So, the book follows the history of a family, the Orchiéres, as they flea from France to life in England. The gift of witchcraft is passed down from mother to daughter but at all times they must keep it secret – or face a hostile world that fears women with such powers. Continue reading
Certain Dark Things is Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s second novel. Like her first novel, Signal to Noise, it is set in Mexico City. However, this is a very different Mexico City. In the book’s universe, vampires were found to exist in the 1960s – and most countries banned them. While vampires aren’t banned in Mexico, they are banned … Continue reading
Another great series from V E Schwab. Violence breeds monsters in this world and two unlikely people become friends. But they are caught in the middle of monsters wanting to make war and have to survive. Continue reading
In this Episode of Science Fiction Double Feature, I talk to author V E Schwab about A Conjuring of Light, the third and final installment of the Shades of Magic Series. Then we find out what 18th century London would have really been like with Professor of Urban History, Tim Hitchcock. Continue reading
A Conjuring of Light is the the third and final book in the Shades of Magic Series by V E Schwab. Continue reading
War for the Oaks was the book the kicked off the urban fantasy genre. We follow Eddi McCandry, a musician from Minneapolis, who finds herself chosen by the Seelie Court (read: fairies) to help make their war with the Unseelie Court a ‘mortal’ one. Continue reading
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern revolves around two magicians (for lack of a better word) pitted against each other in a game when they were both young children. Celia by her father and Marco by the man who picked him out of an orphanage – the mysterious Mr A H. Continue reading
Oh my god, what a terrible book. The plot, characters, pacing and world was terrible. Plot of Snow by Danielle Paige: Snow, a patient in a mental hospital, is in love with a boy named Bale (likewise a patient). BUT. She’s actually a princess in another world. Yes. And he gets kidnapped and taken to this … Continue reading
In the first episode of Science Fiction Double Feature, I talk to Paige Orwin about the amazing The Interminables and discuss the history of magic with Professor Frank Klaassen. Continue reading
The Sequel to A Darker Shade of Magic by V E Schwab, we find ourselves in Red London for a wizard’s tournament with our favourite antagonistic couple Kell and Lila. Continue reading
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