Reviewsday: Stolen by Lucy Christopher

The dark handsome stranger at the airport was just meant to be something of a distraction from the long hours of travel for Gemma. He’d offered to buy her coffee, because of course, she had the wrong sort of currency… and that’s where it all goes vague. Flashes of memories of getting changed, being dragged […]

Daughter of Smoke and Bone – Laini Taylor

“Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love…” In museums all over the world, the most unlikely of artefacts are going missing: teeth. The tooth thief in question is blue-haired, vivacious art student Karou, whose foster parent, a Chimaera by the name of Brimstone, needs them for unknown reasons. In exchange […]

Gone by Michael Grant

Sam Temple is sitting in history class when suddenly his teacher disappears. No poof, no explosion… just there one minute and gone the next. All around Perdido Beach, all at once, the adults have suddenly vanished; everyone over the age of fifteen, in fact, is nowhere to be found. Alone and confused, the remaining residents […]

Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children

I’ll admit it, I judged this book by its cover. But seeing how intriguing and haunting the cover is, I just couldn’t help myself. And boy, am I glad I did. The best dark fantasy young adult novel since Clive Barker’s Abarat, this book is a perfect combination of adventure, fantasy, horror, and quirkiness. It […]