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Publisher – Titan Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £7.99 ebook Kitt Carver is one of the best diviners in the business at finding destinies for the rich and powerful. When she’s nearly killed, and her regular broker is murdered, it becomes clear someone has an issue with the last destiny she found. Determined not to let anyone else die, Kitt gathers a mismatched group – including Two…
Hellloooo! Welcome to Wombling Aling the blog’s weekend supplement where I share the reviews and other things that caught my eye this week. So I last left you going off to see the Mersey Tunnels and that was a really cool trip into the engineering of a tunnel which is complicated. It also introduced me to a thirty foot fan where they play the Thunderbirds theme tune as the giant doors open - this…
I would like to thank Solaris for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Solaris Published – out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £5.99 eBook “The symmetry should have tipped me off.” After a violent incident at work, Tamsin goes looking for a fresh start in a remote cottage far away from her old life. Here she could make real friends, find a job she loves,…
I would like to thank Flame Tree Press for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Flame Tree Press Published - 18th August Price - £20 hardback £3.82 ebook “You don’t belong here. None of you do. None but us….” 1940. Pamela Courtney is evacuated to Chanterlands – the home of her aunts: Jilly, the eccentric one, who dreams of her days as a star of the…
Helloooo!!! Welcome to Wombling Along the blog’s weekend supplement where I share reviews, articles and more than catch my eye online this week. Grab a cuppa and relax while others do the Booktempting. My week was sadly full on work with no hotel breakfasts. On the bright side I am actually back to a normalish review schedule! Quite a few more coming soon but I’ve had pretty much confirmed the…
Helllooo! Well that was a long hot week in the UK! I think you deserve a treat and as its from me that means booktempting! Gentle Readers of the blog will know I’m a huge fan of RJ Barker’s work from solving mysteries with assassins in The Wounded Kingdom trilogy, travelling the high seas in the Bone Ships, saving an unforgettable world in The Forsaken trilogy and very recently solving a murder in…
I would like to thank Orbit for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Orbit published - Out Now Price - £23.00 hardback £13.49 ebook My name is not Kim, it's Kiamling. It means Sword Spirit. I was forged to cut down the undead. Demons and monsters aren't just in your storybooks, they walk among us." The Au family serve the people of Hong Kong: blessing…
And so the Clarke Award winner of 2026 is about to be announced! This is an award I really enjoy reading the shortlist because for me being restricted to science fiction and jury selected it tends to provide a varied shortlist. It challenges what science fiction is supposed to be and I quite like watching other reviewers and readers join in that debate. I am not always in chime with the…
Publisher – Penguin Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £5.99 ebook Three siblings. Two human, one robot. The spectacular new debut about what it means to be alive. In a recently reunified Korea, robots have integrated seamlessly into society. They are our teachers, our bus drivers and policemen. They are our lovers. They are even our children. Eleven-year-old Ruijie sifts through scrap…
Hellloooo! Holiday time is over (wailing returns) a lovely time in Sicily was had and returning to my Shreddies after a lovely display of cakes for breakfast is not optimal. The return to work was a system shock and for good measure the trains went spectacularly wrong on Thursday but I am still feeling much better for a break. A week off reviewing was also quite nice too! Today I am looking…
Helloooo! I am halfway through our holiday in Sicily and it’s been a really lovely break should getting rest, switching off and yes I have apparently got my reading back on. I’m not going to do any reviews until back in the UK next week as I’m quite enjoying the downtime! I suspect this was a much needed rest :) Reviews Asking The Wrong Questions in their Rings Reading says farewell to Lorien…
Publisher - Salo Press Published - Out Now Price £5.00 paperback via https://www.salopress.com/store/ Hellooo! Slowly, normal reading speed returns and I thought let’s start the week with something a little different a look at a series of chapbooks. Essentially a bound short story. I noted the names of the authors of this series linked just by the theme of Infidelities and thought book let’s give…
