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February 27, 2022
No Guns Life: Vol 1 Review
No Guns Life is a perfect cyberpunk hellscape and a unique standout of a manga.
February 17, 2022
Is It Wrong to Try To Pick Up Girls In a Dungeon?, Vol 1
They say pride cometh before the fall, and clearly high expectations cometh before great disappointment. I’d heard great things about this series, but after the first volume, I’m left feeling short-changed like an adventurer after a bad day of monster-hunting.
Mini-Review: Higehiro, Vol 2
A shorter volume than the first, Higehiro Vol 2 steps up to the plate with bolder storytelling and a heavier focus on Sayu’s trauma. While she struggles to understand how people can be nice to her without expecting anything in return, she is gradually changing. Much like an abused animal warming to a caring owner,... Read More
February 15, 2022
Mini-Review: Higehiro Volume 1
An excellent first volume, with great characters and humour that’s balanced against the dark undertone of Sayu’s life as a runaway. The artwork is impeccable and captures some great energy and emotion, with full-page spreads that create distinctive impressions. The storyline is a little ordinary so far, but Yoshida and Sayu’s interactions are lovely and... Read More
February 13, 2022
The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria, Vol 1
To say almost anything about The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria, Vol 1, is to dangerously skirt around a minefield of plot spoilers and shocking twists that will leave you breathless. What I can say easily is that this trippy, confusing, and violently arresting novel is brilliant and will stick with me for a while.
September 15, 2017
Terra Is a Planet Too
This short was inspired by a random conversation between myself and @farfromsarah about a very eyebrow-raising internet ‘article’, and why aliens will never visit Earth. “And why shouldn’t we consider it a planet?” Scarllion fought the urge to roll their... Continue Reading →
January 16, 2017
Review – A Million Worlds With You
Claudia Gray’s stellar Firebird series returns for the final instalment in A Million Worlds With You, and delivers everything I’d hoped for and more. It’s no secret that Firebird has been one of my favourite book series of all time... Continue Reading →
January 10, 2017
Review – The Malice
I absolutely loved this sequel to “The Vagrant”, which was one of my most unexpectedly loved books of all time. In The Malice, we follow Vesper, the baby from the first book all grown up, as she runs away with... Continue Reading →
January 4, 2017
Review – Barefoot on the Wind
Thanks to Walker Books Australia for sending me a media release copy of Barefoot on the Wind. The tale of Beauty and the Beast is an established and familiar story, stretching from its traditional roots in 1700’s France to the arguably... Continue Reading →
September 30, 2016
Review – Empire of Storms
This is a *spoiler-free* review forEmpire of Storms. This review contains spoilers for previous books in the series. The fifth book in Sarah J. Maas’ epic fantasy series was always going to be highly-anticipated and under pressure to deliver. As we reach the pointy end of Aelin’s journey to defeat the evil tyrant, the Dark Lord Erawan, and free her continent from enslavement, there are naturally dozens of plots and characters who have joined her on this epic quest – and unfortunately,Empire o...
