Drama

Author: Raina Telgemeier Colorist: Gurihiru 2012 A large part of my youth involved participating in improv. groups and finding my way towards performance art in general. I also enjoyed being part of committees and planning activities. This has led me towards a path of planning activities and events, and ultimately towards my job as a

The Sheik and the Bought Bride

Author: Takako Hashimoto Colorist: Susan Mallery 2013 The story is about Prince Kateb, a prince of the desert kingdom of El Deharia, who wants to punish Victoria’s father for cheating in a card game. Victoria offers herself as payment in-lieu of her father for his freedom and well-being. Victoria’s inner thoughts betray some insecurities, but

Well Met

It’s your typical love story, girl meets boy, boy goes on to study in a very competitive field, such as medicine or law, and girl drops out of school to support the boy by working two jobs. Then, boy leaves girl…. Wait a minute! Sorry, let me start over again. Girl (her name is Emily)

The Tourist Attraction

Imagine that you were living in a small town where most everyone knows everyone, from the bartender, to the police officer, to the couple running the car rental company. Now imagine that every summer, irresponsible, uber-rich, disrespectful tourists descended on your town in drunk, selfie-snapping droves. Now you know how Graham Barnett, would-be chainsaw artist,

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

This novella is set in the Twilight series between books 3 and 4. As you may have guessed, it follows Bree Tanner, a newborn vampire in Stephanie Meyer’s world filled with vampires and werewolves. Bree Tanner likes to read and hides from the other newborn vampires the best she can, since most of them are

Sweetest in the Gale : A Marysburg story collection

40-Love was the first time I encountered Olivia Dade’s universe of Marysburg. A (seemingly) small town in New England where the local high school is the location of shenanigans and love stories, especially among the (mostly) professional, and hard-working staff! Sweetest in the Gale: A Marysburg Story Collection is just that, a collection of three

500 miles from you

Epistolary: (of a literary work) in the form of letters. There are many classic epistolary novels such as The Color Purple (Alice Walker), The perks of being a wallflower (Stephen Chbosky), or Lady Susan (Jane Austen). Of course my favourite epistolary novel was the outstanding The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary

A Study in Scarlet Women

A study in Scarlet Women is the first of the lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas. It is a re-imagination of Sherlock Holmes, but seen through a female perspective. Re-imagination of Sherlock Holmes are  aplenty; we recently saw a rise of this on TV with the Elementary and Sherlock series, which reintroduced this favourite detective

Soulless

Soulless is set in an alternate Victorian England. A version different to the one we know; with werewolves, vampires and technology that is far more advanced than what it actually was. The story follows Alexia, who is far from your normal spinster. She is quite different to humans, seeming distant and eccentric. Even the supernatural

A Duke in Shining Armor and Ten Things I Hate About the Duke

When it comes to historical romances I can be very picky. Yes, I love the romance of owning a castle, riding in a phaeton carriage, and dancing in a ball with a handsome lord. However, I really don’t like the idea of not having a real occupation (other than embroidering for a charity), having to