This is my review for Criminal, the second book in KB Hoyle’s Breeder Cycle. It contains mild spoilers for the first book in the series, Breeder. This review forms part of the Criminal blog tour. My official stop will be here tomorrow, so check back in then for a guest… Read more »
In the not-too-distant future, in a satellite town outside Sydney, the lower classes struggle to make ends meet, while the wealthy Citizens live inside the walls of the city. Josie, a young girl with a special ‘talent’, is keen on improving her position in life, and when she sees an… Read more »
As a long-time fan of both Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams, I felt that this book had some big boots to fill. While it did have some of the slapstick humour of the Discworld and wacky aliens and robots of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, sadly I didn’t think A Toaster on… Read more »
This is Philippa and Angelya’s joint audio review for Alexandra Bracken’s new debut book, Passenger. The review is an extract from episode 42 of Tea in the Treetops Podcast, originally recorded on 17 May 2015. This is a spoiler-free review. Thanks to the Co-op for providing Angelya with a copy of… Read more »
Dawn of Procyon is only $2.99 on Amazon until April 20! Grab it today. You can also visit Future Publishing’s website to enter to win a signed copy! In the not-too-distant future, humans will invent the fold engine, making it possible to head out across star systems. Almost as soon… Read more »
This is actually a double review with bonus material – I happened to pick up the Time Lord Fairy Tales from the library and scored the Wit, Wisdom and Timey-Wimey Stuff book for Christmas! I thought I might as well combine the reviews for great Whovian justice. Okay so first,… Read more »
Their Fractured Light is the third and final book in this trilogy. You might like to read my reviews of These Broken Stars or This Shattered World instead.
The Weeping Angels of Mons is a collection of #6-10 of the Tenth Doctor comic series from Titan Comics. There are two story arcs in this volume: A scary weeping angels story, crossed with a poignant tale of the first world war, then Echo, a strange but quite wonderful short… Read more »
This Series Spotlight features one of our favourite series from the last few years, The Lunar Chronicles. 1. Cinder – Jan 2012 2. Scarlet – Jan 2013 3. Cress – Jan 2014 4. Winter – Nov 2015 3.5. Fairest – Jan 2015 Collected short stories – Feb 2016 Cinder was… Read more »
When the mining colony on Kerenza IV is attached by the BeiTech mega-corporation, only three ships escape carrying civilian refugees as well as their own crew – the Alexander, the Copernicus and the Hypatia. Overcrowded and damaged, the ships are chased towards the nearest hyperspace jump point by the BeiTech… Read more »
