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KESHE CHOW For No Mortal Creature. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley

KESHE CHOW For No Mortal Creature. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley

by NRB | 25 Nov 2025 | Fiction, SFF | 0 comments

Australian Keshe Chow’s award-winning debut The Girl With No Reflection became an international bestseller. Her second does not disappoint. In her hidden magical village, Jia Liu hasn’t felt as though she belongs for a long time, ever since it became clear...
T KINGFISHER Hemlock and Silver. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley

T KINGFISHER Hemlock and Silver. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley

by NRB | 13 Nov 2025 | Fiction, SFF | 0 comments

Poison, mirror worlds, a life in danger and a seemingly impossible task – T Kingfisher’s latest fantasy has them all. And a talking cat. Healer Anja isn’t fully comfortable with being called a healer, as her main passion is studying poisons and their antidotes...
EMILY TESH The Incandescent. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

EMILY TESH The Incandescent. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

by NRB | 11 Jun 2025 | Fiction, SFF | 0 comments

Emily Tesh’s magical fantasy is as much about the art of teaching as it is about dealing with demons. There are so many magical academy books now that they have become a definable sub-genre. While the first fantasy book to feature a magic school was Ursula K Le Guin’s...
KA LINDE The Wren in the Holly Library. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley

KA LINDE The Wren in the Holly Library. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley

by NRB | 23 Jul 2024 | Fiction, SFF | 0 comments

In KA Linde’s latest fantasy series, humans and monsters live together under a tenuous peace treaty in an alternate New York. Kierse’s latest contract – to break into some rich guy’s house and steal a ring – seemed simple enough until she realised the rich guy,...

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