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Enter the Dragon – Interview with Samantha Shannon
There was never a single eureka moment for this book, as there was with The Bone Season – it was a few different ideas coming together over twenty years. I can trace the thread of inspiration right the way back to my fifth birthday, when I first saw Dragonheart. That film sparked a lifelong love…
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A Curse so Dark and Lonely – Interview with Brigid Kemmerer
Beauty and the Beast has provided inspiration for countless writers however few create such a beautiful story of their own from the most famous of fairytales as Brigid Kemmerer. Released today, A Curse so Dark and Lonely is an incredible adventure into the life of a curse prince and a remarkable heroine. Cinders was lucky…
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What we’re Reading – Sally Green, Melinda Salisbury and Margaret Rogerson!
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson An Enchantment of Ravens is an incredibly beautiful winter read. It is a gorgeous lyrical story that takes a talented painter with a set of unusual client – Faeries. This urban fantasy followed Isobel, a painter who’s skill is something that is envied and coveted by the fair folk. However when she…
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Our favourite magical books! Laini Taylor’s Lips Touch
We love a good magical haunting story to give us goosebumps here in Cinders! Here are a few of our favourite mystical, dreamlike reads to curl up with for November! Lips Touch by Laini Taylor Laini Taylor writes magical stories so well she may actually be magic herself. Lips Touch Three times is one…
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Autumn Books Preview: Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi
Do you like myths? Fantasy? Ancient Greeks? Love stories? Then Outrun the Wind is the book for you. Taking us on a breakneck tour of some of the most famous Greek gods and their domain Outrun the Wind tells the story of two girls who find themselves in debt to two of the most ruthless…
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Book Review: The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
The Mere Wife is a unique mythological re-telling, in the vast cacophony of re-tellings out there right now. It stands up as a lyrical adventure through the ladies who hold up the Beowulf myth, with beautiful writing taking centre stage. Maria Dahvana Headley’s work is always strong with a beautiful point of view of the…
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Finding Friendship – An Interview with Chloe Seager
Friendship can be tough to navigate, especially online! That’s certainly something that Emma Nash can relate to. Emma is the main character in Chloe Seager’s new series. The second book in the series, Friendship Fails of Emma Nash is out soon and we got speaking to Chloe about friendship, the internet and empowering girls online!…
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Autumn Books Preview: Cathedral of Myth and Bone
If you haven’t read Kat Howard’s Roses and Rot yet you are missing out. Especially if dark, drifting, fantasy is your thing. Her stories are never saccharine and always pack a punch. That’s why we were overjoyed with A Cathedral of Myth and Bone, a series of short stories dealing with the weird and wonderful in the most magical way. With stories dealing…
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Autumn Books Preview :#Fashion Victim by Amina Akhtar
Fashion Victim is like fashion itself, cut throat, vicious and murderous… Because that’s exactly what working in the fashion industry is like. Anya St Clair is a girl with a mission. She has worked incredibly hard throughout her career to make it to the top. To work at exclusive fashion magazine La Vie, she has…
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Autumn Books Preview: The Distance Between me and the Cherry Tree by Paola Peretti
The Distance Between Me and The Cherry Tree by Paola Peretti is a story told with such honesty and matter-of-fact bravery that it will stick with you long after you leave its pages. It tells the story of 9 year old Mafalda, who is slowly losing her sight due to a genetic disorder known as Stargadt Disease which…
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