Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Uptown Oracle Reads… Little Thieves

fantasy lover. It was a wonderful story with interesting characters, world building and magic systems. Perfect for anyone who’s read Margaret Owen’s previous books like The Merciful Crow.
Uptown Oracle Reads… These Violent Delights

These Violent Delightsby Chloe Gong (Affiliate Links) The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Last One at the Party

Last One At the Pary Bethany Clift (Affiliate Links) THE END OF EVERYTHING WAS HER BEGINNING It’s November 2023. The human race has been wiped out by the 6DM virus (Six Days Maximum – the longest you’ve got before your body destroys itself). The end of the world as we know it. Yet someone is…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Beautiful

The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh (Affiliate Links) In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans provides her a refuge after she’s forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent along with six other girls,…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Grace & Fury

The first thing I have to say about Grace & Fury is that I think I’ve actually read it before and have just forgot. There’s one scene that caused a spark of recognition and then it repeated for some of the other core scenes throughout the book, mostly for Nomi’s storyline. However, whilst I did…
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… Here We Are Now

Despite sending him letters ever since she was thirteen, Taliah Abdallat never thought she’d ever really meet Julian Oliver. But one day, while her mother is out of the country, the famed rock star from Staring Into the Abyss shows up on her doorstep. This makes sense – kinda – because Julian Oliver is Taliah’s…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Waking Land

Lady Elanna Valtai is devoted to the King who raised her like a daughter. But when he dies under mysterious circumstances, Elanna is accused of his murder and must flee for her life. Returning to her homeland, Elanna is forced to reckon with her despised, estranged father. Feeling a strange, deep connection to the natural world,…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Clockwork City

My name is Gideon Tau, but most people just call me London. Three years ago, someone killed my daughter. I sacrificed everything (the human race included) to learn his name – and then had to allow that knowledge to be erased from my mind in order to save the world I’d doomed. Fantastic. Now I have to…