It would seem I’m almost the last blogger in the world to read this one! But just in case, a quick recap of the story,
Katsa, is a graceling.  A person with an exceptional skill in a particular area. Katsa’s ‘grace’ is the ability to kill, and this along with her fearsome reputation across all the [...]

If you’re a regular visitor round these parts, then you’ll know I love me some Marcus Sedgwick reading matter… You’ll also know the very wonderful @stormfilled managed to snag me a signed copy of this one a few weeks back.
I certainly wasn’t disappointed when I managed to find time to read it the other day. [...]

The Kiss of Death is the companion/follow-up vampire novel to My Swordhand is Singing. If you haven’t read the first novel then whilst doing so, will help you enjoy this one even more, but The Kiss of Death works perfectly well as a standalone as well, so doing doing so is not necessary.
When he receives [...]

It was Mouse who found the box.
Synopsis
A boy destined to lead his clan; a girl raised by wolves; a stranger with a sealed box. These are the elements of this powerful novel, set on a rocky northern coast in a distant time, in a small community who live in dread of the coming of the [...]

Midnight at the Imperial Court of Emperor Frederick III.

Well I did promise on Monday that I’d spend this year singing Marcus Sedgwick’s praises, and this is the start of that.
The Dark Flight Down, is the sequel to The Book of Dead Days, which I read and reviewed at the end of last year.
In the [...]

Darkness. Two hours to midnight.

Marcus Sedgwick’s books have been amongst my favourite discoveries of the year, he is such a master at conjuring up a wonderful atmosphere for his stories to take place in.
So, it would seem then, leaving it unread on my shelves for a number of months, would be an error on my [...]

Gothic novel meets WWI.
Another read for the [intlink id="926" type="post"]R.I.P III Challenge[/intlink] from my [intlink id="1106" type="post"]recent book pile discovery[/intlink] and yes, it’s another Marcus Sedgwick.
Yet again I am impressed with Sedgwick’s writing, impeccable research that always informs the plot and yet never controls it, the result really does portray the atmosphere, horror and futility [...]

When I was planning my R.I.P. III [intlink id="926" type="post"]reading pool[/intlink], I’d completely forgotten that I had a stack of Marcus Sedgwick’s to read. That was very nearly a mistake as he writes some fantastically atmospheric books that are just perfect for the challenge. So when I came across them whist turning the TBR pile [...]

Another bunch of questions from [intlink id="668" type="post"]Weekly Geeks #12![/intlink]
Care asked:
Is Floodland one of those books they use the term dystopic to describe?
I would think dystopic is a perfect word to describe the books setting and general atmosphere. We follow, Zoe, living on her own after being separated from her parents, when they tried to [...]

For these travellers are Vampire Slayers and Chust is a dying community – where the dead come back to wreak revenge on the living.