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THE CITY OF BRASS S. A CHAKRABORTY **** Growing up in the city of Cairo, Nahri is used to doing what she can to survive; she uses her somewhat strange ability to heal others as a chance to con people into giving her money. However, when she accidently summons a real Djinn in a fake religious ceremony, she discovers her heritage and a whole new world she never thought existed. The City of Brass is a great take on the fantasy genre – based on Middle Eastern mythology which I do

SAVAGE ISLAND BRYONY PEARCE *** 5 friends sign up for the chance of a life-time competition to win 1 million pounds each – the task? Just complete some puzzles and find some geocaches on a secretive private island – how hard can that be? But the island holds sinister secrets, the competition is not all it appears and the other teams seem to be playing for much higher stakes… Savage Island is the latest horror in the Red Eye YA Horror Series from Bryony Pearce. I would say thi

THE GENERAL THEORY OF HAUNTING RICHARD EASTER ** K&K Publishing reserve Marryman Hall as a last resort for a New Years Eve party, but as the snow draws in only 6 colleagues make it to the house. The oddly designed house is beautiful but it seems to hold a sinister purpose; there’s echoing footsteps in the hallways, strange figures in the dark and not everything is at it appears. The General Theory of Haunting is at heart a traditional ghost story, however it does have a nice

EVERYTHING IS LIES HELEN CALLAGHAN ***** After a night out with work colleagues Sophia heads to her parents to pay them a visit following an odd phone call from her mother. What follows will shock her world and make her question everything she has ever been told about her past – is everything lies? Everything is Lies certainly works better if you go in not knowing what to expect, I had read the blurb but the actual subject matter remained a mystery to me and was therefore a n

THE EYE OF THE NORTH SINEAD O'HART *** The Eye of the North follows ever-prepared Emmeline Widget, daughter of two very secretive scientists as she embarks on an adventure to the frozen wastes of Greenland after they mysteriously disappear. The Eye of the North is certainly a very fast-moving and well-paced adventure. There is barely any set up in building the scene of Emmeline’s interesting and unusual home life before her parents disappear and she is shipped off to a distan

THE BELLES Dhonielle Clayton ***** In the city of Orléans, the people believe they have been cursed by the gods – with grey skin, red eyes and straw-like hair they long for a world of colour. The Belles are the answer to their prayers to the Goddess of Beauty – women born in technicolour with arcane talents to manipulate bodies, shape appearances and alter temperaments. Camellia and her Belle sisters are finally at an age to be shown to the world, and compete take up their ca