Naked is the first Kevin Brooks book I’ve read but it will definitely not be the last. This was a raw, exciting novel set in the burgeoning world of punk. The main character is Lili, a young classically trained musician who finds herself swept into this dirty, unglamorous music scene that began sweeping its way through 70’s-era England. She finds herself becoming the bassist of a group called ‘Naked’ but […]
This was a quirky little story of a girl called Brie (like the cheese!) who literally dies of a broken heart when her boyfriend tells her he doesn’t love her. This is only the beginning of Brie’s story however. Brie meets a boy called Patrick in the afterlife who helps her through all the five stages of grief that she has to go through in order to ‘move on’. Although […]
Whenever a new Juliet Marillier book is released I pretty much drop everything else I am doing and devour it in a single sitting and this is more or less what I did with Flame of Sevenwaters. This book is about Maeve, one of the daughters of Lord Sean of Sevenwaters, who was last seen in Child of the Prophecy. I really loved Maeve’s voice. She was prickly and definitely […]
Another foray (ha!) into the mind of Dex Foray – as you can imagine I was quick to snap this one up. And With Madness Comes the Light spans the gap between Lying Season up to the events at the end of On Demon Wings. Dex is in very a bad place. He has lost the love of his life just as he finally realized he was in love with her. Everything seems bleak and […]
At the end of the last book On Demon Wings, Perry was freed from the demon that had possessed her with the aid of her sister Ada and the man she swore to never see again Dex Foray. Into the Hollow begins with Perry having to make some tough decisions. Her parents, who have never believed in Perry’s uncanny abilities, are hovering around – one step away from committing her to a mental […]