Review: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Review: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Series: The Thursday Murder Club #2
Published by: Penguin
ISBN: 0241425425
ISBN 13: 9780241425428
Published: September 2021
Pages: 427
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author’s Twitter
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Five out of Five
Lists: Recommended
Related Reviews: The Thursday Murder Club
I haven’t done any reviewing this year. This was by choice – finish up all outstanding reviews…
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Review: Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
Review: Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
Series: CatNet #2Published by: Macmillan-Tor/ForgeISBN: 1250165229ISBN 13: 9781250165220Published: April 2021Pages: 304Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalleySite: Author SiteGoodreads: Book PageStars: Five out of FiveLists: Favourites and RecommendedRelated Reviews: Catfishing on CatNet (#1 CatNet)
I begged for there to be a second book after reading Catfishing on CatNet and my dreams were…
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Review: Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Review: Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Published by: Macmillan-Tor/Forge
ISBN: 1250758831
ISBN 13: 9781250758835
Published: February 2021
Pages: 432
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Four out of Five
Lists: Favourites and Recommended
Originally published on Ao3 under the title Course of Honour, I read this in that format first. The two versions are fairly close, but the world…
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Review: Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Review: Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Published by: Macmillan-Tor/Forge
ISBN: 1250758831
ISBN 13: 9781250758835
Published: February 2021
Pages: 432
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Four out of Five
Lists: Favourites and Recommended
Originally published on Ao3 under the title Course of Honour, I read this in that format first. The two versions are fairly close, but the world…
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Review: Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke
Review: Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke
Series: Poison Wars #2Published by: Tor BooksISBN: 0765396947ISBN 13: 9780765396945Published: November 2020Pages: 560Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalleySite: Author SiteGoodreads: Book PageStars: Five out of FiveLists: Favourites and RecommendedRelated Reviews: City of Lies (Poison Wars #1)
This has easily been my most anticipated book of 2020. And yes, that’s with more Murderbot and Empire…
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Review: Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
Review: Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
Published by: Solaris
ISBN: 1781087946
ISBN 13: 9781781087947
Published: October 2020
Pages: 416
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Five out of Five
Lists: Favourites and Recommended
Gyen Jebi lives in a country that lost a war and has been colonised by the winners six years previous. Because of this, there are careful decisions to be made about names,…
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Review: The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk
Review: The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk
Published by: Erewhon
ISBN: 1645660079
ISBN 13: 9781645660071
Published: October 2020
Pages: 384
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Five out of Five
Lists: Favourites and Recommended
In a world where women are prized for their magical ability but only for what they will therefore bestow on any children they may have, Beatrice refuses to do well during…
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Review: Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald
Review: Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald
Published by: Grove Press
ISBN: 1448130735
ISBN 13: 9781448130733
Published: August 2020
Pages: 272 pages
Format reviewed: eVersion from Edelweiss
Site: Author’s twitter
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Five out of Five
Lists: Favourites and Recommended
I’m late in writing this review. I should have started so much earlier, but I’ve been drowning in my embarrassingly light review pile, even though covid isn’t…
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Review: Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar
Review: Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar
Published by: HarperTeen
ISBN: 0062894625
ISBN 13: 9780062894625
Published: August 2020
Pages: 448
Format reviewed: eVersion from Edelweiss
Site: Author Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Three out of Five
Sheetal is almost 17 years’ old. She should be worrying about how to sneak a kiss with a very cute boy, Dev, who sings exactly like a famous Bollywood star (but of course she can’t date until she’s 35…
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Review: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Review: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Published by: Penguin
ISBN: 0241425441
ISBN 13: 9780241425442
Published: October 2020
Pages: 336
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author’s Twitter
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Five out of Five
Lists: Recommended
In the book community we often talk about trying to find books that do something a bit different – sometimes it seems that in order to save the world you have to be between 15-25…
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Review: Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings
Review: Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings
Published by: Macmillan-Tor/Forge
ASIN: B07X18T2SM
ISBN: 1250260493
ISBN 13: 9781250260499
Published: July 2020
Pages: 176
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Four out of Five
Lists: Recommended
This is one of those books that I want to give two scores – four out of five (or four and a half perhaps) for the book’s style and what it reaches for. Three stars…
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Review: Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
Review: Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
Series: Seven Devils #1
Published by: Gollancz
ISBN: 1473225140
ISBN 13: 9781473225145
Published: August 2020
Pages: 448
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Laura Lam’s Site
Site: Elizabeth May’s Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Five out of Five
Lists: Favourites and Recommended
Imagine you worked for the Resistance (Star Wars style), only instead of fighting against various men with mummy issues…
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Review: A Dance With Fate by Juliet Marillier
Review: A Dance With Fate by Juliet Marillier
Series: Warrior Bards #2
Published by: Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 1760784222
ISBN 13: 9781760784225
Published: July 2020
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Five out of Five
Lists: Favourites and Recommended
Set a few seasons after the ending of the first in the series we return to our main characters – Liobhan and Dau who have returned to Swan Island, and…
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Review: Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson
Review: Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson
Series: Galaxy’s Edge #2
Published by: Arrow (Random House UK, Cornerstone)
ISBN 13: 9781787462410
Published: July 2020
Pages: 380
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Four out of Five
I came to this one not realising it was the second in a series but read it anyway, seeing that it apparently stands alone and wanting to test that. I would agree. It hints…
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Review: A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H. G. Parry
Review: A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H. G. Parry
Published by: Orbit
ISBN: 0316459089
ISBN 13: 9780316459082
Published: June 2020
Pages: 544
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Four out of Five
What would the era of the French Revolution have been like if magic had been a factor, and not only that, but with laws that state commoners cannot use their own magic unless it is purely in self-defence (not…
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Review: The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
Review: The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
Published by: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765387417
ISBN 13: 9780765387417
Published: June 2020
Pages: 432
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Five out of Five
Lists: Favourites and Recommended
The blurb for this book states: ‘This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is not the book you are expecting.’ I would…
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Review: The Unconquered City by K.A. Doore
Review: The Unconquered City by K.A. Doore
Series: Chronicles of Ghadid, #3
Published by: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765398591
ISBN 13: 9780765398598
Published: June 2020
Pages: 400
Format reviewed: eVersion from NetGalley
Site: Author Site
Goodreads: Book Page
Stars: Five out of Five
Lists: Favourites and Recommended
Related Reviews: The Perfect Assassin (Chronicles of Ghadid, #1) | The Impossible Contract (Chronicles of Ghadid, #2)
Seven years have passed…
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