The Owl Service – Review
A children’s classic that has passed me by, along with so many others. It was reading Bookworm by Lucy Mangan
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Tag: Fantasy
To Kill a Kingdom – Review
Follow Lira and Elian in a adventure through Alexandra Christo’s fully-developed fantasy world which is based on a lot of
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The Maker of Monsters – Review
Another of a collection of books I was given by Oxford University Press Children for review, all of which have
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Embassy of the Dead – Review
A story of a misunderstanding, but a misunderstanding that drags Jake Green into the Embassy of the Dead in a
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Three Dark Crowns – Review
Three Dark Crowns is the start of a Y.A. fantasy series by Kendare Blake, and a good start at that,
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The Smoke Thieves – Review
The Smoke Thieves is the first in a new series by Sally Green, the tone is quite low-fantasy throughout, more
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Children Of Blood And Bone – Review
There has been so much hype about this book that I was a bit leery about starting it just in
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The House With Chicken Legs – Review
The Baba Yaga was always one of my favourite myths and she is part of the world-wide myth cycles of
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Storm Hound – Review
Storm of Odin, youngest hound in the Wild Hunt, finds himself in a spot of trouble after falling to earth.
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A Pinch of Magic – Review
Set on the island of Crowstone, Betty Widdershins finds out that the women of her family have been cursed to
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Cogheart – Review
Cogheart was Peter Bunzel’s debut novel, and what a debut. Cogheart was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize 2017, and
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The Price Guide To The Occult – Review
I am just so shallow, again it was the cover that sold this book to me. But it was worth
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Amelia Fang And The Memory Thief – Review
Another adventure for Amelia and her fangtastic friends, this time we may get to the root of the problems between
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The Legend Of Podkin One-Ear – Review
It’s a bit cliched and I don’t often say it, so here goes. This is an instant classic and will
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