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Review: Leila and the Blue Fox - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Genre: Middle-Grade Contemporary Published: Orion Children's Books, October 13th 2022 My Rating: 5/5 stars Around this time last year, I...
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Review: The Women Could Fly - Megan Giddings
Genre: Literary Fiction, Dystopian Published: Pan MacMillan, August 2022 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars “This is the story of the witch who...
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Review: A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches – Sangu Mandanna
Genre: Fantasy Published: Hodder & Stoughton, August 2022 My Rating: 4/5 stars “It’s not always enough to go looking for the place we...
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Review: Yonder - Ali Standish
Genre: Middle-grade historical Published: HarperCollins, May 2022 My Rating: 5/5 stars I have been a big Ali Standish-fan for years now,...
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Review: In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado
Genre: Personal Memoir Published: Graywolf Press, November 2019 My Rating: 5/5 stars “Putting language to something for which you have no...
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Review: Venomous Lumpsucker - Ned Beauman
Genre: Speculative fiction Published: Hodder & Stoughton/Sceptre, July 2022 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars “This novel is set in the near future....
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Review: In A Garden Burning Gold - Rory Power
Genre: Fantasy Published: Del Rey Books, April 2022 My Rating: 1/5 stars I really enjoyed Rory Powers unique style and her pension for...
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Review: The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins
Genre: Fantasy, Horror Published: Titan Books, originally published in June 2015 Actual Rating: 4.5/5 stars “Step into the darkness with...
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Review: The Singer's Gun - Emily St. John Mandel
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Picador Press, April 2015, originally published May 2010 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars "Nothing is over yet,...
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Review: Dead Water - C.A. Fletcher
Genre: horror Published: Little Brown/Orbit UK, July 21st 2022 My Rating: 1.5/5 stars From the author of the beloved dystopian novel A...
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Review: The Moonday Letters - Emmi Itäranta
Genre: Sci-fi Published: Titan Books, July 2022 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars Discovering Emmi Itäranta’s previous novel The City of Woven...
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Review: The Weight of Loss - Sally Oliver
Genre: Magical Realism, Horror Published: Oneworld Publishers, June 2022 My rating: 2/5 stars Whilst grieving the death of her sister,...
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Review: The Gilded Wolves - Roshani Chokshi
Genre: Fantasy Published: Wednesday Books, January 2019 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “That’s it, I’m done with YA-fantasy.” - sentence uttered...
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Review: Beneath the Burning Wave - Jennifer Hayashi Danns
Genre: Fantasy Published: Harper Collins UK, August 2022 My Rating: 3/5 stars Beneath the Burning Wave is an experimental YA-fantasy...
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Review: Lycantropy and Other Chronic Illnesses - Kristen O'Neal
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Published: Quick Books (by Penguin Random House), May 2022 My Rating: 4/5 stars “I thought that getting...
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Review: The Seawomen - Chloe Timms
Genre: Literary Fiction, Magical Realism Published: Hodder & Stoughton, June 2022 My Rating: 4/5 stars If Kirsty Logan is going to...
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Review: Lakelore - Anna-Marie McLemore
Review of Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore, 4/5 stars, Magical Realism, March 2022 release, rep: LGBTQ, neurodiversity, latinx, own-voices
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Review: Home - Mark Ballabon
Review: Home by Mark Ballabon, Leah's Universe #1, Young Adult Fiction, Contemporary, May 2022 release. 1,5/5 stars
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Review: Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies - Maddie Mortimer
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Picador Press (UK) & Scribner (US), June 2022 My Rating: 5/5 stars “Thyme is to chili, parsley,...
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Review: Breathe and Count Back From Ten - Natalia Sylvester
Genre: YA Contemporary, Disability Published: Clarion Books, May 2022 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “ Unable to see my legs, I feel a kinship to...
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