the darker arts and began to dabble in Tarot, the Runes and I Ching. He's guided by two spirits. Sean is a wise and benevolent older man and Debbie, well she… isn't. She's the one who satisfies Mike's sexual needs. If that's all sounding rather good, then hesitate a moment, for with the good comes the bad and the bad is in the form of Tony a (very) real-life gangster who's been doing his own dabbling in the spirit world. When their worlds clash Mike has a problem which could well be more than he can handle.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>160693905X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Paul Hoffman|title=The Left Hand of God|rating=3|genre=Teens|summary=Cale is fourteen and his life so far has not been one to envy. Brought to the Redeemers' Sanctuary as just a toddler, he's lived within its militant religious fanaticism for all the years he can remember. Beaten, brutalised and half-starved, Cale and his fellow acolytes are being raised to fight an ongoing and bloody war against heretics. Cale is of special interest to Bosco, a Redeemer Lord Militant, and we soon realise why. Cale is intelligent, ruthless, quick, and has the ability to kill without remorse. He is an asset. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141333553</amazonuk>}}[[Newest For Sharing Reviews]]