Upon a starlit tide follows Luce who longs for adventure at sea, a foundling child adopted by a rich merchant family, she has never quite felt like she belongs. There are elements of Cinderella and The little mermaid but this is no fairytale. There is heartache, love and loss and the grief of a life that could have been stolen from one too young to know what they had lost. The prose is beautiful and makes me want to delve into Kell Woods other books. There are twists in this book I wish I could talk about, but that would be spoilers.

I don’t have words to articulate how good this book is! It starts out slow don’t get me wrong but the twists, turns and emotional gut punches this book throws at you from about half way through were enough to drag me right back into it. How far would you go to survive? What if it was the world’s survival at stake and you were able to slow down the end of the world? This book discusses the dangers of over-reliance on ai technology, tech billionaires having too much power, global warming and a fictional but fascinating survivalist cult called the Enochites.

A heartbreakingly beautiful end to the series. I loved the direction this book took, including a moment that invites a reader to reflect on both our own past and present when our world is brought to the library. There are some truly poignant moments in this book, moments that will make you cry and others that will bring a smile to your face.

As amusing as Charming. I loved returning to the world that Linwood has created with this series. Linwood’s twisted fairytales are deliciously dark and I loved the humour in this book. Beauty and the beast, Goldilocks and the three bears, little red riding hood all mixed together in one book. I really enjoyed this one.

Epic conclusion to an epic series. John Gwynne is a master story teller and elements of the previous books were tied off in this one.