Hold Back The Tide- Melinda Salisbury

OH MY GOODNESS , no strike that OH MY GODFATHERS! Hold Back The Tide is intensely brilliant, absolutely extraordinary, compelling and captivating and it’s an absolute crime that it launched amidst the beginning of lockdown.  Melinda Salisbury has been lauded for her court fantasies The Sin Eaters Daughter and Sorrow books but this book takes …

Potkin and Stubbs 3: Ghostcatcher- Sophie Green illustrations by Karl J Mountford

Potkin and Stubbs has come to an end, it feels like too soon for I have loved this series so much but each part of the trilogy is utter perfection no more no less bringing us to an ending that is so very brilliant.  This book takes a perilous turn as Ned is on the …

Ghoul Scouts: Welcome to Camp Croak! by Taylor Dolan

OH MY GOODNESS!!! Fans of Isadora Moon, Amelia Fang, Skeleton Keys are going to LOVE the adventures of this gang of Ghouls in the  summer camp Wednesday Addams should’ve gone to in Addams Family Values.  Littlefae is already a HUGE fan of Lexie and the gang and it was so wonderful to her I had …

Crater Lake – Jennifer Killick

OH MY GOODNESS. Jennifer Killick has created an INCREDIBLE novel in Crater Lake. Packed with horror and heart, monsters and mayhem, crushes and blushes, bullies and besties who must fight for the survival of not only their friends but the whole world. I cannot recommend this highly enough it is just outstanding from start to …

The Good Hawk- Joseph Elliott

Joseph Elliott has been delighting young children for years as an entertainer particularly beloved as Cook on CBeebies Swashbuckle and taking part in many CBeebies Pantos too, in fact if you are around young children who have since Christmas been wiggling and giggling ‘Biscuit Bottoms!’ its partly down to Joseph in a life sized gingerbread …

Sticky Pines:The BigWoof Conspiracy – Dashe Roberts

I was so excited when I received an early copy of Sticky Pines: The BigWoof Conspiracy as it has everything I would’ve loved as a quirky kid!  If you think a young reader would love The X-Files, Eerie Indiana, & Stranger Things this Sticky Pines tale of Lucy & Milo determined to prove there’s something …

Whoa I Spy a Werewolf – Justin Davies & Kim Geyer

My 6 year old and I loved Help! I smell a Monster back in the Summer and were over the moon to get our hands in a copy of the follow up because Alice’s adventures in the Supernatural side of Scotland are genuinely a fantastically engaging, empowering and funny read with vibrant, fully rounded characters …