Title: Murder Most Unladylike (UK) / Murder is Bad Manners (US) Author: Robin Stevens Genre: Middle Grade, Mystery Publisher: Corgi / Simon and Schuster Publication Date: June 2014 / June 2015 Hardcover: 324 Pages Deepdean School for Girls, 1934.…
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Hello from chilly London! It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus. Today, Thea reviews the newest story in the Kat Incorrigible series, Courting Magic by Stephanie Burgis! It was a blast, and a fitting next adventure in Kat’s…
Title: Night Witches Author: L.J. Adlington Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Hodder Children’s Books Publication Date: September 2013 Paperback: 336 Pages A supernatural thriller-romance set in an all-girl teenage bomber-pilot regiment, combining witchcraft and legend. TWO NATIONS AT WAR.…
Title: Through the Woods Author: Emily Carroll Genre: Horror, Graphic Novel, Young Adult Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Publication Date: July 2014 Hardcover: 208 Pages A fantastically dark and timeless graphic debut, for fans of Grimm Tales, The Melancholy…
Title: The Kiss of Deception Author: Mary E. Pearson Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt & Co BYR Publication Date: July 2014 Hardcover: 486 Pages A princess must find her place in a reborn world. She flees…
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Book Review: The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim by E. K. Johnston
Title: The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim Author: E. K. Johnston Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Carolrhoda Books Publication Date: March 1st 2014 Hardcover: 312 Pages Listen! For I sing of Owen Thorskard: valiant of heart, hopeless…
Title: The Three Author: Sarah Lotz Genre: Horror Publisher: Little, Brown (US) / Hodder and Stoughton (UK) Publication Date: May 2014 Hardcover: 467 Pages (UK) Four simultaneous plane crashes. Three child survivors. A religious fanatic who insists the three…
Title: Full Fathom Five Author: Max Gladstone Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: July 15 2014 Hardcover: 368 Pages On the island of Kavekana, Kai builds gods to order, then hands them to others to maintain. Her creations aren’t…
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Old School Wednesdays Readalong: The Woman in the Wall by Patrice Kindl
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)…
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Old School Wednesdays: The Far Side of Evil by Sylvia Engdahl
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)…
