Tag: Gollancz

Guest Post: Q&A with Anna Caltabianco, author of The Seventh Miss Hatfield

Posted July 21, 2014 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Guest Post / 0 Comments
Guest Post: Q&A with Anna Caltabianco, author of The Seventh Miss Hatfield

Today I am delighted to be part of the Blog Tour for The Seventh Miss Hatfield by Anna Caltabiano. And today I have a Q&A with Anna Caltabiano. I enjoyed reading The Seventh Miss Hatfield (see my review), the debut novel of seventeen year old Anna Caltabiano and I look forward to future novels by Anna as she progresses. Don’t forget to visit other blog stops along the tour for other great content. Q&A with Anna Caltabiano: Tell us a bit about yourself and your book – The Seventh Miss Hatfield 🙂 I was born in colonial Hong Kong to a Japanese mother and an Italian-American father, before moving to Silicon Valley in California. Due to this, Japanese was my first language. I now live in a multi-national tech culture, which probably influences my writing more than I know. The Seventh Miss Hatfield explores a series of firsts–first love, first loss, and the first realization that memories are fragile. When a drop from the Fountain of Youth turns 11 year-old Cynthia immortal, she is forced to take on a new identity as Miss Rebecca Hatfield—the seventh Miss […]

Review: The Seventh Miss Hatfield by Anna Caltabiano

Posted July 17, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: The Seventh Miss Hatfield by Anna Caltabiano

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Seventh Miss Hatfield by Anna Caltabiano Series: Seventh Miss Hatfield #1 Published by Gollancz on July 17, 2014 Genres: Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 304 Format: Arc Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Cynthia, an 11-year-old American, isn’t entirely happy with her life, comfortable though it is. Still, even she knows that she shouldn’t talk to strangers. So when her mysterious neighbour Miss Hatfield asked her in for a chat and a drink, Cynthia wasn’t entirely sure why she said yes. It was a decision that was to change everything. For Miss Hatfield is immortal. And now, thanks to a drop of water from the Fountain of Youth, Cynthia is as well. But this gift might be more of a curse, and it comes with a price. Rebecca is beginning to lose her personality, to take on the aspects of her neighbour. She is becoming the next Miss Hatfield. […]

Review: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

Posted May 14, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments
Review: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris Series: Midnight Texas #1 Published by Gollancz on May 6, 2014 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal Pages: 305 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town. There’s a pawnshop (where someone lives in the basement and runs the store during the night). There’s a diner (although those folk who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there’s new resident: Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own). If you stop at the one traffic light in town, then everything looks normal. But if you stay a while, you might learn the truth… So after last week’s mini review, the publisher sent […]

Mini Review: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

Posted May 8, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Mini Review: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris Series: Midnight Texas #1 Published by Gollancz on May 6, 2014 Genres: Fiction, Film Genres, Mystery, Paranormal Pages: 305 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town. There’s a pawnshop (where someone lives in the basement and runs the store during the night). There’s a diner (although those folk who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there’s new resident: Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own). If you stop at the one traffic light in town, then everything looks normal. But if you stay a while, you might learn the truth… • EDIT Full review of Midnight Crossroad now LIVE!! […]

Pastime Pleasures #4 – Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Posted April 4, 2014 by Charlotte in Pastime Pleasures / 1 Comment
Pastime Pleasures #4 – Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Welcome to my  feature, Pastime Pleasures, posted every other Friday. Today is the turn of Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Here I will look at books that have given me great pleasure in the past. These are books I can read over and over again. The only rule is that the book must have been published five or more years ago. Graceling  is a lovely fantasy where those with magical ability – a grace – are shunned or even feared by the rest of society. Their graces can vary from the useful to the obscene and it is their different coloured eyes that give them away. Katsa has the Graceling of killing and is exploited by her uncle to torture and control the people he rules. Yet Katsa rebels and refusing to change herself in order to conform to society and what is expected of her. She remains herself. This is a book that will leave you rooting for Katsa and Po’s relationship to flourish while you explore a semi-medieval world from the eyes of those with special abilities.  Can Katsa find […]