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Sanctuary by Andi C. Buchanan

Posted on April 21, 2022March 29, 2022 by Elizabeth

This week, I’m over at Nerds of a Feather with a review of Sanctuary by Andi C. Buchanan. It’s a book that centres diversity through a found family ghost story.

Spear by Nicola Griffith

Posted on April 14, 2022January 12, 2022 by Elizabeth

Although I’m not a big fan of King Arthur and the legends of Camelot, I could not resist the promise of a queer retelling. Which is a good thing for me, because Spear was a book I genuinely savoured. It retells the story of the knight Percival, referred to here as Peretur which is the […]

Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall

Posted on March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 by Elizabeth

In my TBR report for January, I mentioned getting sucked in to Kobo’s subscription service. One of the ways that happened was through Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall. The book is currently being offered as a Kobo exclusive and since I’ve very much enjoyed what I’ve read of Hall’s work to date, I couldn’t […]

The Aurora Cycle by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Posted on March 24, 2022March 29, 2022 by Elizabeth

This week, I’m over at Nerds of a Feather with a review of The Aurora Cycle by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. It’s a stylish teenage space opera offering action and adventure.

The Art of Broken Things by Joanne Anderton

Posted on February 24, 2022March 29, 2022 by Elizabeth

This week, I’m over at Nerds of a Feather with a review of The Art of Broken Things by Joanne Anderton. It’s a new collection of short stories by one of Australia’s most talented writers of dark speculative fiction.

Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot

Posted on February 10, 2022February 3, 2022 by Elizabeth

February is the month of Valentine’s Day, so I usually like to review some romance novels. But sometimes what I really want is an action-packed space adventure with a grudging friendship at its heart. Rig lives on the fringes of a society carved up by three human factions. Once, she was a brilliant inventor for […]

The Rook by Daniel O’Malley

Posted on January 27, 2022January 17, 2022 by Elizabeth

The Rook by Daniel O’Malley had been languishing on my Mt TBR for some time when the TV series was released. I watched the first season, or maybe part of the first season, before eventually wandering off to shinier shows. More recently, I dusted off the book because it fit a prompt for last year’s […]

Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

Posted on January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 by Elizabeth

This week I’m over at Nerds of a Feather with a review of Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat. It’s a story that brings some shades of grey to the traditional battle between light and dark, walking a fine line between paying homage to classic works of fantasy and generic predictability.

My Favourite Reads of 2021

Posted on December 20, 2021December 16, 2021 by Elizabeth

As usual, Earl Grey Editing will be shutting down over the Christmas break. I’ll be on holiday from today until 3 January. Since this is my last post of the year, I thought I’d share with you some of my favourite reads of 2021. This comes with the usual caveat that these are not books […]

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Posted on November 22, 2021November 15, 2021 by Elizabeth

An incomplete list of things that I love: historical fantasy romance; sunshine/stormcloud pairings; competent ladies (even as side characters); land magic; sentient (or semi-sentient) manor houses; stolen kisses in a private library. I’m pretty sure A Marvellous Light was written just for me. An administrative error sees Sir Robert Blyth (Robin to his friends) become […]