The City and Its Uncertain Walls has an intriguing concept, I don’t think it is too original but once you get into it the narrative starts making sense

The Measure by Nikki Erlick has a great premise, but I was not too fond of the execution. The characters are boring, the situations are forced

The Axeman’s Carnival tackles serious issues, however the story often is funny. Tama, the bird narrator, just interprets and does not judge

The mash up of a Mexican western, a generational saga, and magical realism works extremely well at the hands of this talented author.

This book is fully of excitement and adventure, happiness and tragedy. The narrative flows and is very well plotted. There are many characters

The author assured me that this book was a translation of an epic poem called Jayaparajaya, retold so a layman like myself could understand it.

The stories are bleak and very reminiscent of the stories taking place in Communist Russia – snow, poverty, alcoholism, dead-end jobs,

The author did an excellent job pulling off the dual timeline. I was surprise to learn that The Lost Apothecary is her first book