Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Tor Publication date: November 8th 2012 ISBN13: 9780230766747 First Line – “And so the living persist, stubbornly, and the memories, and the crumbling road, and the stories.” In a world where the undead outnumber the living, Moses Todd roams the post-apocalyptic plains of America. His reprobate brother, Abraham – his only…
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Book Review – Winter Wonderland by Belinda Jones
Paperback: 297 pages Publisher: Hodder Publication date: November 8th 2012 ISBN13: 9780340994467 First Line – “I’m lying on a bed of ice.” Imagine waking up in a snow globe. . . That’s how travel journalist Krista feels when she arrives in magical Quebec to report on Canada’s glittering Winter Carnival. Over ten sub-zero days Krista’s…
Blog Tour Review & Giveaway – Stitch by Samantha Durante
ENTER THE GIVEAWAY BELOW FOR A CHANCE TO WIN AN EBOOK OF STITCH. OPEN INTERNATIONALLY Paperback: 314 pages Publisher: Samantha Durante Publication date: Aug 1st 2012 ISBN13: 9780985804602 First Line – She woke to the sound of heavy boot steps marching down the hall and the familiar pang in her hip bones wrought from too…
Book Review – The Collaborator by Margaret Leroy
Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Publication date: May 20th 2011 ISBN13: 9780778304593 First Line – “Once upon a time there were twelve princesses…” A forbidden love…a private war. There’s a sudden scatter of birds in the sky. I flinch. Little things seem violent to me. And in that moment my decision is made. It’s…
Review – This Is Not A Test by Courtney Summers
Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: St Martin’s Griffin Publication date: July 9th 2012 ISBN13: 9780312656744 First Line – “Lily, I woke up and the last piece of my heart disappeared” It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding…
Review – Heaven Can Wait by Cally Taylor
Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Orion Publication date: Oct 15th 2009 ISBN13: 9781409103233 First Line – “What would you do if you thought you were about to die?” ‘What would I do without you, Lucy Brown?’ he said, and kissed me softly. I held his face in my hands and kissed him back. I felt that…
Book Review – Don’t You Forget About Me by Alexandra Potter
Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication date: July 19th 2012 ISBN13: 9781444712117 First Line – “What’s on your mind?” After a bad break up, doesn’t every girl want the same things? * For her ex-boyfriend to stay single forever… * Or maybe emigrate, to a remote, uninhabited island? * Better still, that she’d…
Book Review – Undead by Kirsty McKay
Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Chicken House Publication date: Sept 1st 2011 ISBN13: 9781906427870 First Line – “I would rather die than face them all again.” It was just another school trip… When their ski-coach pulls up at a cafe, and everyone else gets off, new girl Bobby and rebel Smitty stay behind. They hardly know…
Book Review – The Reapers are the angels by Alden Bell
Hardback: 302 pages Publisher: Tor Publication date: September 3rd 2010 ISBN13: 9780230748644 First Line – “God is a Slick God.” God is a slick god. Temple knows. She knows because of all the crackerjack miracles still to be seen on this ruined globe…Older than her years and completely alone, Temple is just trying to live…
Book Review – Edinburgh Dead by Brian Ruckley
Paperback: 369 pages Publisher: Orbit Publication date: 4 Aug 2011 ISBN13: 9781841498652 First Line – “The corpse sat in a simple, high-backed chair” The year is 1827. For Adam Quire, an officer of the recently formed City Police, Edinburgh is a terrifying place. It is a city populated by mad alchemists and a criminal underclass…