Title: Zero Sum Game Author: S L Huang Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Self published Publication Date: April 2014 ebook Deadly. Mercenary. Superhuman. Not your ordinary math geek. Cas Russell is good at math. Scary good. The vector calculus blazing…
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Title: Horizon Author: Jenn Reese Genre: Dystopia, Middle Grade, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: April 2014 Hardcover: 400 Pages In this third and final adventure in the Above World series, Aluna and her friends finally face their…
Old School Wednesdays Round-up: Diana Wynne Jones’ The Homeward Bounders and Black Maria
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)…
We’re reviewing a double-dose of Kate Milford’s Aracana Project – two novellas set in the same world as her awesome full-length novels The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. Yesterday (Part I) we reviewed The Kairos Mechanism; today we review…
We’re reviewing a double-dose of Kate Milford’s Aracana Project – two novellas set in the same world as her awesome full-length novels The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. Today’s review (Part I) is for The Kairos Mechanism; tomorrow we…
Book Review: The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer
Title: The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy Author: Kate Hattemer Genre: Contemporary YA, POC Publisher: Knopf Books Publication Date: April 8 2014 Hardcover: 336 Pages Witty, sarcastic Ethan and his three friends decide to take down the reality TV…
Joint Review: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Title: The Goblin Emperor Author: Katherine Addison Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books Publication Date: April 1 2014 Hardcover: 448 Pages The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court…
Title: Boy, Snow, Bird Author: Helen Oyeyemi Genre: Historical Fiction, Magic Realism, PoC Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover Publication Date: March 6 2014 Hardcover: 320 Pages In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in…
Joint Review: Honor’s Knight by Rachel Bach
Title: Honor’s Knight Author: Rachel Bach Genre: Science Fiction, Romance Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: February 2014 Paperback: 384 Pages Devi Morris has a lot of problems. And not the fun, easy-to-shoot kind either. After a mysterious attack left her…
Joint Review: Nightingale’s Nest by Nikki Loftin
Title: Nightingale’s Nest Author: Nikki Loftin Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: February 20 2014 Hardcover: 256 Pages Twelve-year-old John Fischer Jr., or “Little John” as heβs always been known, is spending his summer helping his father…