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Within a remote mountain pass, far away from the world, lies Silverton; a town under the protection of the Briar's, a family of witches who protect the town and the wider world from the Darklands. Though she has always wished for magic, Ellie 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, Ellie uncovers the rare ability to communicate with the dead, putting her at the heart of a maelstrom of chaos. Reeling from one family secret to another, Ellie must decide who to trust and determine what to do as the Briar witches' legacy, everything they have sacrificed to survive, is under threat.|isbn=1803364548}}{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingauthor="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->Rachel Greenlaw<!-- Mohamed -->|title=Compass and Blade|-rating=3.5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Teens[[image:1784631426.jpg|linksummary=http://www''I can hear the song of the sea.amazonThe call of the deep, the answering beat in my heart.co.uk/dp/1784631426/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]''

T Kingfisher's latest novella is a lovely reimagining of a fairytale that is well known and well beloved. But whilst there is a princess trapped in a tower, sleeping under an eternal enchantment, Thornhedge is not her story. Instead, our protagonist is Toadling, who was stolen away by fairies when she was a new-born baby and secreted away to the land of fairie where her childhood was spent being taught how to draw magic from her veins and cast spells.| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"1803364238}}{{Frontpage|author=Nicole Jarvis|title=A Portrait in Shadow|rating=4.5|genre=[[Falling Leaves by Stefan Mohamed]]==Historical Fiction|summary=''I want all of Florence to know my name''

[[image:5starCast out from Rome, Artemisia Gentileschi arrives in Florence seeking an oasis in which her art can find a home and where her future can thrive rather than stagnate. But as some as she enters Florentine society she faces great opposition from the powerful Accademia, the self-proclaimed guardians of the healing magics that through paintings have the power to protect the city and its citizens from plagues and curses. The all-male Accademia has hoarded power over art and architecture for centuries and guard it above all else. To them, Artemisia – an ambitious young woman who promises trouble and change – has no place amongst them and their society.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{1803362340}}{{Frontpage|author=Thomas D Lee|title=Perilous Times|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction=3|General Fiction]], [[:Category:genre= Fantasy|Fantasy]], summary= ''Hate is the path of least resistance''

When your best friend vanishesSet in the near-distant future, in a world on the verge of climate collapse, how can you begin Britain is in great peril. The British Isles desperately needs a hero (or several) to move on? How can you live your save the day and rescue what little remains. What no-one expected was that one of the Knights of the Round Table would answer the call.|isbn=0356518523}}{{Frontpage|author=Amelia Estelle Dellos|title=Delilah Recovered|rating=4|genre=Fantasy|summary= We meet Dee at a point when her life isn't going as planned but things might, just might, be about to look up. Out of work, about to lose her flat, Dee is up for an accountant's job. But it's not knowing whether they're okayto be. Dee is attacked by two men calling themselves witch hunters. She survives the attack but not unscathed. Witch hunters? And what would you What on earth has that to do if they reappeared in your with Dee? She's just an ordinary woman, living an ordinary life? – . Slivers of memory of things that are not ordinary at all questions that Vanessa faces every day, even seven years after return to her best friend Mark vanishedand things will never be the same.. When he reappears..|isbn=B0BKYFDLLV}}{{Frontpage|author=Hadeer Elsbai|title=The Daughters of Izdihar|rating=4|genre=Fantasy|summary= Drawing inspiration from Egypt, she's shocked 'The Daughters of Izdihar'' explores the lives of two women who could not only by his presence back be more different, yet find themselves fighting for the rights of women and weavers – those with magical abilities - in a society pitted against them. Nehal, born into the upper class, wishes to attend the Weaving Academy to learn to control her lifeabilities and then join the military, but also by instead she is forced into an arranged marriage with Nico. Giorgina on the other hand did not have a privileged upbringing like Nehal and feels great pressure to provide for her family and maintain their reputation, whilst secretly attending meetings of the fact that he hasnDaughters of Izdihar – a group campaigning for women't aged s rights. Giorgina also happens to be in love with Nico. What follows is a story of an unjust society, filled with hypocrisy and cruelty, from which blossoms a day – group of admirable women fighting for himtheir rights and overcoming their personal obstacles.|isbn=0356520471}}{{Frontpage|author=Heather Fawcett|title=Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries|rating=4|genre=General Fiction|summary=Emily Wilde is an expert academic scholar on faerie lore, no time and she has passed since his disappearance. Shockedtravelled extensively, confused and emotionally reelingresearched meticulously, Vanessa must return to write her home town life's work, the very first encyclopaedia of faeries. Whilst she is brilliant at research and speaking to faeries, she is not so good with people. So when she finds herself far, far North in order the small village of Hrafvsnik, having somehow offended the village matriarch, she is not sure what she has done, nor how to help Mark find redeem herself and put her final investigations for her book back on the answers he so desperately cravesright track. Enter Wendell Bambleby, her dashingly handsome and insufferable rival who arrives unexpectedly, all charm and delight, much to Emily's frustration. But why is he here? What does he want? And what's waiting for them exactly is far more surprising than either going on with the faerie folk around Hravsnik?