Genre: Fantasy

Uptown Oracle Reads… Rogue

So I’ve now finished Rogue, the second book in Julie Kagawa’s Talon Series. Kagawa has moved on from a YA light-hearted romance feel of Talon to the much more serious Rogue*. With break outs, break ins, a chase and action I was much more excited. Rogue greatly improved the lack of action from the first book.…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Talon

I purchased Talon* because I was approved to read Legion on NetGalley. After realising that there were three previous books in the series I decided to speed read them in bulk. I loved Kagawa’s Iron Fey series so much, and I also quite like dragons. So this series was definitely promising. Luckily Talon arrived first…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Art of Lord of The Rings

Pretty much anyone who knows me, knows how much I love The Lord of the Rings. I have watched the extended edition films over and over again. I’ve also had the books for a good ten years, my copies look slightly battered now. I was lucky enough to get The Art of Lord of the…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Reader

I recieved The Reader* by MK Harkins as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review. Within this world, alongside humans there are also ‘readers’, ‘jacks’ and the now extinct ‘seers’. When Ann meets two young readers as she washes ashore with amnesia, she takes their protection and follows them back…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Miranda and Caliban

Miranda is a lonely child. For as long as she can remember, she and her father have lived in isolation in the abandoned Moorish palace. There are chickens and goats, and a terrible wailing spirit trapped in a pine tree, but the elusive wild boy who spies on her from the crumbling walls and leaves…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Poison City

Poison CityPaul Crilley (Affiliate Links) The name’s Gideon Tau, but everyone just calls me London. I work for the Delphic Division, the occult investigative unit of the South African Police Service. My life revolves around two things – finding out who killed my daughter and imagining what I’m going to do to the bastard when…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (Affiliate Links) The eighth story, nineteen years later… It was always difficult being Harry Potter, and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and a father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a…