A Line is a Dot that went for a Walk illustrated by Jo Fernihough

                                                        This book is gorgeous! 

I am not a talented artist, in fact, I'd go as far as to say, I'm not very good at drawing at all. I worry about getting things wrong, about my attempts at creativity being laughable. However, A Line is a Dot that went for a Walk, allowed me to reconnect with my inner child, it reminded me what it was like to grab a pencil, pen, crayon and just draw.

The opening pages with the colour wheel made me want to reach for the tin of colouring pencils and include a rainbow of colours in my picture. I loved the imagination used on each page, the guidance,  draw a line... happily skipping, the freedom to just let go and have fun. 

A Line is a Dot that went for a Walk, is a key. A key that opens the part of you that is full of imagination and inspiration, full of freedom and colours, full of fun! 

From turning scribbles and shapes into a picture, to adding faces to eyebrows, this book is inspirational, and will encourage you to let your drawings fly!

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.


isbn: 9781910552162
Publisher: Michael O Mara Books
Published: 11th February 2016

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

                Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt 

The year is 1644. In a small town called Black Springs Katherine van Wyler is accused of witchcraft and duly found guilty. She is cruelly punished and sentenced to death. Fast forward to present day and Katherine is still walking the streets of Black Springs; wrapped in chains, eyes and mouth stitched closed, she haunts this cursed town, from which there is no escape. 

The story is told from four points of view. We have Tyler, a teenager who has had enough of the restrictions of living in a hexed community. Tyler's dad, Steve, a doctor who feels guilty for bringing his family to live in Black Springs and whose conscious doesn't allow him to agree with many of the town's ideals. Griselda, a broken woman who worships the witch out of fear. And Grim, who is in charge of surveillance, and keeping the town quarantined. 

The towns people are scared of the witch, and try at all costs to keep her existence a secret from the rest of the world.  They know that her eyes and mouth should never be opened, for that would bring about unimaginable peril. 

Hex is a terrifying book! Katherine has stayed with me and has wandered through my nightmares, trailing horror and destruction in her wake. As we get to know the characters and the story builds, so does the dread and fear. This is a fantasy horror story, that will chill you to the bone. 

However, it isn't just the supernatural aspect that gnawed away at me, that had me staring into the night with questions and fear racing through my mind. What I found more alarming were the human reactions, the mass hysteria that made people behave in an unforgivable way. When people who knew right from wrong turned a blind eye out of fear, when friends and neighbours lashed out at each other, instead of coming together against their common enemy. In out darkest hour are we all truly capable of evil? 


I received a copy of Hex from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.



isbn: 978144479215
Publisher: Hodder Books 
Published in the UK: 28th April 2016
This is a translation, written and previously published in Dutch.