Book Reviews

Uptown Oracle Reads… Talon

I purchased Talon* because I was approved to read Legion on NetGalley. After realising that there were three previous books in the series I decided to speed read them in bulk. I loved Kagawa’s Iron Fey series so much, and I also quite like dragons. So this series was definitely promising. Luckily Talon arrived first…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Noteworthy

My first thought while reading Noteworthy was that it connected with both Pitch Perfect and She’s the Man. As I love both of these films, I knew then that I would love this book. I loved the discussion about being feminine that Jordan has in her head. I feel like it’s a really important point…
Uptown Oracle Reads… All The Places I’ve Ever Lived

I received All The Places I’ve Ever Lived* by David Gaffney as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review. I found this book… strange. But in a good way. It’s got mass murder, a ghost who isn’t really a ghost? time travel and some teen drama as well. When I…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Inconceivable Life of Quinn

I received The Inconceivable Life of Quinn* by Marianna Baer as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review. A sense of magic in an otherwise normal world was… strange. Especially since it arrived at a fairly late part of the book. Although I enjoy fantasy books filled with magic, this book didn’t…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The List

I recieved The List* by Patricia Forde as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review. Living in a post-flood dystopian world, language has been culled to a small selection of approved lexicon. Letta is a wordsmith, one of the privileged who can use more words. I liked this book, it was a…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Ensnared

EnsnaredRita Stradling (Affiliate Links) A Near Future Retelling of Beauty and the Beast Alainn’s father is not a bad man. He’s a genius and an inventor. When he’s hired to create the robot Rose, Alainn knows taking the money is a mistake. Rose acts like a human. She looks exactly like Alainn. But, something in…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Those Who Lie

I received Those Who Lie* by Dianne Jeffrey as an e-book from the lovely Jenny! Those Who Lie focuses on Emily Klein, a widow who may or may not have something to do with her husbands tragic death. As she tries to remember what really happened before the car accident, strange things stir up old memories. Emily…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Reader

I recieved The Reader* by MK Harkins as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review. Within this world, alongside humans there are also ‘readers’, ‘jacks’ and the now extinct ‘seers’. When Ann meets two young readers as she washes ashore with amnesia, she takes their protection and follows them back…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Miranda and Caliban

Miranda is a lonely child. For as long as she can remember, she and her father have lived in isolation in the abandoned Moorish palace. There are chickens and goats, and a terrible wailing spirit trapped in a pine tree, but the elusive wild boy who spies on her from the crumbling walls and leaves…