Book reviews
Scarred – Joanne Macgregor
Scarred will hook you from the very first sentence and pull you right through to the end, mercilessly. South African author, Joanne Macgregor is a counselling psychologist, and she certainly brings her knowledge…
Warbreaker – Brandon Sanderson
The selling point of this novel is the magic system, which is based partly on colour. It was a nice, fresh, hook.
The Patrons – Daniella Brodsky
This book was a bit pretentious but interesting (though possibly not for the prudish, it wasn't overly graphic either).
House of Sand and Secrets – Cat Hellisen
Hellisen doesn't shy away from uncomfortable themes and once you realise this you know there's nowhere this story will be afraid to go.
When the Sea is Rising Red – Cat Hellisen
The descriptions are so rich that when you put it down you will miss it terribly. So you don't put it down. You just read until 3am, until it's done.
A Game of Thrones – George RR Martin
Martin's descriptions are beautiful but also full of emotive strength and poignant foreshadowing.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West – Gregory Maguire
How strange that someone read this book and thought to make a musical of it of all stories.
Dead until dark – Charlaine Harris
Dead Until Dark is the first of the series of books that inspired the TBO series True Blood. If you like chick lit, you'll probably enjoy it. It has that whole Vampire thing…
Conrad’s Fate – Diana Wynne Jones
I was quite surprised when I started reading this, directly after finishing the first book The Lives of Christopher Chant, to find that it was written in the first person.
