
ClareR (5950 KP) rated Antiemetic for Homesickness in Books
Nov 28, 2020
I really enjoyed the glimpses into life in the Philippines, and I made good use of the ‘Boodle Fight of Words and Terminologies’, the notes and Google translate (it’s the linguist in me 🤷🏼♀️) It sounds like hard work, doesn’t it - but it wasn’t. This will be a book that goes on my poetry shelf (yes, I have one!) that I will revisit often, I think.
Thank you to Vintage Books for sending me this book - it’s always worth entering the competition because sometimes I do win!!

Bent (Destinations #1)
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Alex Bradley has the life of a self-made playboy. He owns one of the hottest clubs, with his two...

The Secrets of the Wild Wood
Tonke Dragt and Laura Watkinson
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A Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year 'Fans of The Letter for the King will be...
The Stolen God
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Aruna and Paruna are mythical places, peopled by the Powered classes and the Technician classes....

Without the Moon
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Hush, hush, hush Here comes the Bogeyman ...London during the long, dark days of the Blitz: a city...

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Resurrection of an Empire (The Magic Within #2)
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“LIFE IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME, AND TIME CAN DISAPPEAR IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.” Christopher...
Young Adult Fantasy

Hazel (2934 KP) rated Cold Christmas (Antonia Hawkins #4) in Books
May 10, 2020
Cold Christmas is the fourth in the Antonia Hawkins series but only the second I have had the pleasure of reading. I read the first in the series, The Advent Killer, and found that to be very satisfying and it has been nice to catch up with DCI Hawkins and her team and although I think this works well as a standalone, in order to appreciate the main characters, I do think reading at least one of the previous books would be a good idea because although you get some of the backstory, you don't truly appreciate or understand DCI Hawkins motivations without previous insight.
From the cover and the title, you might think this would be a Christmas story but you would be wrong ... what we have here is a dark thriller written at good pace with intrigue abound and excellent characters. The method used by the killer to murder his victims is ingenious and not one I have come across before which made a nice change and with a good mix of investigation into this complex case and into the equally complex personal life of DCI Hawkins, this is, once again, a satisfying read ... well, that is until the end ... oh Mr Gunn you are mean!
Despite this, I will be reading more from this author and I want to thank Penguin UK - Michael Joseph and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest review.

The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner
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Richard Marson's book, JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner, tells the story of...

Goddess in the Stacks (553 KP) rated The Empire's Ghost in Books
Sep 6, 2017
What I really liked was how the author painted every character. Even the would-be Emperor, who is probably the closest to evil any character is in this book, was interesting and had clear motivations that made sense. I wouldn’t even call him evil, just ambitious. His assassin shows a different side in part of the book that also removes him from the “evil” category. I’m impressed that Steiger manager to set up several factions at odds with each other without making any of them evil. Wrong, perhaps, misguided perhaps, but not evil. Which is unusual in high fantasy.
What I disliked was there was a point in the middle where I had to set aside the book for real life – and I almost never picked it up again. Three days later, I finally did, but to me, that means I wasn’t invested in the characters or the story. I could have moved on to a different book, and I almost did. I liked most of the characters – but without liking any of them enough to truly care what happened. I also wish the pacing was a little faster, but that’s a victim of too many viewpoints, I think.
So I could go either way on this book. It was well-written but a little slow and didn’t just GRAB me the way some books do.
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