A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons is a slowly-paced historical mystery. Set in 1923 at the University College of London, where Saffron Everleigh is…
Author Archives: Jasmine Marchand
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty is a contemporary romance with characters trying to process their trauma. Five years after the death of her husband..
Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon
Never Coming Home will have you rooting for the bad guy. To outward appearances, Lucas Forester looks like the grieving husband he should be. His wife went…
All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay
If you have not read Children of Earth and Sky or A Brightness Long Ago, I’d recommend reading at least one of those before starting All the Seas of the World.
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah is an epic start to a trilogy inspired by One Thousand and One Nights. Loulie al-Nazari, the Midnight Merchant, began…
On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass
On the surface, it might seem like the residents of Brighton Hills, an exclusive gated community, live On a Quiet Street, but look again, and there is a str…
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Every Summer After is full of angst and yearning and characters not easily forgotten. After a night out in the city, Persephone Fraser receives a call that…
Little Nothings by Julie Mayhew
Little Nothings by Julie Mayhew could alternatively be titled “who needs enemies when you have friends like these.” Liv, her husband and daughter, plus three…
Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel
Just Like Mother delivers on all the creepy vibes oozing from its cover. Since she escaped from the cult she grew up in, Maeve has built a fortress of walls…
Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum
Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum is a sci-fi time travel novel centred around the Chernobyl nuclear accident. 1986: Anna Berkova, an esteemed nuclear scientist..