Sharp Turn – Marianne Delacourt (Tara Sharp #2)
Allen & Unwin, 2010
288 pages
RRP: AU$29.99
ISBN: 9781742370033

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

Tara Sharp, a private detective who can see auras, is the protagonist of Marianne Delacourt’s captivating, funny and exciting series that started with Sharp Shooter. Sharp Turn is an excellent continuation of the series, following Tara as she falls in and out of trouble, becoming more used to using her abilities in investigating.

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Burn Bright – Marianne de Pierres (The Night Creatures #1)
Random House, 2011
306 pages
RRP: AU$18.95
ISBN: 978-1-86471-988-8

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

Burn Bright is the first of an exciting new young adult series from the multi-talented author Marianne de Pierres. Having adored her Parrish Plessis and Sentients of Orion series, and the Tara Sharp books written under her pseudonym Marianne Delacourt, I couldn’t wait to read her newest release, a foray into the young adult fantasy world. Burn Bright did not disappoint, creating a dark and intriguing world of different rules and parties, reminiscent of Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series.

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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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Dark Space – Marianne de Pierres
Hachette Livre Orbit, 2007
416 pages
RRP: AU$19.95
ISBN: 978-1841494289

Chaos Space – Marianne de Pierres
Hachette Livre Orbit, 2008
395 pages
RRP: AU$19.99
ISBN: 978-184-149429-6

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

The first two novels in the Sentients of Orion series are the beginning of a fantastic space opera from Australian author Marianne de Pierres. After reading her Parrish Plessis trilogy I was expecting butt-kicking action in the same vein, rather than this twisting tale of plots and counter-manoeuvres centring around the invasion of Araldis, a small desert mining planet of no particular significance, and the discovery of Sole, a godlike entity who has an agenda which doesn’t necessarily correspond to that of the humans.

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