A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin Published by Orbit on the 2 April 2009. Review Copy In A Madness of Angels Sorcerer Matthew Swift returns to London after being missing for two years and he wants revenge. Over 496 pages Kate takes us on a tour of the hidden people and places of London. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘debut review’
Debut Review: Lost Boys by James Miller (Little, Brown)
Title: Lost Boys Author: James Miller Publisher: Little, Brown Published: 3 July 2008 Review Copy Synopsis At an English Boys Private School children are going missing, they are dreaming and then disappearing but no one knows where they’ve gone. Analyse/Comments/Thoughts I wasn’t expecting to like Lost Boys, coming of age stories aren’t really my thing. [...]
Debut Review: Debatable Space by Philip Palmer
Title: Debatable Space Author: Philip Palmer Publisher: Orbit Published: 24 Jan 08 Price: £10.00 A band of pirates kidnaps the daughter of the ruler of the universe and holds her for ransom. The trouble is ruler of the universe Cheo isn’t that receptive to their demands and their prisoner, Lena, isn’t what she first appears. [...]
Debut Review: In the Woods by Tana French
Title: In The Woods Author: Tana French Publisher: Hodder Published: 14 November 07 Price: £6.99 Bought It You can never escape your past or so they say. And Tana French plays with this idea in her debut novel, In The Woods. Rob Ryan retells the investigation into death of a small girl found in the [...]
Debut Review: The Pools by Bethan Roberts
Title: The Pools Author: Bethan Roberts Publisher: Serpent’s Tail Published: 29 August 2007 Price: £10.99 Review Copy Bethan Roberts has started her literary career with a disturbing tale of Middle England, mid-1980s when the death of a teenager, Robert, is the inevitably conclusion to the paths of many lives. This is a hard book to [...]
