Lost in the Moment and Found – Seanan McGuire

"The first thing Antoinette Ricci ever lost was her father, but she was so young when it happened that she never really felt like she could be held responsible." Antoinette - Antsy - knows all about loss. The death of her father robbed her of so much, from his love to her safety. The first …

Everything is OK – Debbie Tung

"For everyone who is going through a tough time. You are not alone. You matter. You are enough just as you are right now." A while ago I read the graphic novel, Book Love, by Debbie Tung. It's such an adorably sweet book, you never would have guessed that the author was struggling with anxiety and …

The Last Graduate – Naomi Novik

"Keep far away from Orion Lake." Welcome back to the Scholomance, the school that makes Hogwarts look like day care and the most brutal prison seem palatable in comparison. Four years without real daylight, proper food, or any supplies you didn't bring with you at the start. Sure, there are no teachers, but the classes …

The Second Rebel – Linden A Lewis

"I can't move in my coffin." The First Sister didn't end on a cliff-hanger per se but it left plenty of story to be told and so I was absolutely delighted to be able to dive straight in with the sequel. And my absolutely only complaint about it is that I will have to wait to …

Fugitive Telemetry – Martha Wells

"The dead human was lying on the deck, on their side, half curled around." The book comes with its own summary, far better than I could write, so here it is: When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the …

Rogue Protocol – Martha Wells

"I have the worst luck with bot-driven transports." By this point, we're quite clearly in an ongoing story, so not only will reading this review possibly have sort-of spoilers for the first two novellas (All Systems Red and Artificial Condition), but quite frankly those are so bloomin' good - as is the whole story so far …

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – VE Schwab

"A girl is running for her life." This book. Wow. I was starting to get really concerned that it couldn't live up to hype. I follow V on social media, and every time she told us that she'd poured her heart out into it I was equally desperate to finally read the book and terrified …

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

So... here we are. Twenty-two movies over eleven years, and one way or another we are in the Endgame. The Infinity Saga ends here. Last year's Infinity War ended on something of a cliffhanger, and we pick up with the aftermath of those devastating events. The 3-hour run time allows the story to flow at a less …

Greenglass House – Kate Milford

"There is a right way to do things and a wrong way, if you're going to run a hotel in a smugglers' town." It's the first day of the Christmas holidays, and Milo already has his homework out of the way so he can enjoy the festivities with his parents. Then, disaster: the usually quiet …

Bryony and Roses – T Kingfisher

"She was going to die because of the rutabagas." Bryony may just have found herself trapped in a magical manor house with a surprisingly eloquent Beast, but if there's one thing she's not it's a 'beauty'. She is, however, a gardener, and as things in the House take ever darker turns it might just turn …