Marie Sinadjan
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Filipino spec fic author and book reviewer based in the UK. https://linktr.ee/mariesinadjan • www.mariesinadjan.com
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Book Review: The Book of Perilous Dishes by Doina Rusti
1798 Bucharest: A magical, dark adventure A year full of intrigue and political machinations: a slave-chef lives in Bucharest, sought after by everyone. His cooking is sublime, satisfying even the sophisticated tastes of the Prince, who steals him from his rightful owner and installs him in the Palace. However, no one knows that the chef has in his possession a witch’s recipe book: the Book of Perilous Dishes. The recipes in this magical book can bring about damaging sincerity, forgetfulness, the gift of prediction, or hysterical laughter. And the rightful owner of this book is fourteen-year-old Pâtca, initiated in the occult arts. Pâtca comes to Bucharest, to her uncle, Cuviosu Zăval, to recover this book, but she finds him murdered and the Book of Perilous Dishes has disappeared without trace. All that Zăval has left her is a strange map she must decipher. Travelling from Romania to France and on to Germany to do so, Patca's family's true past and powers are revealed, as is her connection to Silica the cook…
By Marie Sinadjanabout a year ago in BookClub
Audiobook Review: The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen
A reluctant necromancer, a man killed before his time, and the crime that brings them together. Felipe Galvan’s life as an investigator for the Paranormal Society has been spent running into danger. Returning home from his latest case, Felipe struggles with the sudden quiet of his life until a mysterious death puts him in the path of the enigmatic Oliver Barlow. Oliver has two secrets. One, he has been in love with the charming Felipe Galvan for years. Two, he is a necromancer, but to keep the sensible life he’s built as a medical examiner, he must hide his powers. That is until Oliver finds Felipe murdered and accidentally brings him back from the dead. But Felipe refuses to die again until he and Oliver catch his killer. Together, Felipe and Oliver embark on an investigation to uncover a plot centuries in the making. As they close in on his killer, one thing is certain: if they don’t stop them, Felipe won’t be the last to die.
By Marie Sinadjanabout a year ago in BookClub
Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week
Say what you want about self-publishing, but this week bloggers and reviewers have been celebrating great self-published books over on Twitter! Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week or simply SPAAW was started by book blogger Jodie of Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub in 2021 and has been growing bigger and better over the years. Check out the 2024 hub for this year's content!
By Marie Sinadjanabout a year ago in BookClub
Book Review: The Disruptors by Joseph Darlington
In an alternative 2016, celebrities are going missing... Mysterious inventor, Zane Lund, has created a device capable of shrinking objects down to the molecular level, or infinitely growing them. Sammy Habib, a plucky and rebellious Internet journalist, is looking for the story that will make her career. Alongside unwitting accomplice John Barton, a lonely farmhand, she embarks on a series of bizarre adventures as they try to uncover the truth behind these stories. As the technology takes off globally, a collective of governments sign an agreement to regulate how it can be used. Naturally, a seedy criminal underworld emerges as those with the knowhow start using the powers for nefarious purposes. Anything is possible for the right price... The Disruptors is a comedically dark satire of technology and it’s unknowable applications, and an allegory on clickbait news and celebrity-worship.
By Marie Sinadjanabout a year ago in BookClub
Book Review: Terra Electrica by Antonia Maxwell
Book 1 in an action-packed dystopian adventure series set in the near-future post-melt Arctic. The last ice cap has melted, and the world is on the brink of collapse. A deadly force—Terra Electrica—has been unleashed. It feeds on electricity. It is infecting civilization. In this chaotic, rapidly changing reality, 12-year-old Mani has lost her family and community to the Terra Electrica. Armed only with some ancestral wisdom and a powerful, ancient wooden mask she was never meant to inherit so soon, she suddenly finds herself responsible for the fate of the world. Can Mani piece everything together and harness her newfound powers in time to save humanity?
By Marie Sinadjanabout a year ago in BookClub
Book Spotlight: Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar
Follow the law and you’ll stay safe. But what if the law is wrong? Tashué’s faith in the law is beginning to crack. Three years ago, he stood by when the Authority condemned Jason to the brutality of the Rift for non-compliance. When Tashué’s son refused to register as tainted, the laws had to be upheld. He’d never doubted his job as a Regulation Officer before, but three years of watching your son wither away can break down even the strongest convictions. Then a dead girl washed up on the bank of the Brightwash, tattooed and mutilated. Where had she come from? Who would tattoo a child? Was it the same person who killed her? Why was he the only one who cared? Will Tashué be able to stand against everything he thought he believed in to get the answers he’s looking for?
