Review: A Throne of Swans by Katharine and Elizabeth Corr

Aderyn is the new Protector of Atratys, her home dominion in a place where nobles can transform into birds. But since witnessing the death of her mother six years earlier, Aderyn has been unable to transform, threatening her place as Protector of Atratys. She is determined to discover what happened to her mother and travels to the Citadel to find out. But once she is there, she discovers that some things are better off not known, and finding out the truth has put her at great risk...

This was wonderful. A really original twist on a fairytale story. I loved the whole idea of nobles transforming into birds, and the world-building in this story is great. It's detailed and interesting. The change in Aderyn's character from the beginning to the end is great - she really comes into herself and does what she has to do to protect her kingdom. Highly recommend this.

Review: The Other You by J. S. Monroe

Kate was a super-recognizer for the police, identifying dangerous criminals with perfect reliability. But after a car accident that caused a serious head injury, Kate is unable to recognize people anymore... not like she used to. She finds solace in Rob, who has nursed her back to health and makes her feel safe. But one day, she looks at Rob and she just knows, with absolute certainty, that it's not him. Has her ability to recognize people come back? And who is this person living in her house?

This was just okay. The blurb sounded really good and I was excited to read it, but the 'big twist' is revealed in the first chapter, and the rest of the story was just quite slow. It's a particularly long book too, and so much of it was unnecessary. The story-line with the detective's son, for example - no relevance whatsoever, and ultimately unresolved. The ending was better, much more exciting, but it doesn't save the rest of the story.

Review: Gravity is The Thing by Jaclyn Moriarty

Ever since the disappearance of her brother fifteen years ago, Abigail has been receiving mysterious chapters from ‘The Guidebook’ - a self-help book that claims to help you learn how to fly. She is invited to an all-expenses paid getaway for readers of ‘The Guidebook’, to find out the secret of life, and just maybe, put together what happened to her brother all those years ago...

This was so odd. So odd. I just could not get into it at all. The story is very fragmented - really short chapters that jump back and forth between past and present and with no real links between them. To be honest, the only reason I continued reading the book was to find out what happened to the brother, but even that was disappointing. It was revealed in the last couple of chapters and everyone just seemed to accept it.

This book was odd. No real drama and very fragmented and hard to follow.