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Monday, 13 April 2015

The Box and the Dragonfly by Ted Sanders

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  My last review was of The Mark of the Dragonfly . Now here is The Box and the Dragonfly . It would seem to be dragonfly season. T...
Tuesday, 24 March 2015

The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson

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It is one of the classic formats of fantasy fiction for the narrative to be built around a journey. The Mark of the Dragonfly sits sec...
Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy by Karen Foxlee

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    Here is another stunningly good find from publishing house Hot Key who seem to have been signing up some wonderful writers recently....
Tuesday, 24 February 2015

The Boy with the Tiger's Heart by Linda Coggin

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This is a strange book - but strange in a good way, in fact strange in a rather wonderful way. The title is a very good one and in many ...
Thursday, 19 February 2015

The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

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There are a number of reasons why I did not think I was going to like this book anywhere as near as much as I actually did. Firstly it is...
Sunday, 15 February 2015

Mortal Engines Quartet by a Philip Reeve

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  Some months ago I missed out this wonderful work from my full listing because it did not quite fit my definition of magical fantasy. Now I...
Thursday, 12 February 2015

Doll Bones by Holly Black

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Holly Black's best known work, The Spiderwick Chronicles , is an authorial collaboration (with Tony DiTerlizzi), as is her very recent...