|isbn=0356519120}}{{Frontpage|author=Christopher Golden|title=Road of them could ever have dreamt… [[Falling Leaves by Stefan MohamedBones|rating=3.5|Full Review]]genre=Horror<!|summary=The Kolyma Highway… the 'Road of Bones'… the R504. Stretching for over a thousand miles across Siberia, it's one of the world's most notorious routes. 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, which dries into rutted, puddly dust. I don't think google streetview updates it very often. Built because Stalin wanted so much uranium and other Siberian minerals, and because he wanted to give too many people a lesson, it legendarily cost a life every metre it covers. 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- Carew maker, doing a recce with his cameraman buddy, John Prentiss – who's mostly there to encourage the project to fruition to claw back some of the funds he'd invested in the pair's prior TV projects. They pick up their oh-so->chatty local guide, gain the company of a local beauty, and fetch up at the guide's childhood village. And that's where things start to go awry…|-isbn=1803361476}}{{Frontpage|author=Andrew Givler| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Soul Fraud (The Debt Collection Book 1)|rating=4[[image:Carew_Wolf.jpg|leftgenre=Fantasy|linksummary=http://www''Matt has a terrible life.amazonSeriously—it's awful.coIt is so bad that Dan the Demon is shocked when Matt turns down his infernal offer: 10 years of a blissful life in exchange for his soul.uk/dp/1472247000/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]''

===[[The Wolf by Leo Carew]]===  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|[[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] Travel to a world that is familiar and yet utterly different. We are in a version of ancient Britain with enough landmarks to make us feel at home yet it is a smoked glass. North of the river Abus we have the Anakim, a race that isn't quite human; they are something more. The Anakim are virtual giants and their ribs are not cages but bone breastplates instead. Below the Abus are the Sutheners, humans. Theirs is an ancient grudge and one where blood is spilled frequently in pitched battle. Unfortunately it is rare when humans are involved for things to be straightforward and the same is true here. On both sides politics and machinations complicate the quests for glory. With the Anakim we have a boy coming to power and vying with the greatest warrior in the land for the throne. Amongst the Sutheners we see a commoner having the temerity to lead an army alongside his betters. Both battles are as interesting as the war itself. [[The Wolf by Leo Carew|Full Review]] <Poor Dan!-- Mayfield -->|-| style=''width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;''|[[image:1786072424.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786072424/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style=''vertical-align: top; text-align: left;''|===[[The Parentations by Kate Mayfield]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] In eighteenth century London, sisters Fitzgerald, Constance and Verity are changed forever when they become entwined with the Fowler family - and charged with protecting a mysterious child. Fast forward to the London of 2015, and the sisters are still waiting - with no way of knowing if the boy is alive or dead. Far away, a hidden pool grants those who sup from it eternal life, but also forces them to keep a secret for two hundred years. As those years pass by, those who were granted immortality find that it's far from a blessing - with true darkness emerging in the absence of death. [[The Parentations by Kate Mayfield|Full Review]] <!-- Faulks 7/3 -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:B079RJFN42.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079RJFN42/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Seer's Curse by J J Faulks]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] Although ''The Seer's Curse'' is billed as a pre-teen novelI know, I would say that it would appeal to a wide audience interested in fantasy and mythologyknow, as well as just a good tale. [[The Seerwe shouldn's Curse by J J Faulks|Full Review]] <!-- Clayton -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Clayton_Belles.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473223962/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] ''One minute here is richer than a thousand moments there'' In the resplendent world of Orléans, beauty runs through the blood of a select few: the Belles. Only they have the power to transform the appearance of a population cursed with grey skin and red eyes, who covet beauty above all else. Camellia Beauregard is a new generation Belle, ready to fulfil her duty and help the people to love themselves. Like her sisters, she's in the running to be the favourite – the most accomplished Belle in the land, personally chosen by the royal family to live in the palace and tend to members of court, with the power to make a difference. It's what she's been wanting and training t feel sorry for her whole life… but so too have her sisters. And only the best will be selected. [[The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton|Full Review]] <!-- Quine -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Quine Beasts.