Oliver Langmead, Metronome, Unsung Stories, 2017.

"And then he woke up and it was all just a dream..." is probably the most pointless and infuriating sentence I can read. Except that it's the premise of Metronome, by Oliver Langmead and that, far from being pointless and infuriating, it leads to a poetical and gripping fantasy tale. To keep it short: it's made of awesome...

Genevieve Cogman,

• The Invisible Library, 2015.
• The Masked City, 2016.

The Invisible Library is one of these novels when you think "It ain't much but it's fun". It's even a bit of a pity that the novel has some flaws because the concept is attractive and intriguing...

Gail Carriger, The Parasol Protectorate,

• Soulless, 2009.
• Changeless, 2010.
• Blameless, 2010.
• Heartless, 2011.
• Timeless, 2012.
  

The Parasol Protectorate is a series of five light hearted steampunk fantasy novels, written by Gail Carriger and narrating the adventures of Alexia Tarabotti.