Red sister kicks off with the best opening line i've come across recently too.

Red sister kicks off with the best opening line i've come across recently too.  Read Less

I'm going to start with the few little niggles i had that made this a four star rather than a five star read before i crack on ...  Read More

I'm going to start with the few little niggles i had that made this a four star rather than a five star read before i crack on with all the awesome bits!  Read Less

With the lessons and strong emphasis on friendship, and those friends getting caught up in dangerous things they shouldn't get ...  Read More

With the lessons and strong emphasis on friendship, and those friends getting caught up in dangerous things they shouldn't get caught up in, there was a strong harry potter feel for me.  Read Less

From the off, what strikes you is the quality of prose.

From the off, what strikes you is the quality of prose.  Read Less

Harry potter meets mark lawrence meets hayao miyazaki with a dash of x-men thrown into the mix.

Harry potter meets mark lawrence meets hayao miyazaki with a dash of x-men thrown into the mix.  Read Less

So this is going to need to do something pretty special to stand out from the pack.

So this is going to need to do something pretty special to stand out from the pack.  Read Less

I would recommend this very highly, and am waiting with bated breath for the next one in the series, but can console myself wit...  Read More

I would recommend this very highly, and am waiting with bated breath for the next one in the series, but can console myself with lawrence's back list in the meantime.  Read Less

Now, there's competition and a little bit of cattiness at the beginning, but for the majority of the book, there's a lot of bon...  Read More

Now, there's competition and a little bit of cattiness at the beginning, but for the majority of the book, there's a lot of bonding and camaraderie between the girls, they work together, and look out for each other and help each other.  Read Less

What i liked about lawrence's past world was the way it transcends a lot of fantasy genre competitors, in that it is grounded v...  Read More

What i liked about lawrence's past world was the way it transcends a lot of fantasy genre competitors, in that it is grounded very much in a human reality, both 'historically' as well as in terms of an exploration of the human condition.  Read Less

That's one of the nice things about the book, there's all the gory, stabby stabby scenes, but the cast of characters are mainly female.

That's one of the nice things about the book, there's all the gory, stabby stabby scenes, but the cast of characters are mainly female.  Read Less