by Andrew Caldecott A Review Rotherweird is indeed an apt title for this strange and original novel. A mix of history, mystery and magic, it is clearly fantasy from the outset, though the real fantastical element takes a while to appear. Rotherweird is a town in rural England, one that has been cut off by …
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Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman A Review Neverwhere is the third Gaiman novel I have read and the most outrageous. How to describe it? A fusion of the everyday with the world of nightmares, it features a large cast of impossible characters in matter-of-fantasy surroundings. The place is London. The landmarks are still there - the tube …
Magic by any other Name
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 'I opened my mouth to howl, to cry, to curse him. But something other tore from my throat, a word I did not know and could not remember.' I received this book as a Christmas present. It's a new edition of the novel, first published in 2007. …
Catch a falling star ….
Stardust by Neil Gaiman 'She was one of the folk from Beyond the Wall, he could tell at once from her eyes, and her ears which were visible beneath her curly black hair. Her eyes were a deep violet, while her ears were the ears of a cat, perhaps gently curved, and dusted with a …
This is REAL magic!
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern I was given this book as a present and began reading with no idea of what it was about. It engaged me within the first couple of pages and I finished it in three sittings. 'The circus arrives without warning ... It is simply there, when yesterday it was …
