The Resurrectionists - Kim Wilkins

Kim Wilkins in general

N.B. This is a review of an actual novel by Kim Wilkins which is not categorised separately. I apologise for this, but it’s not my fault really, it’s Dooyoo’s (wink wink, hint hint Dooyoo). ‘The Autumn Castle’ When science fiction/fantasy review rag Starburst declared that this novel was ‘horribly compelling’, it was the understatement of the century. I read this 463 page book in one sitting. No joke. I’m sure it’s clear, then, that this book is a fantastic read that you will have trouble leaving behind. It tells the tragic story of Christine Starlight, a young woman troubled by crippling pain and deep insecurities after the death of her parents in a car crash that ...

Grimoire - Kim Wilkins

Oh, Kim Wilkins, how I adore you… Though my bank account is in a rather sorry state now that I have devoured all of your novels from bookshelves across the country. But that is neither here nor there. My real mission is to extol the virtues of ‘Grimoire’…by perhaps saying a bit more than ‘s’good’, as I have already told my mother seven times this morning. ~ Plot ~ ‘Grimoire’ tells the deliciously dark and Gothic tale of the obsessional quest for eternal life. Straddled between two time frames and two continents, this novel encompasses 19th century London and 20th century Melbourne, with characters inexplicably linked from both settings. In Melbourne, three young ...

Grimoire - Kim Wilkins

I'd never heard of the Australian author Kim Wilkins, so on that hot day with nothing to do (visions of myself sprawling under a shady tree, sipping iced drinks and reading something wonderful) I picked up the first book I came across in WHSmiths; little knowing I was soon to be plunged into a gripping, horrific story that would make me want to run out and buy every single book she'd ever written. Sprawled under aforementioned shady tree, iced drink in hand, I began reading the tale of three university students in Australia who become entangled in a thrilling race for immortality. I have to admit that, reading the blurb on the back of the book (and even ...