Odd ones on the left.
Author: Jonathan Stroud
Rating: 3/5
For the past 50 years, ghosts have been haunting England and only children with the Talent can see them. Lockwood and Co. is a company that deals with these Visitors but they, unfortunately, run into some hiccoughs along the way.
Spoilers ahead.
Continue reading “The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood and Co. #1)”
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Rating: 2/5
A memoir about Hemingway’s time in Paris when in his 20s.
Spoilers ahead.
Author: Suzanne Walker
Illustrator: Wendy Xu
Rating: 2/5
Nova Huang is a witch who works at her grandmothers’ bookshop. One night, she finds her childhood crush Tam Lang, a werewolf, fighting a demon horse and things take off from there.
Spoilers ahead.
Author: Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro
Rating: 3/5
It’s been two months since Nero’s defeat and Nico has been having horrendous dreams, haunted by a voice. He and his boyfriend Will Solace embark on a quest to Tartarus to rescue Bob aka the Titan Iapetus who they suspect the voice belongs to.
Spoilers ahead.
Continue reading “The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure”
Author: Sangu Mandanna
Rating: 4/5
Mika Moon has led a lonely life. It’s one of the rules of being a witch. When she receives a “help wanted” email and is invited to Nowhere House, Mika finally feels she may belong somewhere after all.
Spoilers ahead.
Continue reading “The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches”
Author: Malinda Lo
Rating: 2/5
Eighteen-year-old Aria West was meant to spend the summer with her friends at Martha’s Vineyard. An unfortunate incident at a graduation party causes her summer plans to change and she ends up staying with her grandmother Joan West in California. She expects boredom but meets Steph the gardener instead.
Spoilers ahead.
Author: Adam Kay
Rating: 3/5
Anatomy but taught in an entertaining way.
Spoilers ahead.
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Rating: 5/5
When Sam and Sadie first meet in the hospital, they bond over their mutual love for video games. Years later, their paths cross again and they become partners, keen to develop games of their own.
Spoilers ahead.
Earnestly Eccentric 