Sharp Shooter – Marianne Delacourt
Allen & Unwin Arena, 2009
313 pages
RRP: AU$29.99
ISBN: 978-1-74175-931-0

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

I’d been looking for a copy of this book for a while – even though it is set in Perth, Sharp Shooter isn’t that easy to come across here yet. When I finally ran it to earth, it was in no less than the bookshop in the international airport! I snapped it up, along with my water and muesli bar to keep me company to Dubai. It was the perfect airplane read – fast-paced, interesting and lively heroine, and set in the city I was just leaving!

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The Poison Throne (The Moorehawke Trilogy #1) – Celine Kiernan
Allen & Unwin, 2009
468 pages
RRP: AU$19.99
ISBN: 978-1-74175-868-9

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

The Poison Throne is the beginning of a fantastic (in all senses of the word) trilogy from Celine Kiernan. It follows fifteen-year-old Wynter Moorehawke, an apprentice carpenter and daughter of Lord Protector Lorcan Moorehawke. The story starts as Wynter and Lorcan return from a five-year sojourn in the Northlands at the king’s request.

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