It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Thea is list-making once again, and talking about the titles she’s most excited for this spring and summer – in the fantasy and in the science fiction camps. With some…
Title: Deep Down Author: Deborah Coates Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books Publication Date: March 2013 Hardcover: 304 Pages Death stalks the haunted, windswept prairie in this chilling sequel to Wide Open Now that she’s solved her sister’s murder,…
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)…
Title: Fat Angie Author: e.E. Charlton-Trujillo Genre: Contemporary YA, LGBTQIA Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: March 12 2013 Paperback: 272 Pages Her sister was captured in Iraq, she’s the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to…
Title: Ruins Author: Dan Wells Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication Date: March 2014 Hardcover: 464 Pages Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping…
Howdy everybody! Ana here, still struggling with the Chest Infection of Doom but slowly recovering. Hope everybody is ok? This Week on The Book Smugglers: On Monday, Thea reviews Ruins by Dan Wells, third and final book in the…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
It’s Friday! Which means we are over at Kirkus. Today, Ana talks about the END OF AN ERA! As the Klaatu Diskos series comes to a close. Go here to hear her thoughts about the series.…
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: A Love Like Blood Author: Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Horror Publisher: Hodder Publication Date: March 25 2014 Paperback: 320 Pages ‘I’ve chased him for over twenty years, and across countless miles, and though often I was running, there have…


















