“The filming of Lovely Ladies of the Sea: The True Story of the Mariana Mermaids should have been routine. Imagine filled a ship with scientists, actors, and camera crews, and sent it out into the Pacific Ocean. Communications were lost on May 17. The ship was found six weeks later, adrift and abandoned. No bodies… Continue reading Reviewing: Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Technically, I have belatedly discovered, this book is part of a series. It could be that a lot of what I’m about to say would be explained/built upon by reading the others, but I didn’t, so let’s go! “And if one more bumbling twit trod upon her slippers, she was going to remove the shoes… Continue reading Reviewing: The Lady and the Thief by Megan Derr
Well friends, this book was a wild ride. Memories of a Crappy Pooch is the story of Maria Fuencisla as she deaths with the passing of her beloved dog Sartre in an unfortunate accident. She mourns the passing of her pet by revisiting old memories - like the time she snuck him into a zoo… Continue reading Reviewing: Memories of a Crappy Pooch by Marta Alonso Berná
Julia sipped at her tea, relishing the warmth as it spread into her chest.‘I just thought he was going to change things,’ she said. ‘I thought the Queen was supposed to come back, wake up the King and bring us a cure for the contamination.’‘But you know what the contamination really is now. We both… Continue reading Reviewing: The Blood Prince by Josie Jaffrey
Ayoola summons me with these words— Korede, I killed him. I had hoped I would never hear those words again. My Sister The Serial Killer follows Korede, a nurse living and working in Nigeria, whose sister Ayoola has a complex relationship with her ex-boyfriends. You see, she keeps murdering them, and her claims of self… Continue reading Reviewing: My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
I love this book. I’ve been a fan of Sarah Graley’s artwork for ages, and actually met her at MCM once where she signed this book for Lauren and I and drew us a self portrait with a cat sat on her head! We can confirm that she’s a lovely person, so all the more… Continue reading Reviewing: Our Super Adventure by Sarah Graley
There is blood under my fingernails. I wonder how many of my people I’ve killed this time. It should come as no surprise to literally everyone that when I found out there was another story coming out inspired by Beauty and the Beast I knew instantly that I was going to read it. A Curse… Continue reading Reviewing: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