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0992754941/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagsoul-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Beasts of Electra Drive by Rohan Quine]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] Meet Jaymi. He's a world-class video games designer, and fresh to a new mansion in the Hollywood Hills on the basis of some recent successcatching demons. But he's seen the future and he doesn't like it. His current employers, able to bring any amount of class, skill and culture to the world of gameplay, are beset on appealing to the most lunkheaded and lowest common denominators instead. Indeed, their next big thing will change the world for the worse – it will be a massively disturbing environment, where people progress through the world of the entity by spreading fake news about anyone and everyone else on the planet, whether they're playing along or not, and by getting kind of prestige points on spoiling and shaming anything beyond really is a user-accepted, algorithm-designed, status quoterrible salesman. With a much more Reithian approach, Jaymi goes freelance, He never hits his targets and sets up a way of restoring the balance with a launch of his own, where aspects of his more humanitarian mind are played out by avatars of him in the game. He sees this as a way when he fails to improve society and get his own back – but the chance of getting revenge more quickly comes about when those avatars leave their encoded background, and become fully playable characters in reality… [[The Beasts of Electra Drive by Rohan Quine|Full Review]] <!-- Arden -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Arden_Girl.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785031066?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785031066]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] In the second book of the trilogy Katherine Arden builds on her original story even Matt to create something even better. This book is utterly wonderful and it is at the same time complex and gentle. The [[The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden|first book]] set up the characters in the Petronova family but sometimes left the characters feeling a little thin; this book builds sign on the first to give depth to the family members and their ties to each other. It's a great story but I would strongly advise reading the two books in order to get the full effect of the plot. [[The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden|Full Review]] <!-- Bancroft -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Bancroft_Senlin2.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0356510816?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0356510816]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] Thomas Senlin embarks on his honeymoon with high hopes. He and his young wife Marya are travelling on a sleeper train across Ur to that engineering marveldotted line, that fabled centre of culture, the Tower of Babel. It's a place he's read books about, taught his pupils about, and longed to visit, but the bustling and chaotic surroundings of the Tower in the desert are a long way from the quiet fishing village in which Senlin teaches. When he loses sight of Marya shortly after their arrival, he has no option but to look for her in this strange and overwhelming place. For all his background reading before the trip, so desperate that he is ill-prepared for what he finds in the Tower, both its marvels and its horrors, and thus begins Thomas Senlinsimply forges Matt's arduous quest to recover his wife. [[Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Hill -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Hill_Strange.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazonsignature.co.uk/gp/product/147322117X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=147322117X]]  | styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|1958204021===[[Strange Weather by Joe Hill]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Horror|Horror]], [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]], [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] Strange Weather is a collection of four short novels all linked by, unsurprisingly, strange and cataclysmic weather. Each novel is distinct and showcases Hill's restrained yet vivid style which takes everyday events and makes them bitingly, acerbically macabre or blindingly beautiful, often switching from one sentence to the next. As Hill himself says ''the beauty of the world and the horror of the world were twined together'', never is this truer than in Strange Weather where moments of abject horror are coupled with raw beauty. [[Strange Weather by Joe Hill|Full Review]] <!-- Jester -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jester_Forever.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1510704361?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1510704361]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Forever After: a dark comedy by David Jester]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Horror|Horror]], [[:Category:Fantasy|Fasntasy]]FrontpageMichael Holland is a cocky and brash young man who dies and gets made the offer of his lifetime; immortality. We follow Michael, a grim reaper and his friends Chip (a stoner tooth fairy) and Naff (a stoner in the records department) as they grapple with their long lives and finding a clean surface to sit on in their flat. [[Forever After: a dark comedy by David Jester|Full Review]] <!-- Parker -->|-| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Olivie Blake[[image:Parker_2.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0356506762/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Two of Swords by K J Parker]]===Atlas Six [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] This is a difficult book to review, to be honest, because I am still not sure if I liked it. It is the first book of a trilogy so I expected that a lot of it would be to set the scene and the characters but this doesn't really happen, we are thrown in at the deep end. The novel is set during a long standing war between east and west that has been going on for so long no-one is really sure why they are fighting. Currently in command are the Belot brothers, each one a military genius and each one fighting for the opposing side, there is also the guild of craftsmen whose purpose we never fully know and their role is to manipulate and interfere to serve their own interests. [[The Two of Swords by K J Parker|Full Review]] <!