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The Future by Naomi Alderman – Book Review
Quick Synopsis – Are you a rabbit or a fox? Naomi Alderman’s explosive novel examines a near future where tech companies blatantly exploit everything from the environment to governments. When the end of days are coming close, who will survive? A scathing review of how technology invades our lives and the twisted morality of the…
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Tonight, I Burn by Katharine J. Adams – Book Review
Quick Synopsis – Penny Albright is a thorn witch, destined to burn, to walk the afterlife, and to keep the real world safe. But she soon finds out there is more peril in her world than the hideous warden who keeps all witches confined within his walls. As Penny’s world splits, she’ll face a devastating…
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Bone Rites by Natalie Bayley – Book Review
Quick Synopsis – Kathryn Darkling is set to hang and is trying to divulge her sins to a local clergyman. Her story is told, split between the present, post-WWI, and the past, pre-, and during WWI. Her ambition to become a doctor turned into something much darker as she is haunted by the ghost of…
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The Herbalist’s Secret by Annabelle Marx – Book Review
Quick Synopsis – The story is told between the late 1890s (Kitty) and early 2000s (Greer). The chapters alternate between Kitty struggling being the demure wife in her new marriage hidden away at Ardbray House and Greer is the housekeeper struggling to keep Ardbray up and trying to sell it to a Caitlin Black. All…
