Review: Our Bloody Pearl

A delightfully queer tale of soft pirates and fierce sirens, filled with kindness and adventure and excellent rep… Our Bloody Pearl is an absolutely treasure!

Review: Bookish and the Beast

The third instalment in the Once Upon A Con series ticks every box I was hoping for, and more!

Review: Thorn

I first read Thorn in 2018, as a self-published novel, and I loved its smart, wry, thought-provoking take on one of my favourite fairy tales, The Goose Girl. When I heard it was being reworked for traditional publishing, I was thrilled, and I’m so happy to be able to tell you it’s even better in this form!

Review: The Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour

As a teen I was a big fan of Ally Carter’s Gallagher Girls series, which is set in an elite boarding school that’s a front for a training academy for spies – they were a lot of fun! Since they were heavy on the teen drama, I was interested to see that she’d turned her hand to middle grade with her new book, The Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour.

Review: The Wolf of Oren-Yaro

If your fantasy features a woman with the unofficial title ‘Bitch Queen’, it’s pretty much a dead cert I’m going to be interested..!

Review: Leap Frog

It’s a beautiful bright morning here, so what better time for a review of a beautifully bright picture book?

Review: Cursed Anthology

An anthology based on the curses of folklore and fairy tale was always going to be my cup of tea…