Review by S R Manssen Set in a distant future where humans have ravaged planet Earth, the lucky...
Review: Bloodalcohol: Ten Tales by Michael Botur
Review by Nikky Lee Michael Botur returns for a tour de force of NZ horror with his latest...
Review: Emergency Weather by Tim Jones
Reviewed by Nicky Taylor Step into the world of a near-future Aotearoa, where global warming and the climate...
Review: Songbird: Griffin Song #1 by J Victoria Micheal
Review by Melissa Gunn This novel started well; after a prologue giving some backstory of the main character,...
Review: Despatches by Lee Murray
A Review by Deb E. Howell One might say that war doesn’t need monsters weaved into its fabric...
Review: You Are My Sunshine and Other Stories by Octavia Cade
Review by Robinne Weiss This collection of short stories by Octavia Cade is a pull-no-punches imagination of a...
Book Review: Remains to be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa edited by Lee Murray
A review by Piper Mejia There is an art to crafting a short story, and the skill of...
Book Review: The Devil Took Her
The Book: The Devil Took Her: Tales of Horror by Michael Botur Reviewed by Deb Howell The Devil...
Book Review: Mirror Mirror, Who’s the Killer?
Mirror Mirror, Who’s the Killer? by Kura Jane Carpenter is a cosy mystery where an old woman and...
Book Review: Kaleidoscopes in the Dark
These tasty bite-sized stories drop you into worlds that seem familiar — until they’re not.
Review: The 716, by S.J. Pratt
Reviewed by Robinne Weiss. Andy wants nothing more than to be an engineer. Unfortunately in this version of...
Dispossessed (written by Piper Mejia) – A Review by Jean Gilbert
Teenagers are all too familiar with being strangers in their own bodies; change is never easy. It is...
The Better Sister and other stories (Review by Deryn Pitar)
DELICIOUS BITES OF DARKNESS This collection portrays family dynamics in its many forms. Sisters feature in each story,...
Member Reviews Now Open!
SpecficNZ members – we have offered reviews of members work in the past from time to time, but...
Review: The Last Circus on Earth, by B.P. Marshall
I found the premise of this book intriguing. The action tripped along with good flow and a quick...