Latest Acquisitions (January 2025)
Posted 21st February 2025
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This list is missing only Amy Jordan’s The Dark Hours as I included it in my January round up.
Carmel Harrington: The Stolen Child – From the publisher for interview which has since gone ahead. (It was one of the most comprehensive interviews I’ve had!) The book is out on 27th February and its core strength, I’d argue, lies in two places – firstly the fact that Harrington provides answers up front so that you know a lot of the book will be about character development and the ‘how’ (though it’s not quite that simple), and, secondly, the twist is phenomenal.
Jennifer L Armentrout: From Blood And Ash – I’ve seen this book in various places, of course I have, but it was the twin recommendation from a close friend and Booktok that made me take the leap.
Kate Packman: You Can See The End Of The World From Here – From the author for review/coverage. I met Kate at a book launch and she reached out to me about a month ago in regards to her debut novel. I’ve recently finished it – it’s literary, has The Bell Jar vibes, and a moody atmosphere but very welcome ending.
Molly X Chang: To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods – I’d seen this but then saw the ‘middle grade’ target audience. I later found out that the book has been continually wrongly categorised – it’s actually for adults, very much so. This is a book that has become controversial for what some reviewers deem a colonial romance however it has a blurb, in pride of place, by Xiran Jay Zhao that suggests it may be a case of things not being that straight forward. Having wanted to read it before finding out about the controversy I have got a copy – the author has a new book coming out, she hasn’t been cancelled, so I do wonder what’s going on here.
Naomi Novik: Spinning Silver – This came as a pair with the next book which is the one I was wanting. This said, I’m not against retellings, far from it!
Naomi Novik: Uprooted – I should’ve read this years ago, it’s been on my list for ages, so when a Booktoker recommended it to me when I asked about fairytale retellings, I bought it.
Rebecca Yarros: Onyx Storm – I haven’t read Iron Flame yet, but Fourth Wing was brilliant.
Samantha Sotto Yambao: Water Moon – An author I’ve been reading since her debut, I’m thrilled to see Samantha Sotto publishing in the UK for the first time. This is her fifth book and it’s a bit different – she’s added ‘Yambao’ to her pen name to show the genre difference from sci-fi/magical realism to straight out fantasy – but very good.
Sarah Brooks: The Cautious Traveller’s Guide To The Wastelands – That story about me wanting to buy Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s Stay With Me in hardback and then having to track down a used copy later? I didn’t want to do it again. Having walked around Waterstones Chelsea (it’s lovely) with this book but ultimately putting it back on the table because of cost, I bought a copy some months later.
What books have you acquired recently?
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