Blog Tour: Guest Post by Sharon Gosling author of The House of Hidden Wonders

I am so excited to be taking part in the Blog Tour for Sharon Gosling's The House Of Hidden Wonders. I am a huge fan of Sharon's writing, which has a dark and gritty edge to it that dances at the edge of peril whether in her middle grade writing such as this and the …

Blog Tour: Viper’s Daughter- Michelle Paver

I am delighted to be sharing my experience reading Viper’s Daughter where Michelle Paver takes the reader back to a Stone Age World of clans, magic and survival in another tale that picks up a few years later into Torak and Renn’s lives for fans yet is equally a standalone and a fine jumping in point …

Clifftoppers: The Thorn Island Adventure -Fleur Hitchcock

I am a huge fan of Fleur Hitchcock’s writing in particular so in the Clifftoppers series because they remind me of the beloved Famous Five adventures that I adored when I was a child and the exceptionally brilliant part is that they are linked in that the children appear in each book visiting their grandparents' …

The House of Hidden Wonders by Sharon Gosling

Sharon Gosling has done something incredibly special in this book returning to the Victorian era so much earlier than her wonderful The Golden Butterfly novel this time we go to the late 1870s with a wonderful tale blazing with female empowerment and voices. it is a book that I thoroughly and heartily recommend for fans of …

Dark Whispers: A Brightstorm Adventure- Vashti Hardy

In Dark Whispers the Brightstorms’ journey is growing hotter with the weather & secret plans.  Vashti Hardy has this time chartered a thrilling journey to tropical climes with a thrilling adventure filled with secrets, lies and the edge of the world. The return to the world of the Brightstorm twins feels deeper and darker this …

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 …

Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour – Ally Carter

This book where Little Orphan Annie meets the Superhero universe is a book that makes me feel like a little kid again. I've always enjoyed superhero films and this is the perfect middle grade novel that draws on both that genre and Ally Carter's experience writing the YA Gallagher Girls spycraft and teenagers series. Imagine …