Ashleigh Meikle reviews The Honourable Thief by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios, a novel combining history and mythology to create a lively adventure.

Ashleigh Meikle reviews The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse, a sweeping historical novel set in sixteenth century France.

‘It is a story of the human ability to love, the sacrifices we make for those we love, and why we make those sacrifices—as well as how tragedy can shape us, for better or for worse.’

‘The Lost Pages is an interesting novel, one that uses history, literary circles and personalities to shed new light on the world of Kafka and his writing, showing a different side to the Kafka readers may know from his published works.’

Ashleigh Meikle reviews Carnivalesque by Neil Jordan.

“This was a relatively quick read, both because of length and the desire to find out what happens, to see how the stories link together and the circle that is completed by the end.”

  This novella by Simone Lazaroo is a heart-felt, lonely and sad yet uplifting story of a young mother, Ruth Joiner, preparing for her death and preparing for her daughter’s life after she passes from the mortal coil that encases us. This, Lazaroo’s fourth novel, is a long and varied array of fictional and academic […]

Journey thousands of years into the past with Hero and her brothers Cadmus, Lycon and Machaon in the third instalment of the Hero Trilogy, to a time when man and gods walked the earth together. Hero, after experiencing a vision, is the driving force behind the treacherous expedition to save the refugees of Troy. The […]