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Title: The Labyrinth of Spirits Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon Series: The Cemetery of Forgotten Books (Book 4) Publisher: W&N Release Date: 18 Sept. 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1474606189 Synopsis As a child, Daniel Sempere discovered among the passageways of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books an extraordinary novel that would change the course of his life. Now a young man in the Barcelona of the late 1950s, Daniel runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop and enjoys a seemingly fulfilling life with his loving wife and son. Yet the mystery surrounding the death of his mother continues to plague his soul despite the moving efforts of his wife Bea and his faithful friend Fermin to save him. Just when Daniel believes he is close to solving this enigma, a conspiracy more sinister than he could have imagined spreads its tentacles from the hellish regime. That is when Alicia Gris appears, a soul born out of the nightmare of the war. She is the one who will lead Daniel to the edge of the abyss ...

Title: The Burning Maze Author: Rick Riordan Series: The Trials of Apollo (Book 3) Publisher: Puffin Release Date: 1 May 2018 ISBN-13: 978-0141363998 Synopsis I was a god, once. Until I was cast out by my father, Zeus. Now I'm an awkward mortal teenager called Lester. Bound to a difficult and dangerous demigod called Meg. Thanks a lot, Dad. My way out? A series of scary and dangerous trials, of course. For my third mission I must: Journey to the Labyrinth to free an Oracle who only speaks in riddles. Defeat a vicious and bloodthirsty Roman emperor - the most vicious of three very vicious and bloodthirsty Roman emperors. Is that all? No, I have to do everything without the help of any of my godly powers. Wonderful. Looks like I'll be needing all the help I can get. From friends new and old ...   My Review I was actually quite hesitant about reading this book. I absolutely loved the original Percy Jackson series, I really liked the Heroes of Olympus series, but so far I h...

Title: Glass Town Wars Author: Celia Rees Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books Release Date: 1 Nov. 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1782692225 Synopsis All these Glass Town intrigues. No matter how long you'd been absent, how far you'd travelled, once you were back, it was as though you'd never been away. Tom and Augusta are from different places and different times, but they meet in the virtual world to combine forces in battle, to save a kingdom, escape a web of deceit and to find love. In a place where fictions can be truths and truths fictions, learning who to trust is more than friendship, it is about about survival. Glass Town Wars , inspired by the early writings of the Brontës, is a captivating, magical novel by the renowned Celia Rees.   My Review I was offered a copy of this book to review from the publisher and was so excited to accept. I had read some of Celia Rees' books as a teenager and although I don't remember much about them now, I do remember that m...

Title: The Defiant Author: Lisa M Stasse Series: The Forsaken (Book 3) Publisher:  Simon & Schuster  Release Date: 7 July 2015 ISBN-13:   978-1442432727 Synopsis In this gripping conclusion to The Forsaken Trilogy, Alenna's loyalties are put to a test of life and death. Alenna Shawcross and the others who escaped the wheel are working toward an all-out assault on the United Northern Alliance. The plan is to dismantle it from the inside--and Alenna is one of the few people who can access the organization's inner sanctum. But when she returns to the home she has nearly forgotten, she encounters old friends and is swept into a secret plan that puts everything she loves in danger. Knowing what is at stake for her and her friends, Alenna ventures into the heart of the treacherous UNA. She's determined to bring them down, because freedom is the only choice. Or is it? My Review After reading book 1 I was left wanting to know more. After readi...

Anyone who knows me will know that I love my books, reading is one of my ultimate favourite past-times. But it isn't just the reading that I love, it is the world that each book creates, the feeling of belonging somewhere, of immersing yourself in a whole new universe. To me books come to life, the characters are my greatest friends or deadliest enemies, the worlds they create are places for me to escape to, to forget about my own troubles. When I fall in love with a book, I fall completely, and as such love to enjoy that world to it's full extent. Which is why I made my house a literary palace, a place where the walls reflected the worlds of books I loved, and why I was heartbroken to have to leave it. That's right - I had to say goodbye to my literary house!!!  It was the worst moment ever, and I shed more than a few tears, but I took pictures before I left and I want to share them with you now. So let me walk you through what was once my world. As you entered the house y...

Title: The Uprising Author: Lisa M Stasse Series: The Forsaken (Book 2) Publisher: Orchard Books Release Date: 7th November 2013 ISBN13: 9781408318812 Synopsis In this dystopian sequel to The Forsaken, Alenna has survived the brutality of life on the wheel--but her fight is not over yet. Alenna escaped. It was expected that she would die on the wheel, the island where would-be criminals are sent as directed by the UNA--the totalitarian supercountry that was once the United States, Mexico, and Canada. But Alenna and her boyfriend, Liam, made it to safety. Except safety, they will soon learn, is relative. In order to bring down the UNA, they must first gain control of the wheel. If the mission succeeds, the wheel will become a base of revolution. But between betrayals, a new Monk leading a more organized army of Drones, and the discovery of a previously unknown contingent, Alenna, Liam, and their allies might be in over their heads. One thing Alenna knows for sure: There ...

Title: The Forsaken Author: Lisa M Stasse Series: The Forsaken (Book 1) Publisher: Orchard Books (This Edition) Simon & Schuster ISBN13: 9781408318805 Synopsis Alenna Shawcross is a sixteen-year-old orphan growing up in a police state formed from the ashes of Canada, the US and Mexico after a global economic meltdown. But when she unexpectedly fails ‘the test’ - a government initiative which supposedly identifies teens destined to be criminals - she wakes up alone on a remote island reserved for the criminally insane. Terrified and confused, she soon encounters a group of other teen survivors battling to stay alive, including Liam, a boy who will become her love... and her lifeline. Soon Alenna makes the terrifying discovery that there’s more to the island (and her past) than she could ever have guessed... But who can she trust? And can she ever escape?   My Review This is another book that has sat on my shelves for years, I remember buying this one - seeing it i...