Books

Uptown Oracle Reads… The Last Namsara

Asha is a dragon hunter. The fiercest, most feared person in the city of Firgaard and branded the Iskari. The old stories give power to dragons, and so the stories have been outlawed by the Dragon King. What he doesn’t know is that his daughter uses these stories to help catch them. As Asha learns…
October Book Releases and Book Adaptations

Upcoming Releases Contemporary 17th October Sci-fi/Fantasy 1st October 3rd October 10th October 22nd October 31st October Mystery/Thriller 3rd October 3rd October 10th October 17th October 17th October Historical Fiction 3rd October 3rd October YA Contemporary 10th October YA Sci-fi/Fantasy 3rd October 3rd October 3rd October 3rd October 3rd October 3rd October 3rd October 3rd October…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Change: Paris

The Change Paris follows Loic as he tries to save Adrian from the Impressionists. With Paris’s dark past full of culture there’s many threats throughout. The Impressionists come from the Louvre. The guillotine come alive, Madame Loisette. And then there’s the theatre known for cruelty, torture and death. The Change Paris was written in a…
Five Fridays: Books I Wish I’d Read Sooner

There’s some books that you read that are just so good you wish you had read sooner. There’s also some books you wish you’d read when you were in your YA paranormal fantasy stage as you definitely would have appreciated it back then. Or maybe you wish you’d read it when it came out as…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Change: New York

The Change has also happened in New York and the whole of Queens is a death trap. Grace must get the Queen of Coney Island to grant her access to Rikers Island to try and find her brother. With the help of ‘God’ and some others along the way she must undertake tasks set by…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Change: London Orbital

Howard awakens with no memory of what has happened. He soon find’s out about The Change. After being taken in by a group of bikers who are learning to survive, their camp gets attacked. A large monster which can take on others forms begins to terrorise the group. Throughout the entire book, I was questioning…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Voiceless

When Addy was 13 Maunga Richards stole her voice. Living with Vox Pox, Addy must relearn to write and live with her brothers invention for her to communicate. But when Theo is infected as well, Addy goes to confront Maunga to try and get Theo’s voice back. But when in a virtual psychoreality simulator she…
Who Has The Final Say in How A Character Looks?

Recently I saw a mood board created by another reader of two main characters from a book I have read. The images they used were very similar to what I had imagined from my own reading. So when the author commented telling them they were completely wrong, I was shocked. As both of us had imagined…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

Sybel has grown up with only her father’s teachings and the forgotten beasts of eld. When one day a baby is given into her care, she must learn to love and care for him. When Coren returns years later for the boy, Sybel’s world is turned around all over again. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld…