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The sequel… Moonlocket by Peter Bunzl

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Moonlocket is the steampunky, exciting, adventure-filled sequel to Cogheart.

It’s hard to escape the secrets from the past.

Storm clouds gather over Lily and Robert’s summer when criminal mastermind the Jack of Diamonds appears. For Jack is searching for the mysterious Moonlocket – but that’s not the only thing he wants.

Suddenly, dark secrets from Robert’s past plunge him into danger. Jack is playing a cruel game that Robert is a part of. Lily and Malkin, the mechanical fox, must stay one step ahead before Jack plays his final, deadly card…

New Books in the Library – Blood of Wonderland by Colleen Oakes

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Blood of Wonderland is set in the world of Alice in Wonderland…

Dinah has been exiled from Wonderland.

Her vicious father has framed her for the brutal murder of her brother, and turned the kingdom against her.

Now hiding in the mysterious Twisted Wood with only her war steed at her side, Dinah is faced with a choice. She could leave Wonderland behind forever or return and fight for her throne.

A chance encounter with one of her father’s enemies brings Dinah more allies than she ever could have imagined. But before she can lead her people into war she must confront certain truths about her heart and her destiny – no matter how dark those truths may be.

 

Cogheart by Peter Bunzl – Book of the Week

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This week’s featured book is a fantastic Victorian steampunk adventure, with a fearless heroine and a clockwork fox called Malkin. I absolutely loved it!

Some secrets change the world in a heartbeat.

Lily’s life is in mortal peril. Her father is missing and now silver-eyed men stalk her through the shadows. What could they want from her?

With her friends – Robert, the clockmaker’s son, and Malkin, her mechanical fox – Lily is plunged into a murky and menacing world. Too soon Lily realizes that those she holds dear may be the very ones to break her heart…

Murder, mayhem and mystery meet in this gripping Victorian adventure.

If you click on the book cover the link will take you to Peter Bunzl’s official website where there are lots of freebies, including how to write your own Penny Dreadful and how to make a Zoetrope (which is an early form of animation) and free gifs, including this running fox gif, (which I really like and may have to permanently post on the blog sidebar). Have a look! 

 

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare – review

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The first book in The Infernal Devices series, Clockwork Angel is a great book for lovers of the Mortal Instruments series as this serves as a prequel series. The story follows Tessa Gray, who has just arrived from America to find her brother in England but her plans are stopped when she is “taken in” by the Dark Sisters, who claim to know her brother. Trapped in their house and forced to improve an unique ability she never knew she had, Tessa is rescued by a mysterious young man called Will Herondale. Now dragged into a new world with weird beings, Tessa is determined to find her brother but soon learns that this new world may be more dangerous than she first thought.

Miss Peregrine`s Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs – review

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I really enjoyed reading this book. The plot was something I found captivated my attention and I’m someone who doesn’t usually enjoy plots about time travel. However Ransom Riggs managed to do it in a way that I found interesting.  The pictures littered throughout the book really helped me envision the story. The main character was someone who I  was actually able to feel for, in fact, one of the best things was that I could feel for just about every character. There were still a few things that I felt  weren’t fully explained, or some time loop rules that weren’t consistent throughout the whole book. Having said that I would still recommend this book to so many others.

Day 13 of the Library Advent Calendar

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lion witch wardrobeAnd now we come to Day 13 and the place where it is always Winter but never Christmas…

They opened a door and entered a world–Narnia–the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Lucy is the first to stumble through the back of the enormous wardrobe in the professor’s mysterious old country house, discovering the magic world beyond. At first, no one believes her. But soon Edmund, Peter and Susan, too, discover the magic and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. And in the blink of an eye, they are changed forever.

The Graces by Laure Eve – 5 star review

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thegraces★ The Twists- I love when a book has a good plot twist, not only does The Graces have a lot of twists, all of them make sense but were things  I didn’t  expect to happen.

★ The Characters- I absolutely adored all of the characters, there was no entirely black ( Evil) or white ( good) character, even if a character looked to be one way or the other, something would come along and balance it out. In short all of the characters had their dark and light moments.

★ The Plot- The plot was amazing, however I`m unable to say much about why it was so great because of potential spoilers but I can say it was one of the best I’ve ever actually read.

★ The Character Development- I loved how the characters changed throughout, one character in particular acted as if changing personalities was as simple as changing your clothes and I really loved how they did it.

★ The Character Relationships- I can`t really say much about the relationships because of spoilers however I really loved how the author showed one-sided love, unrequited love and secret love both with platonic and romantic relationships.

The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan – Book of the Week

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img_2043A flooded world.

A floating circus.

Two women in search of a home.

North lives on a circus boat with her beloved bear, keeping a secret that could capsize her life.

Callanish lives alone in the middle of the ocean, tending the graves of those who die at sea. As penance for a terrible mistake, she has become a gracekeeper.

A chance meeting between the two draws them magnetically to one another – and to the promise of a new life.

But the waters are treacherous, and the tide is against them.