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#LOVEOZYA :: Waking Romeo :: Kathryn Barker
YEAR: 2083. LOCATION: LONDON. MISSION: WAKE ROMEO. It’s the end of the world. Literally. Time travel is possible, but only forwards. And only a handful of families choose to remain in the ‘now’, living off the scraps that were left behind. Among these are eighteen-year-old Juliet and the love of her life, Romeo. But things are far from rosy for Jules. Romeo is in a coma and she’s estranged from her friends and family, dealing with the very real fallout of their wild romance. Then a handsome time traveller, Ellis, arrives with an important mission that makes Jules question everything she knows about life and love. Can Jules wake Romeo…
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#loveozya :: The Vanishing Deep :: Astrid Scholte
After absolutely LOVING Astrid Scholte’s debut novel Four Dead Queens last year (my review is here) her next book was high on my list of most anticipated new releases for 2020. I’m always a tiny bit nervous when I’ve enjoyed a first book so much, but The Vanishing Deep didn’t disappoint! Seventeen-year-old Tempe was born into a world of water. When the Great Waves destroyed her planet, its people had to learn to survive living on the water, but the ruins of the cities below still called. Tempe dives daily, scavenging the ruins of a bygone era, searching for anything of value to trade for Notes. It isn’t food or…
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Review :: OASIS :: Katya de Becerra
Katya de Becerra’s latest novel, OASIS, is quite unlike anything I’ve read before. It’s young adult sci-fi (or is it fantasy?) with elements of mystery and thriller in it too. Here’s the synopsis (from the Macmillan website) Alif had exciting summer plans: working on her father’s archeological dig site in the desert with four close friends . . . and a very cute research assistant. Then the sandstorm hit. Their camp wiped away, Alif and the others find themselves lost on the sands, seemingly doomed . . . until they find the oasis. It has everything they need: food, water, and shade—and mysterious ruins that hide a deadly secret. As…
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#loveozya :: Four Dead Queens :: Astrid Scholte
YA fantasy with fierce female leads is my original bookish bag, so I was absolutely thrilled when Allen and Unwin sent me a copy of Four Dead Queens – a new #loveozya novel from debut author Astrid Scholte. By the time I got my hands on a copy I had already heard a load of fantastic buzz about this book, and on reading it I was not let down. Here’s the blurb from the Allen and Unwin website: Four Queens. A divided nation. A ruthless pickpocket. A noble messenger. And the murders that unite them. Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington is one of Quadara’s most skilled thieves, but when she steals an…
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Christmassy :: Q&A with Marita Smith
I had the pleasure of interviewing Marita Smith when the second book in her #loveozya Kindred Ties series, was released. Marita was kind enough to agree to come and talk to us again, this time about all things Christmassy! The second book in your Kindred Ties series, Emergence, came out in 2018 (yay!). Can you please tell us a little bit about the series, and what inspired you to write it? In the Kindred Ties series, a small percentage of the population has a rare gene mutation that allows them to communicate with animals, a mutation that has lain dormant and forgotten for millennia. As a solar storm brews, a small…
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Q&A :: Marita Smith :: The Kindred Ties Series
Earlier this week I shared my thoughts on Marita Smith’s debut #loveozya sci-fi series Kindred Ties (spoiler alert: I loved reading these! Click here to check out that post if you haven’t seen it yet).I’m thrilled that Marita was kind enough to share some of her thoughts in response to some questions I asked about Emergence and Convergence. Check out my very first author Q&A check it out to find out what she had to say about her books! *** What was your inspiration for this series?This series draws on science and humanity’s connection to the natural world .Studying the intricacies of chemistry and biology was like learning another language…
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#loveozya :: Kindred Ties :: Marita Smith
Ok, I could not tell you why this review has taken me so long to get written, because I have been talking to EVERYONE about these books since I finished them! But I’ve finally managed to get my most of my thoughts down to share! I have also been in touch with the author, Marita Smith, and she was kind enough to answer some questions for me about the books and her writing – make sure you pop back on Thursday to check out my very first author Q&A! When Harbour Publishing approached me to see if I would be interested in checking out Marita Smith’s Kindred Ties series I…
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#loveozya :: The Change :: James Bradley
I put The Silent Invasion on my TBR after meeting James Bradley at last year’s All Day YA, and bought it ages ago when I saw it on sale, but it’s only recently that I finally got around to reading it. There were two main motivations – the second book in the series was released last month, and also this is sci-fi about climate change, which I think counts as being a book about nature for the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge. I dedicated a long weekend in May to reading a couple of books from my #loveOzYA TBR shelf, and The Silent Invasion was one of them Like I…
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TBR :: long weekend mini readathon
I spend so much of my reading time on new release books that the things I’ve had on my TBR shelf for a bit longer often get neglected. This week we have a long weekend in Canberra, and I thought it might be fun to dedicate my reading on these three days to some of the #loveozya books I’ve been meaning to get to but keep passing by in favour of new releases.It’s the very end of autumn here, which makes for pretty perfect reading weather, and so I’m hoping to get through three books over the course of the weekend… The three #loveozya novels I’ve chosen are all ones…
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Speculate :: The Victorian Speculative Writers Festival
April and May have been super busy here! Not only did we have Easter, my birthday, and Mother’s Day, but I have been lucky enough to a whole bunch of fantastic book events as well. I’m planning to catch up on recording them here over the next few weeks =) First up, on 28 April, I headed to Melbourne for Speculate – the very first Victorian Speculative Writers Festival – with my friend Madeleine. We had a great time together at the Canberra Spec Fic Guild’s festival – Conflux – last year, and when we saw both Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman would be at Speculate we couldn’t resist and…
