Book Reviews

Uptown Oracle Reads… Of Sand & Malice Made | A Small Epic Fantasy with Arabian Nights Vibes

Of Sand & Malice MadeBradley Beaulieu (Affiliate Links) Çeda is the youngest pit fighter in the history of the great desert city of Sharakhai. In this brilliant new story, a prequel to Twelve Kings, she has already made her name in the arena as the fearsome, undefeated White Wolf. None but her closest friends and allies…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

The Loneliest Girl in the UniverseLauren James (Affiliate Links) Can you fall in love with someone you’ve never met, never even spoken to – someone who is light years away? Romy Silvers is the only surviving crew-member of a spaceship travelling to a new planet, on a mission to establish a second home for humanity…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Iron Will of Genie Lo

Like the first book, The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, this book follows the Monkey King legend and multiple characters from similar Chinese folklore and legends.
Uptown Oracle Reads… Good Me Bad Me

The book starts of strong as we meet Milly (previously called Annie) as she copes with a guilty conscience from both knowing about her mothers crimes, and turning her in to the police. This has a lot of trigger warnings and is very dark, these include abuse, sexual abuse, murder, child abuse and bullying.
Uptown Oracle Reads… Saving Fable

Saving FableScott Reintgen (Affiliate Links) Side characters can be heroes too in this charming and fast-paced adventure that is The Land of Stories meets The Phantom Tollbooth! Indira has been a character-in-waiting her entire life. So she can’t believe her luck when she’s finally chosen to travel to Fable and study at the renowned Protagonist…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Emily Eternal

Emily EternalM.G. Wheaton (Affiliate Links) Meet Emily – she can solve advanced mathematical problems, unlock the mind’s deepest secrets and even fix your truck’s air con, but unfortunately, she can’t restart the Sun. She’s an artificial consciousness, designed in a lab to help humans process trauma, which is particularly helpful when the sun begins to…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Good Luck Girls

The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls – they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a “welcome house” as children and branded with cursed markings. Trapped in a life they would never have chosen.
Uptown Oracle Reads… Holy Sister

Holy SisterMark Lawrence (Affiliate Links) Nona Grey’s story reaches its shattering conclusion in the third instalment of Book of the Ancestor. They came against her as a child. Now they face the woman. The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl in the east and the Durns…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Grey Sister

Grey SisterMark Lawrence (Affiliate Links) In Mystic Class Nona Grey begins to learn the secrets of the universe. But so often even the deepest truths just make our choices harder. Before she leaves the Convent of Sweet Mercy Nona must choose her path and take the red of a Martial Sister, the grey of a…