What’s 70% police procedural, 20% Arthurian fantasy and 10% supernatural horror? The answer is Kingsrise, an unusual and sophisticated novel…
Winner of the 5th place in the Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award 2022, The Reaper’s Quota by Sarah…
An intelligent, epic fantasy novel for children but possibly best appreciated by adults. I think much of it is symbolic…
The third book in the delightful and ever so slightly sinister Oz series, following The Wonderful Wizard and The Marvelous…
Set in a future version of our world, the fae – dragons, shades, vampires, harpies, etc – and humans were…
This iconic Disney classic is based on Charles Perrault’s story (itself based on earlier sources and which was followed by…
Guillermo del Toro transforms Carlo Collodi’s 1883 morality tale into something completely different. It’s not really an adaptation, more of…
A fab collection of spooky seasonal stories. They’re ideal if you want to read something darker for Christmas. Surprisingly, only…
It’s difficult to separate this classic American children’s novel from the phenomenally successful film, but I’ll try. First published in…
An entertaining witchy rom-com, ideal lighter reading for the spooky season. There is also an author’s note which gives some…