A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel is a more historic novel than I expected from the title. Most of the book is set during the...

The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein is another World War II YA thriller, following some of the same (fictional) characters as Code Name Ver...

This batch includes the last piece from Meet Me at the Intersection , which I have already reviewed in full , but I didn't want to ...

It feels strange to review an autobiographical essay, even if it's in an anthology with a few of them and surrounded by fiction. I ...

A mixed bag of stories in this batch, although most of them are from Meet Me at the Intersection edited by Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwa...

This batch sees me finishing off Not So Stories — full review of the anthology coming very soon — and start in on Uncanny issue 21. I am...

The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict is a fictionalised account of the life of Mileva Marić, who was Albert Einstein's first wife. It...

US cover The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein is a prequel to her much-renowed Code Name Verity . Hence it is also set in the same univer...

The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by Zen Cho is a novella about a Chinese-Malaysian writer set in 1920s London (mostly). For writer Jade Y...

Cranky Ladies of History edited by Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely is an anthology of stories about historical women who were not...

Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein is the third book by the author set, loosely speaking, during World War II. The other two, in o...

Langue[dot]doc 1305 by Gillian Polack is a time-travel novel set mostly in 1305.   It basically documents the expedition's stay in 13...

Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier is a YA historical fantasy set in Sydney in the 1930s. I have to admit, I didn't know very much abo...

In the Company of Thieves is a collection of short stories and novellas by Kage Baker, set in the Company universe ( link to Goodreads se...

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein is the first book I've read of the author's. I picked it up because I'd heard so many good ...

As part of the Australian blog tour for her new book, Belladonna, I have an interview with Fiona Paul to share with you. Fiona Paul is a wri...

Belladonna is the second book in Fiona Paul's Secrets of the Eternal Rose series set in Renaissance Italy. I reviewed the first book ...

Venom is Fiona Paul's debut novel. It's historical YA and, in a slight departure from my usual reading, does not contain any fant...

Dodger is Terry Pratchett's latest book and not, despite the cover, a Discworld novel. It's set in Roundworld London in the first...