Deep Water is Sarah Epstein’s second novel, a YA thriller like her debut, Small Spaces. Thirteen-year-old Henry Weaver has been missing from The Shallows in …
Book review: Deep Water by Sarah Epstein
Book review: Repentance by Alison Gibbs
A novel of social and environmental upheaval in a small Australian town in the 1970s. Alison Gibbs’ debut novel Repentance is set in a small …
Book review: The Farm at Peppertree Crossing by Leonie Kelsall
Roni (short for Veronica) grew up in Sydney in difficult foster homes and state care. She keeps her life as simple and isolated as possible, …
Book review: The Mistake by Katie McMahon
The Mistake is a debut work from Katie McMahon told from the points of view of sisters Bec and Kate. Bec, the younger sister, is …
Book review: Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans
Alison Evans’s latest novel, Euphoria Kids, is a YA work, and beyond that it is not easy to define. Katya de Becerra describes it as ‘perfect …
Book review: Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
Gonzales’ first novel, Only Mostly Devastated, established her as a YA rainbow romance queen, and Perfect on Paper certainly upholds that title. It follows Darcy …
Book review: From Here On, Monsters by Elizabeth Bryer
Elizabeth Bryer’s debut novel From Here On, Monsters is an exploration of parallels, doubles, reflections and opposites in words, stories and history. The protagonist Cameron travels to …
Book review: Only rhe Animals by Ceridwen Dovey
The skill and the purpose to reading and writing fiction is the ability to empathise with the inner lives of creatures outside of ourselves. This …
Book review: Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein
This novel was highly-recommended by several of my well-read friends, and the clincher finally came when one of them gave me the book as a …
Book review: Defying Doomsday, ed. Tsana Dolichva
Defying Doomsday is a riveting collection of short stories of individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses surviving the apocalypse, the premise for the collection being …