Synopsis:
Having grown up with a controlling, secret-keeping mother, a young man yearns to know his family’s history and meet his letter-writing lover in person, but his journey takes him face to face with madness and murder.
Review:
Thank you, thank you, thank you to Eva for recommending this book!
The Ghost Writer is a straight up Gothic tale, [...]
Popularity: 40% [?]
Tags: Australian Literature
Synopsis:
Aya’s city runs on fame, and she’s desperate to find a story to send out over her personal feed in order to crack the top 1,000 and get all her heart desires.
Review:
Extras is a follow up to Scott Westerfeld’s acclaimed trilogy: Uglies, Pretties, and Specials, which follow Tally Youngblood through a series of escalating body [...]
Popularity: 55% [?]
Tags: American Literature · Australian Literature
Synopsis:
The granddaughter of a powerful sorceress finds herself coerced into betraying her kin to bring about the downfall of Ireland.
Review:
Child of the Prophecy is the third installment in Juliet Marillier’s Sevenwaters trilogy follows the story of Fianne, granddaughter of Sorcha, who saved her brothers after they were turned into swans, and niece to Liadan, the [...]
Popularity: 31% [?]
Tags: Australian Literature
Synopsis:
The 2nd in Marillier’s Sevenwaters trilogy, Son of the Shadows picks up with Liadan, daughter to Sorcha from book 1, kidnapped by a band of ruthless mercenaries, where she learns that she stands outside of the Old Ones’ pattern–and thus might have the power to change destiny.
Review:
I enjoyed Son of the Shadows much more than [...]
Popularity: 31% [?]
Tags: Australian Literature
Synopsis:
Sorcha and her six brothers have always protected each other and their home in the heart of Ireland, but when the men come under a deadly enchantment, Sorcha must complete a grueling task and endure mute exile across the sea in Britain with the hated enemies of her kin.
Review:
Daughter of the Forest is a retelling [...]
Popularity: 39% [?]
Tags: Australian Literature