-- Aryan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Aryan_Mageborn.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0356508471/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Mageborn (Age of Dread) by Stephen Aryan]]===4[[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] Ten years after the devastating battlemage war when mages used their immense power to tear each other apart and sundered the world itself, suspicion of those who wield magic is at an all-time high. With the recent resurrection of the Red Tower, an institution for students to learn to control and expand their magic, Seekers visit villages each month to test children for magical abilities. But for those children and their families it is not a gift, it is a curse. For Habreel, who will never forget the destruction during the war, the elimination of all magic will save countless lives and is the only solution to long lasting stability. He will stop at nothing to achieve his aim; he will deal with the devil, crush villages and kill anyone in his way. [[Mageborn (Age of Dread) by Stephen Aryan|Full Review]] <!-- Hoffman -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Hoffman_Magic.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471157679/refsummary=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] I've read several of Alice Hoffman's novelsDark, although strangely, not the one she's most famous for - ''Practical Magic'', which went on to be made into a film. ''The Rules of Magic'' is the long-awaited prequel to that booksharp, and tells the story of three siblings of the Owens family; Frannyhighly inquisitive, Jet and Vincent. The two sisters, Franny and Jet, go on to become the two aunts in the ''Practical Magic'' story. [[The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman|Full Review]] <!-- Segel -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Segel_Otherworld.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786073692/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Otherworld by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] Simon would not have considered himself a hero. In fact, by all accounts, particularly that of his parents, Simon is an epic failure. HeAtlas Six's large, he's hairy, he has a ridiculously oversized nose and he's been kicked out of boarding school and kept on a federal watch list. But Simon is sure something is up with his friend Kat. She won't speak to him. So he resorts to buying an incredibly expensive new virtual reality video game for them both - Otherworld. Otherworld engages your senses with graphics so good, you'll swear they are real, and it's here that Simon really wants to talk to Kat. But it isn't real, it's a game… until a turn of events lands Simon in Otherworld in an all together different way. This time, whatever harm his avatar suffers has real consequences. And if it dies? Simon would rather not think about that. If he wants to save Kat, he has to keep pressing on. Simon is the chosen one, this is not a game. [[Otherworld by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller|Full Review]] <!-- Caruso -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Caruso_Tethered.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0356510611/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] It is not every day that you find a fantasy novel with so much scope for a mass audience. ''The Tethered Mage'' is a sophisticated tale that has the gripping plot to hook makes its readers whilst stimulating their thoughts with its dense political theme. Caruso has created a page-turner for publishing debut after becoming a wideTik-range of audiencesTok sensation. [[The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso|Full Review]] <!-- Donaldson -->|-| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|1529095239[[image:Donaldson_7th.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473221668/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Seventh Decimate by Stephen Donaldson]]=== [[image:2star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]] The Seventh Decimate is not a book with compelling characters or buzzing personalities; it is not a book that allowed me to invest in the struggles of its protagonist, Prince Bifalt, with any particular ease. Though it is a book about war and the desperate extremes a nation will go to ensure absolute victory against its greatest foe. [[Seventh Decimate by Stephen Donaldson|Full Review]]   <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE --> |}  {{newreviewFrontpage|author= Kristen CiccarelliDaniel Abraham|title=The Last NamsaraAge of Ash

|summary=We meet Alys under the most northerly of Oldgate's four bridges, she has a knife in her hand and a meeting that she dreads. Meanwhile the City of Kithamar is at a point in the turning of years when the worlds are at their thinnest and all things are possible. It is the night between the funeral of a Prince and the coronation of his successor. For a night the Kithamar is un-ruled.