Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • City of Clouds – Kiah Thomas

    Harper Collins Australia September 2026 ISBN: 9781460769645 RRP: $16.99 This new stand-alone fantasy from Kiah Thomas will have middle-grade readers completely absorbed. With a truly evil villain, a mysterious and seemingly contradictory imp, a long-standing curse and two young people from very different social stations, there is plenty with which to engage. With a lust…

  • How Not to be a Pirate: The Trouble with Curses- Jenny Pearson

    Harper Collins Australia September 2026 Imprint: Usborne GB ISBN: 9781835400968 RRP: $17.99 It certainly was pretty apt that I would be reading this at exactly the right time for Talk Like a Pirate Day – and what fun it was [given my penchant for pirates in general –after all, there was the pirate wedding at…

  • The House at the End of the World – Victoria M. Adams

    Walkers Books Australia July 2024 Imprint: Andersen Press ISBN13:9781839134234 Australia RRP:$17.99 New Zealand RRP:$19.99 Isn’t it exciting when you read an author’s debut novel and are just blown away? You know you can look forward to more and that’s always a thrill. Victoria M. Adams has woven a story of Fey and family, grief and…