PILLAR OF ASH by H.M. Long. Titan Books. p/b. £8.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Yske, daughter of the warrior priestess, Hessa, devotes her life to peace and healing. Under Aita, the Great Healer, she has learned much, though many do not agree with her pacifism, including her twin brother, Berin.… Read More »Pillar of Ash
The Butcher Of The Forest, by Premee Mohamed. Titan Books, hb, £11.95 Reviewed by Steven Poore Better known, in this book cellar at least, for her Indiana Jones/Lex Luthor/Cthulhu warp-speed romp across a modern world threatened by mistakenly-summoned Ancient Ones, Beneath The Rising (Solaris, 2020), Premee Mohamed is evidently creeping… Read More »The Butcher of the Forest
PROMISES STRONGER THAN DARKNESS by Charlie Jane Anders Titan Books, p/b, £9.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan One of the penalties of encountering a trilogy in the third volume is there is the danger of not knowing what is going on. It can be difficult to relate to characters and a… Read More »Promises Stronger than Darkness
The Briar Book of the Dead by A.G Slatter Titan Books, pb, £8.49 Reviewed by Rym Kechacha Ellie Briar is a member of the ruling Briar family of witches who rule the town of Silverton with a benevolent sternness and a wary suspicion of the anti-witch bishops of far away… Read More »The Briar Book of the Dead
Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry Titan, £9.99, Paperback Reviewed by Melody Bowles Good Girls Don’t Die is a compelling thriller set in four parts. Each of the first three parts centres around a different narrator trapped in a world they find horrifyingly familiar. It is an extremely well-written… Read More »Good Girls Don’t Die
The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey Titan Books, hardback, £16.99 Reviewed by Stephen Frame The Dead Take the A Train gives us Julie Crews as the main character, a magic user in present-day New York, with a train wreck for a life. Into this… Read More »The Dead Take the A Train
IN AN ORCHARD GROWN FROM ASH by Rory Power. Titan Books. h/b. £15.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Snow falls even as spring draws to a close. Rhea has sacrificed her consort, just like always, so why does it still snow? Alexandros, the second youngest of the Argyros siblings, finds himself… Read More »In an Orchard
THE GOD OF LOST WORDS By A.J. Hackwith from @TitanBooks #BookReview #Fantasy THE GOD OF LOST WORDS By A.J. Hackwith Titan Books, s/b, £8.99 Reviewed by Matthew Johns The final book in the Hell’s Library trilogy, The God of Lost Words, takes the reader on a journey through heaven, hell… Read More »THE GOD OF LOST WORDS By A.J. Hackwith
A LIGHT MOST HATEFUL by Hailey Piper. Titan Books. p/b. £8.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Chapel Hill. A scream, or did she imagine it? 18-year-old Olivia Abraham is on her way to work – the drive-through movie theatre – but arranged to stop on the way and pick up Sunflower,… Read More »A Light Most Hateful
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro Titan Books, pb, £8.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Alejandra is all things to all people but nothing to herself. She tries to be the perfect wife and the perfect mother but feels she fails at both, and in her despair, Alejandra is tormented… Read More »The Haunting of Alejandra