By Marie Sinadjanabout a year ago in BookClub
Book Review: Calderdale by Dylan Byford
Forensics Analyst Carrie Tarmell receives a frantic call from a mysterious stranger moments before they’re brutally killed. Or so it seems. Carrie believes it’s a murder case, but with no body to be found, at least not the victims, the justice algorithms classify it as a missing persons case. Desperate to find answers, Carrie is seconded to the bustling Great Northern Belt. While investigating the “disappearance” she stumbles across a vast conspiracy that could put her in corporate crosshairs. Doubting herself and fighting colleagues and family, Carrie questions her choices and her own identity. What does it take to make a person? What does it take to make a murder?
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
Book Review: Future Proof by David Atkinson
What would you do if you could go back in time and change your life? Which regrets and mistakes would you fix? What would your life look like now? In Future Proof an experimental medical treatment goes wrong which allows Sam Harris to do exactly that. He starts by standing up to the kids who bullied him at school and then sets about trying to fix the mess he made of the rest of his life. However, as he discovers, changing his past doesn’t always guarantee a brighter future.
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
Audiobook Review: Midnight Prince by Aisha Urooj
A witch's curse. Frog by day. Prince at Midnight. Milos saves the faerie king from the witch's curse. The upset witch turns him into a frog. Now he needs a kiss from the princess, but she is on the witch's side. Will Milos stay a frog forever?
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
A Reader's Guide to Marie Sinadjan
Hi! I'm Marie, a Filipino SFFH author and book reviewer currently based in the UK. I’m the co-author of The Prophecies of Ragnarok, a Norse myth new adult urban fantasy trilogy, and I also have several short stories published in anthologies and literary journals. Here's a list of my works and where to find them!
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
Book Review: What If. . . Loki Was Worthy? by Madeleine Roux
Thor - Son of Odin, God of Thunder, wielder of the hammer Mjolnir - is dead. And Loki is responsible. It was only meant to be a joke - tampering with the Destroyer, changing Thor's course to Midgard - a bit of mischief with a chance of maiming. But Loki's harmless prank spiraled out of control, unleashing death and destruction on New York City and the heroes sworn to protect it. The city was saved, but at the cost of Thor's life. Furious and heartbroken, the All-Father banishes Loki to Earth for his crime. Loki finds himself in a realm of boxed wine, instant noodles, and some sort of regional performance troupe known as the "Buffalo Bills." It's a meager existence, far from Asgard's grand courts, but he finds his new friend, Brian the Gecko, a much more engaging companion than the sycophants back home. A true meeting of the minds. Loki is the God of Mischief - but he knows, deep down, that he never truly deserved to stand next to their father's golden child Thor, as two true sons of Odin. Yet, he cannot even endure his exile in peaceful isolation. A Valkyrie - Hel-bent on carrying out her oath to Thor - barges into his trailer-home with his brother's final words from the beyond: a plea to find a certain Dr. Jane Foster and pass on Mjolnir to its rightful heir. While Loki struggles to fulfil his brother's last request, the far-reaching consequences of his fatal prank return to haunt him. Blinded by grief from those he lost in the chaos wrought by Asgard, Iron Man vows revenge on those who consider themselves gods. Determined to protect the Earth from the might of this unpredictable alien power, he forges Asgard's own weaponry into a lethal suit of armor, set on eradicating any tether between their worlds. Consequences be damned. When Asgard looks to Loki for salvation, he must answer the question: Am I truly worthy?
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
Book Review: Love on Dove Street by Cherie Hart
When a streetwise Istanbul mutt named Çiçek befriends a circle of American expats and refugees, she becomes an unlikely Internet anti-war hero in a story of surprising twists and forbidden love. Set along the vibrant cobblestones of Dove Street in old Istanbul, the sunny beaches of Turkey's Mediterranean coast, and the besieged cities of Eastern Ukraine, Love on Dove Street follows a group of exiles, war reporters, and free spirits whose lives fatefully entwine amidst the uncertainties of life abroad and the brutality of war. At the center is Çiçek, a scrappy rescue dog whose connection to the street's inhabitants fuels an inspiring online campaign against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But Çiçek has deeper mysteries of her own to sniff out, including the concealed passions and betrayals of her newfound pack.
By Marie Sinadjan2 years ago in BookClub
