Today over at Shiny New Books is my review of the wonderful third novel from Natasha Pulley:
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow
Pulley’s third novel revisits the characters of her first, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (reviewed here) and takes them back to Japan in the late 1880s, where the clairvoyant Keita Mori will be at the centre of things once again.
Pulley blends adventure with romance and history, science with the supernatural to give us a standalone (although I’d recommend you read Watchmaker first) novel that fizzes with electricity – literally! Superb.
Read my full review HERE.
Source: Review copy – thank you!
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And from a couple of weeks ago…
A Long Way Off by Pascal Garnier
Translated by Emily Boyce
This is the final one of Garnier’s brilliantly dark novellas full of black humour, published in France shortly before he died in 2010. Gallic Books have now translated all 12 of his noirs. This was the fourth I’ve read so far and I enjoyed them all. This last one though, which features a road trip that goes very wrong indeed, is a cracker.
Read my full review HERE.
My other Garnier reviews:
Source: Review copy – thank you!
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I enjoyed Garnier’s The A26 but sadly the only one I’ve read so far. Must remedy that.
They’re all novella length so quick reads, and full of dark humour and ordinary people driven to do grotesque things! I love them.
We’re all capable of grotesque things once in a while! (Though I’m perfect, of course… 😁 )
And pressed SEND too soon… I need to read the first Pulley novel first, so much to attract clearly in this series.
My lengthy comment on SNB disappeared, sorry, but I did enjoy the review, thank you!
So sorry about that – a plug-in incompatibility was losing comments – Grrr. Sorted now though.
No probs, I think I said the same as my first comment here but with more verbosity! 🙂
Hello Annabel! I may have commented on your Lost Future review on SNB – twice – or I may not. I’m not sure! But I liked the review very much. I enjoyed NP’s first novel but I thought her second one was a real cracker. And it was as if she’d read my mind about all the things I thought a bit weak in the first book and dealt with them. This sounds fun too!
I think the second one was outstanding. This one is completely bonkers, but I loved it. I really want my own Katsu.
Sorry – we had a plug in compatibility issue which was losing comments – sorted now.