Hardback: 344 pages Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication date: 9 May 2013 ISBN13: 9781444724998 First Line – “He cannot sleep.” Every teenage girl thinks she’s different. When government agents kick down Claire Forrester’s front door and murder her parents, Claire realises just how different she is. Patrick Gamble was nothing special until the day he…
Book Review – Stardust by Carla Stewart
Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: FaithWords Publication date: June 7 2013 ISBN13: 9781455504282 First Line – “My marriage to O’Dell Peyton was already over when he washed up on the shores of Zion.” Shortly after burying her unfaithful husband, Georgia Peyton unexpectedly inherits the derelict Stardust motel from a distant relative. Despite doubts from the community…
Book Review – Outbreak: The Zombie Apocalypse by Craig Jones
Paperback: 372 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Publication date: Sept 17 2012 ISBN13: 9781479335220 First Line – “The public didn’t take what was going on seriously until the Government cancelled football matches and they stopped filming Eastenders.” With no warning, a Zombie epidemic sweeps across modern Great Britain causing the victims to attack and feed on their…
Book Review – The Complaints by Ian Rankin
Paperback: 452 pages Publisher: Orion Publication date: August 5 2010 ISBN13: 9781409103479 First Line – “There was a smattering of applause as Malcolm Fox entered the room.” Nobody likes The Complaints – they’re the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as ‘the Dark…
Book Review – Dawn of the Dead by George Ramero
Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Sphere Publication date: May 10 2012 ISBN13: 9780751549157 First Line – “Sleep did not come easily to Francine Parker.” When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth. The world is being devastated by zombies. No one knows how far they have spread, or how to…
Book Review – Exit Kingdom by Alden Bell
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…
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…