|isbn=0356515427}}{{Frontpage|author= Ann Sei Lin|title= Rebel Skies|rating= 5|genre= Teens|summary= Kurara has spent her entire life as a servant on the Midori, a massive dining hall floating in the sky where soldiers of the Empire come to drink and make merry between their conquests. However, when a man named Himura arrives to tell her that she is a Crafter like him, someone with the power to form paper into whatever she desires – a power sought after all across the Empire. He asks her to come with him, to leave the life of dreary servitude that is all she has known. Well, soon Kurara won'Once there was t have any say in the matter, because the Midori is destroyed by a monstrous paper spirit known as a shikigami, and she is forced to flee out into the world. She joins Himura aboard the Orihime, a girl who was drawn sky-ship whose express purpose is to wicked thingshunt down shikigami, and a whole world of adventure awaits her…|isbn=1406399590}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B09Q3P283Y|title=Shadebringer|author=Grayson W Hooper|rating=4|genre=Fantasy|summary=Clyde Robbins signs up for the US Army during the Vietnam War. He's not really that invested in the fight against Communism, nor is he particularly interested in a career in the military. If he's honest - which Clyde usually is, with himself at least - he hasn't got many choices and this one, at least, gets him out of the rut he's in. He's good in training and is quickly put onto a non commissioned officer training course. He's chuffed with himself.}}{{Frontpage|author=Jennifer Saint|title=Elektra|rating=4|genre=Literary Fiction|summary='Elektra'The Last Namsaraby Jennifer Saint tells the story of three women who live in the heavily male dominated world of Ancient Greece. Cassandra, Clytemnestra, and Elektra are all bit players in the story of the Trojan War. Yet Jennifer Saint shows us that often the silent women have the most compelling stories and the most extreme furies.|isbn=1472273915}}{{Frontpage|author=Dean Koontz|title=Quicksilver|rating=2.5|genre=Thrillers|summary=Meet Quinn Quicksilver. He's not had the chance to get to be a mercurial character yet, for he' revolves around Ashas lived in a nun-run orphanage since he was a three-day old foundling, and now is starting a career on a fierce young woman who has whispered stories to dragons all her lifeneedless magazine's staff. But where once she told them in friendshipwhen 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, now she uses stories call it a supernatural urge – has demanded of him that he go to hunt a derelict diner, find a gold coin worth a fortune, cash the value of it out of his bank and prepare for going on the lam. And all this is just in time for two of those that still plague her fathertypical Men in Black types to turn up and suggest he's fracturing kingdomof interest to them. Helped to escape, he finds his flight is interrupted by other instances of him acting without being in control, the discovery that he is not unique in having some kind of burgeoning power – and a whole lot more besides.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1473222850</amazonuk>1542019885

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Mark AlderTasha Suri|title= Son of the NightThe Jasmine Throne|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary=In [[Son of On the Morning by Mark Alder|Son night of the Morning]]her sacred burning, author Mark Alder plunges the reader into a chaotic, dangerous world, taking them back Princess Malini defies her brother and refuses to step on to the turbulent reign of Edward III and the dangers of the Hundred Years Warpyre. Adding elements of fantasy and theology She is immediately sent to be imprisoned on the mix, Alder created Hirana: an intriguing read which is continued in ''Son ancient temple that was once filled with a community of people who got powers from the Night''mysterious deathless waters. With LuciferBut now the temple is nothing more than an overgrown, Satandecaying ruin. One day, God, Devils and Angels interacting Malini witnesses a girl kill someone with magic. Instead of reporting her for such a cast of real gruesome crime, Malini claims that the girl saved her from an attacker and well researched characters, Alder continues his exploration of begs for the Hundred Years war whilst rather incredibly keeping his readers as educated as they are entertainedgirl to become her own personal maidservant.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0575115203</amazonuk>0356515648

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Keith DevineGenevieve Gornichec|title=Wilderness of IceThe Witch's Heart

|summary=Hans Schröder was not best pleased to be going to the Nazi party headquarters in Alexanderplatz, Berlin. It was a snowy night in December 1937 A modern and even then Heinrich Himmler approachable reimagining of the SS Protection Squadron had something of Norse myths that centres around a reputationwitch named Angrboda. Schröder know that his beliefs were not completely She hides in tune with those a forest at the edge of the party hierarchynine worlds, remembering nothing of her past life but on this occasion it that fact that she was survived burnt at the stake three times because of Odin's wrath. Her attempts to live in peace, however, 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 leave her alone. After an order which would find him leading initial period of mistrust, Angrboda begins to fall for Loki's charms, and the two start an expedition to Tibet in search unusual family made of up a half-dead daughter, a son that's a wolf, and another son that's a snake.|isbn=1789097061}}{{Frontpage|author=Hannah Whitten|title=For the Wolf|rating=5|genre=Fantasy|summary=In Red's family, the yeti: Hitler first daughter becomes queen, and Josef Mengele were keen to see if improvements could be made the 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 master race woods is a wolf, and he is the one who will decide the thought fate of their kingdom. If she is not a humanoid with amazing capabilities was too tempting worthy sacrifice, the monsters he keeps contained to dismissthe woods will be released, and the fabled kings he keeps hostage will never be returned—or so the stories go. In January 1938 But when Red enters the woods, expecting nothing more than to be killed within the hour, she finds that the expedition was on its way via Transylvanialegends are lies. The wolf is not a monster—he's a man.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1524681857</amazonuk>0356516369