The Secret of Lost Things is about Rosemary Savage; a Tasmanian girl of just 18 who finds herself alone in New York City and immersed in the strange happenings at an arcane bookshop.

In her powerful debut novel, Kyle takes a frank look at families and relationships, secrets and the unspoken as Alice is forced to really see and understand the events that have shaped her family and how one simple act can have devastating effects and change their world forever.

When Laurel Hawthorne is woken in the middle of the night to find a ghost in her bedroom and a girl drowned in her swimming pool her world is turned upside down.

Gaiman does a fantastic job of introducing characters and entwining sub plots; drawing you into the mythical land of Faerie and carrying you on a delicious journey through deep woods and dark caves as Tristran searches for the fallen star that will bring him his heart’s desire.

Hale has woven a magical fairytale, with believable characters and such spell-binding descriptions that there were times I would look up from the book and be surprised to find that I wasn’t standing on a cobbled street surrounded by geese!

March: A Love Story in a Time of War – Buy this book
Rating
5 stars – a powerful and moving experience
Description
As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the war, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences will utterly change his marriage [...]