It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn as she reviews the recently released and much-buzzed-about literary speculative fiction novel Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. It’s a beautifully written book, and a compelling psychological thriller with…
Title: Diamonds and Deceit Author: Leila Rasheed Genre: Historical, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (US) / Hot Key Books (UK) Publication Date: January 2014 Hardcover: 420 Pages One house, two worlds…book two in our sumptuous and enticing YA series…
Hello, fellow speculative fiction lovers! We have some exciting news to share with you. As you may know, we are the editors of the 2013 edition of Speculative Fiction: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary – a collection…
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
As you probably know by now, Old School Wednesdays is a new weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when we were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and…
Title: The Glass Casket Author: McCormick Templeman Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: February 2014 Hardcover: 352 Pages Death hasn’t visited Rowan Rose since it took her mother when Rowan was only a little girl.…
Hello, everyone! HAPPY SUNDAY! Ana and I are currently staging an impromptu-simultaneous viewing of The Faculty (can you believe Ana has never seen it!) – and now taking a quick break for today’s stash! This Week on The Book…
Title: The Twistrose Key Written by Tone Almhjell, Illustrated by Ian Schoenherr Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Little, Brown UK Publication Date: October 2013 (US) / January 2013 (UK) Hardcover: 336 Pages A striking middle-grade debut…
Happy Valentine’s Day, folks! It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today Thea is list-making (yes, AGAIN) with romance and science fiction on the brain. Thea lists some of her favorite and anticipated romantic science fiction novels to…
Grave is the newest book by Joan Frances Turner, and the third entry in her Resurgam trilogy. Thea was a huge fan of Dust, book 1 in this zombie saga, and so we were thrilled when we were given…
