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Review: The Invisible Library

The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman offers the familiar trope of a magical place filled with books. I was immediately reminded of TNT’s The Librarians. Suffice it to say this is different, and has a decidedly more urban fantasy/ steampunk feel to it. You see, in this library time stops. So long as you’re there, you don’t age. It is filled with many, but not all, books written throughout the […]

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SmartYellow™

SmartYellow™ A worryingly plausible and chilling glimpse into an alternate Britain Katrina Williams finds herself on the wrong side of social services. After becoming pregnant with only a notion of the father’s identity, she goes to live on a social housing estate. She is being bullied by a gang involved in criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Seeking help from the authorities she is persuaded to return to the housing estate […]

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