Publisher: Del Rey Books – Uptown Oracle https://www.uptownoracle.com Living Your Bookish Life ✨ Sat, 31 May 2025 11:49:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.uptownoracle.com/755/2021/05/cropped-Uptown-Oracle-Logo-File-NOTAG.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Publisher: Del Rey Books – Uptown Oracle https://www.uptownoracle.com 32 32 117146186 Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid https://www.uptownoracle.com/fable-for-the-end-of-the-world-ava-reid/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=32421 Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid is a tense, dystopian fantasy that brings together survival, corporate control, and complex human relationships in a world buckling under climate and economic collapse. With dual points of view, enemies-to-lovers romance, and a sharp commentary on power and isolation, this novel offers an emotionally charged […]

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]]> 32421 The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: A Slow-Burn Exploration of Secrets, Sacrifice, and Self-Discovery https://www.uptownoracle.com/the-daughter-of-doctor-moreau-silvia-moreno-garcia/ Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=28878 Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s The Daughter of Doctor Moreau takes us into the heart of 19th-century Mexico, blending historical fiction with sci-fi and gothic romance in a reimagining of H.G. Wells’ classic tale. Set against the sweltering backdrop of the Yucatán Peninsula during the Caste War, the story unfolds through the eyes of Carlota, a young woman […]

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]]> 28878 Uptown Oracle Reads… Feathertide | A Magical Tale of Exploration and Finding Yourself https://www.uptownoracle.com/feathertide/ Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:58:00 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=7904 Feathertide starts with the birth of our main character and plenty of questions. Is she a bird? Is she fae? Will her father come for her? Leman, her mother, hides her away for her own safety and the questions we have are mirrored as our character grows up. Living in a brothel, and being taught to stay hidden is something that our character becomes so used to, and affects her actions later in the book too.

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]]> 7904 Uptown Oracle Reads… Sword of Shannara https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-sword-of-shannara/ https://www.uptownoracle.com/uptown-oracle-reads-sword-of-shannara/#comments Wed, 30 May 2018 16:00:27 +0000 https://www.uptownoracle.com/?p=3658 Living in peaceful Shady Vale, Shea Ohmsford knew little of the troubles that plagued the rest of the world. Then the giant, forbidding Allanon revaled that the supposedly dead Warlock Lord was plotting to destory the world. The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness was the Sword of Shannara, which could only be used […]

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