Review: Circe, by Madeline Miller

When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist

Review: Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik

Thrice you shall turn silver to gold for me, or be changed to ice yourself

Review: Legendary (Caraval #2), by Stephanie Garber

A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win

Review: Everless, by Sarah Holland

Time is a prison. She is the key. Packed with danger, temptation and desire

Review: Mort (Discworld #4), by Terry Pratchet

People don't alter history any more than birds alter the sky, they just make brief patterns in it

Review: The Buried Giant, by Kazou Ishiguro

How can old wounds heal while maggots linger so richly?

Review: The Princess Bride, by William Goldman

Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all

Review: All Souls Trilogy, by Deborah Harkness

It begins with a discovery of witches

Mini-Reviews: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them / Shadow of Night / The Thing Around Your Neck / Equal Rites

Because every book deserves a review... even a mini one.

Review: The Old Kingdom Series, by Garth Nix

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

Review: The Power, by Naomi Alderman

The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.

Review: The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchett

“Of course I'm sane, when trees start talking to me, I don't talk back.”

Review: Dawn Study, by Maria V Snyder

Synopsis: Despite the odds, Yelena and Valek have forged an irrevocable bond and a family that transcends borders. Now, when their two homelands stand on the brink of war, they must fight with magic and cunning to thwart an Ixian plot to invade Sitia. Yelena seeks to break the hold of the insidious Theobroma that …

Review: The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett

“It is at this point that normal language gives up, and goes and has a drink.”

Review: A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness

“Just because something seems impossible doesn’t make it untrue,”

Review: Alanna – Song of the Lioness Quartet, by Tamora Pierce

"From now on I'm Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I'll be a knight." Rereading one of my favourite childhood authors as an adult

Review: The Bone Season, Samantha Shannon

Synopsis: The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for information by breaking into people's minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the world of Scion, she commits treason …

Review: The Paper Magician Trilogy, by Charlie N Holmberg

Synopsis: Paper Magician: Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an apprenticeship in paper magic despite her dreams of bespelling metal. And once she’s bonded to paper, that …

Review: Chronicles of Ixia, by Maria V Snyder

Synopsis: About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia. And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her …

Review: The Invisible Library, by Genevieve Colman

Synopsis: Irene must be at the top of her game or she'll be off the case - permanently... Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. And along with her enigmatic assistant Kai, she's posted to an alternative London. Their mission - to retrieve a dangerous book. But …