Book Review: Dark Room by Tom Becker

Dark Room by Tom Becker Release Date: 10th September 2015 Publisher: Stripes Publishing Buy: Paperback Rating: When Darla and her feckless dad, Hopper, move to Saffron Hills, Darla hopes it’ll be a new start for the both of them. But she stands no chance of fitting in with the image-obsessed in-crowd at her new school. […]

Extract: Dark Room by Tom Becker

  Dark Room by Tom Becker The plants were even wilder on this side of the railings, and Darla found herself wading through waist-high grass. Gradually a house emerged from the thick greenery. It was a sprawling, dilapidated building with smashed windows, jagged glass teeth jutting up from the sills. Flies hung in clouds among […]

Book Review: Phoenix Rising by Bryony Pearce

Phoenix Rising by Bryony Pearce Release Date: 1st June 2015 Publisher: Stripes Buy: Paperback | Kindle Rating: Sail. Salvage. Survive. Toby’s father is a wanted man. For as long as Toby can remember, they’ve been on the run. The Phoenix has become their home, their backyard the junk-filled seas surrounding it. The crew of the Banshee […]

Book Review: Flesh and Blood by Simon Cheshire

Flesh and Blood by Simon Cheshire Release Date: 2nd March 2015 Publisher: Stripes Publishing Buy: Paperback  | Kindle Rating: I must record the facts that have led me to where I am now. So that, when someone reads this, they understand. Sam Hunter’s neighbours are pillars of the community, the most influential people in town. But […]