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Review :: The Wailing Woman :: Maria Lewis
I found The Wailing Woman an absolute delight to read. As a Buffy fan from way back I always love an urban fantasy, and I think Maria Lewis might be an absolute master of the genre. Here’s the synopsis from the Hachette Australia website – read on to find out some of my favourite things about this one! Good girls don’t talk back. Good girls don’t cry. Good girls don’t scream. Sadie Burke has been forced to be a good girl her entire life. As a banshee, she’s the bottom of the ladder when it comes to the supernatural hierarchy. Weak. Condemned. Powerless. Silent. That’s what she and her six…
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Review :: The Harp of Kings :: Juliet Marillier
I hadn’t read any of Juliet Marillier’s books before The Harp of Kings but had heard lots of good things about her work so was really keen to check it out. Here’s the synopsis (from Goodreads) Bard. Warrior. Rebel. Eighteen-year-old Liobhan is a powerful singer and an expert whistle player. Her brother has a voice to melt the hardest heart and is a rare talent on the harp. But Liobhan’s burning ambition is to join the elite warrior band on Swan Island. While she and her brother are competing for places in this band, they are asked to go undercover as travelling minstrels. For Swan Island trains both warriors and…
