The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas
I’ve always loved reading about dragons but completely agree with those who say that, recently, dragons have had their claws clipped to make them that little bit more accessible to readers. Anne McCaffrey’s dragons are the chief culprits and Naomi Novik’s Temeraire is steadily losing that air of a dangerous [...]
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The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas - Review
Quiver by Peter Leonard - Review
Quiver by Peter Leonard
The author is the son of legendary crime writer Elmore Leonard - about as impressive a launch pad as you can get. Like many of his father’s books, this one is set in Detroit, and has a suitably varied cast of creepy bad guys plus a feisty heroine. Kate McCall is trying [...]
The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams - Interview
The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams
You can’t say you weren’t warned. First, there’s the title, The Boy in The Dress. Then comes the opening line of the book: “Dennis was different.” Yes, the debut children’s novel of Little Britain star David Walliams is indeed about a 12-year-old boy who loves flicking through the [...]
Now You See Him by Eli Gottlieb - Review
Now You See Him: A Novel by Eli Gottlieb
Ten years of silence followed Eli Gottlieb’s prize-winning debut The Boy Who Went Away. But now he’s back with the story of - guess what - a young writer whose first volume of stories was “for one whole season the must-have fashion accessory” and who suffers a [...]
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