Uptown Oracle

Book Reviews

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… The New Dark

    There is no “Before”, there is only “Now”. Because now there’s no internet, no TV, no power grid. Food is scarce, and the world’s a hostile place. But Sorrel lives a quiet life in the tiny settlement of Amat. It’s all she’s ever known… Until a gang of marauding mutants destroys the village, snatching her…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… WaR: Wizards and Robots

    Sara Luring is the founder of robot’s, the age-old foes of wizards. The wizards have sent a team to hunt down Sara and stop robots from being created. Geller, a wizard and Ada Luring, Sara’s daughter must learn to work together with the robots to change the past and secure the future. But they don’t…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… Elysium Fire

    Ten thousand habitats orbit Yellowstone, forming a near-perfect democratic human paradise. But even utopia needs police. For the Glitter Band the police are the prefects of Panopoly. Prefect Tom Dreyfus has a new emergency on his hands. Across the habitats people are dying suddenly and randomly, victims of a bizarre and unprecedented malfunction of their neural…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… City of Circles

    City of Circles is an entrancing love story between Danu and Morrie, two circus performers, and Danu’s Lewis Carroll-esque odyssey through the magical city of Matryoshka, that ends with a heart-warming yet bittersweet twist. Danu is a tightrope walker who is mourning her parents, left with a locket that hides a secret. When the circus…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… To Seize a Wayward Spirit

    After a their last mission turned into chaos, Hidden Government chaser Kam and her friends must hunt and recapture souls. Seventeen, to be precise. But by the time they chase down the a goblin soul, a banshee gets assassinated, leaving their progress at negative one. The connection between the goblin and her banshee? A cosplay club.…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads…. Zenith

    Androma Racella, the Bloody Baroness, is a powerful mercenary whose reign of terror stretches across the Mirabel Galaxy. But when a routine mission goes awry, the Marauder‘s all-girl crew is tested as they find themselves in a treacherous situation and at the mercy of a sadistic bounty hunter from Andi’s past. Meanwhile, a ruthless ruler waits…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… A Conspiracy of Whispers

    For Olivia Shaw, the danger of her assignments as a deadly Whisper agent is matched only by that of her hidden status: Liv is one of the caricae. When her handler sends her into the Quillian Empire, her mission is complicated when her hostage is revealed to be the infamous Red Wolf, Galen De Corvus,…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… The Most Dangerous Place on Earth

    In an idyllic community of wealthy California families, new teacher Molly Nicoll becomes intrigued by the hidden lives of her privileged students. Unknown to Molly, a middle school tragedy in which they were all complicit continues to reverberate for her kids: Nick, the brilliant scam artist; Emma, the gifted dancer and party girl; Dave, the…

  • Uptown Oracle Reads… A Conspiracy of Stars

    Octavia has only ever wanted to become one of the scientists who study the natural wonders of Faloiv. The labs are closed to those under age, so when the rules  change, allowing students inside, Octavia should be overjoyed. But something isn’t right. When Octavia witnesses one of the Faloii—the indigenous people of Faloiv—attacked in front…