Jenny Dee's Dear Bumbling Boy is a likeable and entertaining memoir that explores the world of online dating in depth. Narrated through Dee's own experience, the book explores the ups and downs of modern love in the digital age with a warm and humorous tone that will captivate the ...

Do you read mythical folklore or fables? In that case, you discover that nothing is ever what it seems. For instance, appearances might be deceitful, as when Zeus impregnated Danae by sending down golden rain. Or, like in the legend of the sirens, attractive ladies would hypnotise men into ...

With a few exceptions, I believe this to be one of my favourite versions of the sea witch origin myth. I am aware that there have been a few of them, and some of them can be rather similar, which is OK. The fact that we don't even sure ...

What would you do if you woke up the next day with a tattoo you didn't remember obtaining after a calm night at home? King of Flames (The Masks of Under Book One), a gripping fantasy book by Kathryn Kingsley, begins with this puzzling idea. Despite having a bad ...

In a camp for refugees in Laos, Mud Woman is just one of many. She stays to herself and constantly draws in the mud. When her daughter eventually visits the camp, Mud Woman starts to sew. When the story cloth is finished, she hides it, instructing her daughter never ...

Because I had turned into a walking, talking illustration of Murphy's Law. Everything that could go wrong, did. The way Chloe summarises her life is as follows. The murder attempt on the prince of Latovia, however, would change all of that one morning as she hurried across a busy ...

The urban fantasy novel, Russian Roulette by May Freighter, is an enthralling read for young adults due to its captivating and engaging writing style. The author's mastery in creating a vividly realized world, along with the use of expert pacing and well-crafted dialogue, produces a truly remarkable story. Helena ...

The wonderful collection of suspenseful short stories Add Cyanide to Taste centres on food. Even though I’m not much of a cook myself, I’m a great admirer of culinary flicks, thus this book really appealed to me at first glance and didn’t let me down. It’s very well written ...

It was one of those instances when I was very moved by the cover of Hope Hanna Murphy. The title is intriguing and seductive. One might infer from the title that the book is about optimism and aspirations for the future. However, the book holds the reader's attention and ...

High school is not always easy. When your plane crashes while you're on a school vacation and you get yourself on a deserted island with several of your classmates, it's even harder. Even worse is when the majority of your classmates despise you. The pilot suffered a heart attack ...