Book Reviews

Uptown Oracle Reads… The Collective

Time travel and pirates are two very interesting topics for a book. R.S. Williams has smashed them into one another to create The Collective. Jenny, an agent from The Collective, meets Tilly in the local university Library one day. Harvey, another agent also takes an interest in Tilly, and ends up kidnapping her through time.…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Monster in the Closet

After a brutal murder, a child is at risk as a leak is within the department trying to protect her. Taylor, the child’s therapist, is the only one she’s started to open up to. But this leaves a target on her back too. Taylor came from California to find her real father, a man her…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore

When she was the sole survivor of a mass murder, Lydia and her father move away. When Joey commits suicide, Lydia is left behind wondering what had happened to him and why did he have a photo of her when she was 10 and with the murdered girl. As she works to find out more…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown follows Trynne as a threat rises for the kingdom of Ceredigion. Trynne has grown up learning to be strategic and have a military mind, so when it comes to defending her kingdom, will she become the warrior she’s destined to be? Or the Wizr her parents want from her? I keep started…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Fall

For this months Kindle Lending Library Book of the Month I chose The Fall. I’d seen a lot of ads for it on Facebook, and I think on my Kindle as well. The Fall is about Sam who is a student at Oxford, but he must go on the run from The Shadow. After escaping…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Aurabel

Aurabel is the titular character whilst we spend our time under the sea. As tensions rise in the mer society, Sienna is rising up to try and take the crown. But she uses dirty tricks and both Aurabel and Lorali have a bone to pick with her by the end. I didn’t realise this was…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Party Girls Die In Pearls

Party Girls Die in Pearls is a high class whodunnit murder mystery. Ursula has just started at Oxford University and finds a dead girl in her first week. As she wan’t to be part of the University Newspaper, Ursula must solve the mystery by her deadline Sunday. Alongside this she must make friends, socialise, work…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The White Road

After a cave expedition gone wrong, Simon finds himself the sole survivor. His near-death experience being filmed means he’s now famous. Which means he has more to prove. Simon must now climb Mount Everest and film it all whilst trying to keep himself sane. I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy The White Road at…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Wicked Wonders

From moving to Mars, to an unseelie Queen, to a small child who loves Maleficent over the princess. Wicked Wonders is a collection of wonderfully written short stories from Ellen Klages. Because there are multiple short stories, it felt like it took much longer to read than a normal length novel. I found it particularly…