Title: She Is Not Invisible Author: Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Orion Children’s Publication Date: October 3 2013 Hardcover: 354 Pages Laureth Peak’s father is a writer. For years he’s been trying, and failing, to write a…
Title: Inheritance Author: Malinda Lo Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Publication Date: September 24 Hardcover: 480 Pages The triangular spaceship hovered motionless in the sky above Reese Holloway’s house, as inscrutable as a black hole. It…
Inheritance (review to come later today) is the sequel to last year’s Adaptation and it concludes this story about aliens, conspiracies and luuurve. We are super happy to host Malinda Lo today to talk about the love triangle and…
It’s Friday Monday, and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews The Incrementalists by Steven Brust and Skyler White. There were….problems. Go HERE to read the full review.…
Kate Milford is a Smuggler-favourite and we have loved all of her books so far (The Boneshaker, The Broken Lands and the short The Kairos Mechanism). That’s why today, we are thrilled to host the cover reveal for Greenglass…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Picture Me Gone is a beautiful, thought-provoking book, exactly the type that Meg Rosoff is so good at writing. Unfortunately I am not going to be able to write the review like I meant today1 so 1) I want…
As you probably know by now, Old School Wednesdays is a new weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when we were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and…
SFF in Conversation is a new monthly feature on The Book Smugglers in which we invite guests to talk about a variety of topics important to speculative fiction fans, authors, and readers. Our vision is to create a safe…
This just now. Alongside Renay, I (Ana) have been accused of “despicable behavior” and of “bullying” on Twitter by fellow SFF bloggers @fantasybookcritic and @gavreads. Their accusation of bullying stems from the comments over on Renay’s Strange Horizons article…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Title: More Than This Author: Patrick Ness Genre: Horror (?), Science Fiction (?), Young Adult Publisher: Walker Books / Candlewick Press Publication Date: September 5 / 10 2013 Hardcover: 480 Pages A boy named Seth drowns, desperate and alone…
Today, we are thrilled to host the cover reveal for Cracked by Eliza Crewe, coming from Strange Chemistry in November in both the US and the UK. This is really cool too, because Ana read – and absolutely loved…
Strange Horizons is a weekly speculative fiction magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, interviews as well as some of the best genre reviews that constantly inspire us to do better with our own. Needless to say, Strange Horizons is…
Title: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Author: Holly Black Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult, Vampires Publisher: Little, Brown Books Publication Date: September 3rd Hardcover: 432 Pages Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them,…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
It’s Friday, and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews the craptastic Mist by Susan Krinard. I love Norse Mythology and anything that says “Loki” in the blurb is like catnip to me so I rushed to read…
Title: Rose Under Fire Author: Elizabeth E Wein Genre: Historical, WWII Publisher: Electric Monkey / Disney Hyperion Publication Date: June 3 / September 10 2013 Hardcover: 368 Pages While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American…
We will just start by saying this: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is an AWESOME book, a throwback to old-style vampires that are both creepy and extremely alluring. Ana will be reviewing it on Monday next week but for…
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Title: Conjured Author: Sarah Beth Durst Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Walker Childrens Publication Date: September 3rd Hardcover: 368 Pages Eve has a new home, a new face, and a new name—but no memories of her past. She’s…
Title: The Messengers Author: Edward Hogan Genre: Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Walker Books Publication Date: September 2 2013 Paperback: 224 Pages “Perhaps we’re here to save a few people. Maybe that’s the gift.” When fifteen-year-old Frances is sent down…
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Jersey Angel is a Contemporary YA novel that follows the summer adventures of Angel, a young teenage girl who loves sex, who is confident about her body and who enjoys sexual escapades with several partners and is unapologetic about…
As you read this post on this here blog on this beautiful Sunday, I will be landing in Rome to celebrate mine and Dear Partner’s 10th anniversary. I am gone for the week and leave Thea to hold down…