Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose has no choice but to flee London and its memories. She journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine...and to another notorious kill…

As part of The Danica Davidson #BooksForMinecrafters BLOG TOUR , the author has dropped by. Welcome Danica by checking out her post! :) The genres of fantasy, sci-fi and horror let you explore wherever your imagination takes you. They can also allow you to talk about real is…

100 fascinating and brilliantly written stories about history's bravest, baddest but little known 'nasty' women from across the world.  In the final debate of the 2016 US presidential election, Donald Trump leaned into the microphone as Hillary Clinton spoke about socia…

Love speaks in flowers.  Truth requires thorns. Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestr…

That's right. I finally got around to doing it! Yesterday, I officially signed up for NaNoWriMo 2017 .  THIS IS ME ! I originally planned to do this last week, but I was busy sorting my stationery and reorganising one of my bookshelves. I also went through my review TBR…

In this spine-chilling gothic murder mystery set in gritty Victorian-era London, an intrepid society girl finds herself inescapably embroiled in the investigation of a ghastly serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's…

Since finishing my latest first draft a few weeks ago, I've been thinking about how I work through each draft. Especially first drafts. So I thought I'd post a bit about how I tackle these projects by allocating daily, weekly and monthly goals. I always find it easier to b…

I posted this tweet the other day:   I might have written a (YA horror) first draft during mid-September/beginning-October, but now it's time to start thinking about NaNoWriMo . *rubs hands together* What is NaNoWriMo? Well, it takes place during the month of Novem…

A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland My rating: 5 of 5 stars After reading Our Chemical Hearts , I couldn't wait to read this book. And as soon as I started, I was hooked. The writing style is beautiful, Esther is fascinating, and her family so i…

Welcome to my fourth current WIP update! :) This week started with a public holiday, so I didn't actually add any new words until Tuesday. But the word count was pretty heavy for the rest of the week because I knew exactly where the story was going and how it was going to end. M…

Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland My rating: 5 of 5 stars My daughter borrowed this from the library, so when she finished with it I decided to read it too. And I'm so glad I did! Henry is a senior who's got two best friends, devotes most of his time to doin…