“When everything’s going alright, best thing you can do is sit back and enjoy it till things turn to shit, which they surely will.’ Silence” RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: The Vagrant is his name. He has no other. Friendless and alone he walks across a desolate, war-torn landscape, carrying nothing but a kit-bag, a legendary sword … Continue reading The Vagrant | Peter Newman | Review

"The first girl came back. The next might not be so lucky." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl is found wandering the outskirts of Oxford, dazed and distressed. The story she tells is terrifying. Grabbed off the street, a plastic bag pulled over her face, then driven to an isolated location where she was subjected … Continue reading All The Rage | Cara Hunter | Review

"Not all stories speak to all listeners, but all listeners can find a story that does, somewhere, sometime. In one form or another." RATING: ⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Far beneath the surface of the earth, upon the shores of the Starless Sea, there is a labyrinthine collection of tunnels and rooms filled with stories. The entryways that … Continue reading The Starless Sea | Erin Morgenstern | Review

"Some adventures require nothing more than a willing heart and the ability to trip over the cracks in the world." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children. This is the story of what happened first… … Continue reading Down Among the Sticks and Bones | Seanan Mcguire | Review

"You're nobody's doorway but your own, and the only one who gets to tell you how your story ends is you." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a … Continue reading Every Heart a Doorway | Seanan Mcguire | Review

RATING:  ⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Tala Warnock has little use for magic - as a descendant of Maria Makiling, the legendary Filipino heroine, she negates spells, often by accident. But her family's old ties to the country of Avalon (frozen, respelled, and unreachable for almost 12 years) soon finds them guarding its last prince from those who … Continue reading Wicked As You Wish | Rin Chupeco | Review

"And where the stars sing, there will you soar. And where the stars fall, there will you be free." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: When her father dies just before her eighteenth birthday, Aderyn inherits the role of Protector of Atratys, a dominion in a kingdom where nobles can transform into birds. Aderyn's ancestral bird is a swan. … Continue reading A Throne of Swans | Katharine & Elizabeth Corr | Review

"'This is no way to treat a book,' he said. 'Look he's bent the spine right back. People always do that, they've got no idea of how to treat them.'" RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld has only one possible saviour. Unfortunately, this happens to be … Continue reading The Light Fantastic | Terry Pratchett | Review

"Maybe men can learn a thing or two from women." RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SYNOPSIS: Bound as one to love, honour, or burn. Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They … Continue reading Serpent & Dove | Shelby Mahurin | Review