Advantages: A strong opening, and some interesting concepts. Disadvantages: Too long, sloppily written, and not really that new.
Sometimes the people at Waterstones are just so nice that you can't resist their recommendations. One day I got talking with a member of staff about how the whole vampire craze is a bit tired, and how I wished there were more new horror books that were ac ...
Advantages: Brilliant apocalyptic story. Disadvantages: The size of this book makes reading in the bath hard! ;)
When The Passage appeared on my Amazon Vine list I didn't even really know what it was about, as it was a bit vague. I know you should never judge a book by it's cover but it's short mysterious blurb and menacing cover did intrigue me, after reassuring my ...
Advantages: Well written, good characters and interesting story. Disadvantages: none
The Passage by Justin Cronin is a heavy tome. Which is the reason why it had sat on my bookshelf for quite some time before I got around to reading it recently. Indeed at 784 pages and my copy being in large paperback format, I found myself selecting more ...
Advantages: Great story world Disadvantages: Recycled characters
Clockwork Angel – Cassandra Clare A while back, I was watching movie previews when I came across ‘City of Bones’ which is being released later this year (2013). The preview really caught my attention and I found myself picking up the book by Cassandra C ...
Advantages: Great prequel, good storyline, mysterious, captivating Disadvantages: Found it slow to read
Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare Author To begin with, I am a very passionate reader. I am forever locked in the world of a book, and I find it very hard to put one down. Before reading this series of books, I read the sequel as I d ...
