Tag Archives: female protagonist

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Frank

★★★★★ Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk goodreads Holly Black’s Website It’s a long time since a vampire book caught my eye. It’s difficult these days to find genre novels that are well written, thoughtful and original. Even rarer to find a YA-category novel … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Vampires | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Swords, Slayers and other Wanderers

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Frank

I have just finished Freya Pickard’s Dragonscale Leggings, an entertaining tale of a woman from our world waking up one day in an alternative reality as a dragon slayer with amnesia. Written as a journal, there is humour and imagination, … Continue reading →

Posted in Kings of Infinite Space, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The City Darkens

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Frank

★★★★★ Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk goodreads Sophia Martin’s blog Sophia Martin’s The City Darkens, published originally as a six-part serial in 2013, is a well written and gripping read, with excellent world-building full of details of clothing, culture and religion. There is … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

We Are The Night (Wir sind die Nacht)

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Frank

★★★★☆IMDbAmazon.co.uk We Are The Night (Wir sind die Nacht), a German film from 2010, is a very modern take on a very traditional vampire tale. A brief summary: Lena is pursued and bitten by Louise, a beautiful, wealthy and dangerous … Continue reading →

Posted in Vampires | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

A Vow of Deception

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Frank

★★★☆☆ Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk goodreads Jill H. O’Bones’s website Jill H. O’Bones’s A Vow of Deception (or The Second Vow in the trilogy The Vows), published 2012, is the sequel to A Vow of Tears. This has been on my read/review … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Vampires | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Scorched

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Frank

★★★★★ Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk goodreads Erica Hayes’s website Erica Hayes’s Scorched, published May 2014, is an addictive, gripping and well written superhero story with echoes of Batman and The X-Men. Verity Fortune, Seeker, escapes from captivity where doctors have kept her … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The Girl Who Would Be King

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Frank

★★★★★ Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk goodreads the girl who would be king Kelly Thompson’s The Girl Who Would Be King, published 2012, is the story of two girls with superpowers. Bonnie comes from a long line of Braverman women whose power makes … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment