A delightful YA rom-com about moving out and growing up. Nina Kenwood’s second novel, Unnecessary Drama, is about eighteen-year-old Brooke, who has just left home …
Book review: Unnecessary Drama by Nina Kenwood
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Book review: The Cast Aways of Harewood Hall
Karen Herbert’s sophomore novel, The Cast Aways of Harewood Hall, is a delightful, almost sitcom-style mystery about the residents, staff, and animals of the titular …
Book review: The Brink by Holden Sheppard
Adolescents reach the terrifying edge of everything they’ve ever known in Holden Sheppard’s The Brink Holden Sheppard’s sophomore novel The Brink is a tension-filled, hormone-fuelled, …
Book review: Every Version of You by Grace Chan
An exploration of the spaces and boundaries between digital and physical selves. Grace Chan’s sci fi debut novel Every Version of You uses a simple …
Book review: Stone Town by Margaret Hickey
Big city problems and small town politics collide in Hickey’s second rural crime novel Stone Town is an Australian rural crime novel set in rural …
Book review: The Path of Thorns by A.G. Slatter
A lush dark fairy tale set in Slatter’s Sourdough world. The Path of Thorns begins with the arrival of our heroine, Asher Todd, at the …
Book review: Curiouser, issue two
This collection of strange tales will take you to unexpected places. Issue two of Curiouser Magazine is a collection of nineteen short stories from authors …
Book review: Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Book Review: Benjamin Stevenson’s third novel, Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone, lives up the whodunit hype Benjamin Stevenson’s third novel, Everyone in my …
Book review: Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
A thrilling YA urban fantasy twist on the age-old monster versus hero conflict. Only a Monster is the YA debut of Melbourne-based author Vanessa Len. …
Book review: Aniko Magazine, issue 3: Fantasize
The pieces found within Aniko Magazine’s third issue, Fantasize, are raw and real, darkly sarcastic, hopeful and healing. These pieces imagine – as founder Emily …