Review Spellslinger (#1) – Sebastien de Castell

Magic is a con game.  Kellen is moments away from facing his first mage’s duel and the start of four trials that will make him a spellcaster. There’s just one problem: his magic is gone. As his sixteenth birthday approaches, Kellen falls back on his cunning in a bid to avoid total disgrace. But when……

Review Into the Heart of Talis (Chronicles of Talis #0) – Antonio Urias

Two hundred years have passed since the Witches were driven from Talis. Two hundred years of bitterness and exile, but at last their time has come.  Leonora has been training for this moment all her life, desperate to prove herself worthy. Magic and vengeance flow through her veins, but when her cabin is ransacked and……

Review The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.  But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is……

Review The October Man (Rivers of London #7.5) – Ben Aaronovitch

Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany’s oldest city. So when a man is found dead with his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth. Fortunately this is Germany, where there are procedures for everything. Enter Investigator Tobias Winter, whose aim is……

Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Tropes

Another week, another Top Ten Tuesday… with this week favourite tropes. I actually had a very hard time thinking these up, but eventualy I got to 10… As always, don’t forget to drop by at That Artsy Reader Girl, who does a wonderful job hosting this. Unreliable protagonist – one particular book comes to mind that blew……

Currently Reading

We are in the middle of the NEWTs, and I am taking things a bit easier at work… so I am racing through my TBR. So far I have read 11 books this month. What?! I am already apologizing for the length of my Wrap-up… My current physical book is Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities by……

Top Ten Tuesday – Book Characters I’d love to be besties with

Another week, another Top Ten Tuesday… with this week book characters I’d love to be besties with. It was kinda tricky to come up with 10, but I managed. Weird thing is though, they are mostly female characters. I say weird, because IRL most of my friends are guys. I guess most people on this……