book review: the undesirable by david boling

BACKGROUND || This book is a historical novel that relives and educates us about the Boer war from the perspective of a fourteen year old girl. SYNOPSIS || While the vastly outnumbered Boer commandos fight in the field, half a million British soldiers torch a flaming path across the South African veld. As they go, …

book review: bloodchild – octavia e. butler

This book left me reeling after finishing it; I found it quite disturbing due to the themes explored by the plotline. It was a shock to the system - I wasn't expecting what unfolded to happen. The genre is sci-fi, which initially made me sceptical as it's not my go to theme. I decided to …

Review: Resurrection

Skulduggery Pleasant: Resurrection Tagline: You can’t keep a dead man down Derek Landy Synopsis: “Omen Darkly,” Skulduggery said. “I realise this is a lot to take in, but we have to know – will you help us save the world? Review: As always the cover art of the latest addition to the Skulduggery Pleasant series …

Review: The Shock of the Fall

The Shock of the Fall Nathan Filer COSTA Book of the Year 2013 Synopsis: I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was …