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Book Review: Iron - Kalima Chronicles by Aiki Flinthart #bookreview #amreading @AikiFlinthart

Title: Iron by Aiki Flinthart  Publisher: Computing Advantages & Training P/L  Publication Date: 28th October 2018 Genre: YA/Science Fiction/Fantasy

Kalima, an Earth-colony world with little iron ore and no fossil fuels, is entrenched in a peaceful feudal society. The Jundom of Mamalakah is ruled by the ambitious Hanna Zah-Hill, wife of the Jun First. Deep in debt, she wants technological…

Title: The Opal Dragonfly by Julian Leatherdale Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication Date: 1st March 2018 Genre: Historical Fiction

September, 1851. Sydney, city of secrets and gossip. Seventeen-year-old Isobel Macleod is determined to save her father because she loves him. But when she dares to trespass in a forbidden male world, she will be plunged into social disgrace. A wave of ill fortune…

Book Review: The Last of the Bonegilla Girls #bookreview #aww2018

Title: The Last of the Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman  Publisher: HQ Fiction Publication Date:Published April 23rd 2018 Genre: Historical Fiction 1954: When sixteen–year–old Hungarian Elizabeta arrives in Australia with her family, she is hoping to escape the hopelessness of life as a refugee in post–war Germany. Her first stop is the Bonegilla Migrant Camp on the banks of the Murray in rural…

Book Review: Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff #bookreview #aww2018

Title: Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Publisher: Random House Australia Publication Date: March 13th 2018 Genre: Science Fiction / Young Adult Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only…

Book Review: Blood Secret by Jaye Ford #bookreview #aww2018

Jaye Ford has a way of hooking you into her stories by creating conflict with questions. Blood Secret starts off well, and like Rennie, you’re initially unsure whether Max was attacked, or if he simply walked away. The story unravels slowly as more and more information comes to light. All of the characters in Blood Secret are well developed. They have pasts, flaws, and can be both likeable and…

Book Review: Gemina #Gemina #bookreview #booklove #aww2018

Title: Gemina

Author: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Publication Date: October 18th 2016

Genre: YA / Science Fiction

The Jump Station Heimdall acts as a gateway between sections of the galaxy. Hanna, the space captain’s pampered daughter, is up for some fun and she knows how to find it. Ignoring her boyfriend’s requests not to get in any trouble, she makes…

Book Review: #Illuminae #aww2018 #bookreview

Title: Illuminae

Author: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Publication Date: October 20th 2015

Genre: YA / Science Fiction

Kady never expected her planet to be invaded the day she broke up with Ezra. Even though they are barely speaking to one another, they manage to avoid becoming casualties in the battle taking place around them, and make it to an evacuation…

Book Review: Requiem for Immortals #Bookreview #aww2017

Title: Requiem for Immortals

Author: Lee Winter

Publisher: Ylva Publishing

Publication Date: 17th August 2016

Genre: Mystery/Thriller (LGBT)

Professional cellist Natalya Tsvetnenko moves seamlessly among the elite where she fills the souls of symphony patrons with beauty even as she takes the lives of the corrupt of Australia’s ruthless underworld.

The cold, exacting assassin is hired to kill a…