Pretty much a life long reader of fantasy and horror (with occasional science fiction). An admitted Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Highlander, and Stargate SG-1 fan.

Favourite authors include Freda Warrington, Sheri S. Tepper, Karen Koehler and Brian A. Hopkins.

Lesley's Recent Reviews
Katie MacAlister - Holy Smokes (df) - 14th March 2008
Simon Wood - Paying the Piper (crime) - 14th March 2008
John Skipp - The Long Last Call (h) - 14th March 2008
Justin Allen - Slaves of the Shinar (f) - 12th October 2007
Mike Wilks - Mirrorscape (ya/f) - 12th October 2007
Peter DeVries - Wistrix Donn (f) - 19th August 2007
Laura Resnick - Disappearing Nightly (f) - 19th August 2007
Jayel Gibson - Dragon Queen (f) - 19th August 2007
Mari Mancusi - Stake That (df/ya) - 19th August 2007
Tim Willocks - The Religion (main) - 19th August 2007
Jim Butcher - Fool Moon (df) - 19th August 2007
Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel's Avatar (f) - 19th August 2007
Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian (df) - 19th August 2007
Kai Meyer - The Wave Runners (f/ya) - 5th April 2007
Sergei Lukyanenko - The Day Watch (df) - 4th April 2007
Sergei Lukyanenko - The Night Watch (df) - 4th April 2007
Universal Monsters™ - Dracula: Asylum - by Paul Witcover (h/tv) - 4th April 2007
Universal Monsters™ - The Shadow of Frankenstein - by Stefan Petrucha (sf/tv) - 4th April 2007
Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel's Chosen (f) - March 17th 2007
Rachel Caine's Glass Houses (df) - March 17th 2007
Quentaris - Nightmare in Quentaris - by Michael Pryor (f/ya) - 30th January 2007
Quentaris - Stars of Quentaris - by Michael Pryor (f/ya) - 30th January 2007
Paul Hayward - A Bunch of Wild Flowers (f/ya) - 30th January 2007
Ed. Gary Couzens - Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music (f/sf/ss) - 30th January 2007
Val Cornish - Welcome to Purgatory (df/com) - 30th January 2007
Neil Williamson - The Ephemera (sf/f/ss) - 30th January 2007
Paul Hayward - Children of the Stars (f/ya) - 1st December 2006
Chris Roberson - Paragaea (sf) - 1st December 2006
Ismail Ersevim - A.C. 2084 (sf) - 30th November 2006
Alan Dean Foster - Sagramanda (sf) - 30th November 2006
E.E. Knight - Tale of the Thunderbolt (sf/h) - 30th November 2006
Michael William Molden - Touching Freedom: The Life of Katrina Novak (main) - 22nd November 2006
John R. Mason - Return to Olympus (df/ss) - 22nd November 2006
Christopher Golden & Thomas Sniegoski- Tears of the Furies (df) - 22nd November 2006
Tim Nickels - The English Soil Society (df/ss) - 22nd November 2006
Zoran Živković - Impossible Stories (f/ss) - 17th October 2006
Jana G. Oliver - Sojourn (sf) - 16th August 2006
Michael William Molden - The Fire House (df) - 16th August 2006
Garry Charles - Ascension (f) - 16th August 2006
Andrea Savitch - If The Reward Were Right (f) - 16th August 2006
Quentaris - Stolen Children of Quentaris - by Gary Crew (f/ya) - 16th August 2006
Christopher Golden - The Myth Hunters (f) - 16th August 2006
Bones - Buried Deep by Max Allan Collins (tv/crime) - 16th August 2006
Frank Cavallo - The Lucifer Messiah (df) - 15th August 2006
Helen A. Rosburg - The Dream Thief (df) - 15th August 2006
Barb & J.C. Hendee's Sister of the Dead (df) - 15th August 2006
Paul Hayward - Flowers of the Gods (f/ya) - 15th August 2006
Alice Borchardt - The Silver Wolf (f) - 15th August 2006
Scott Nicholson - The Farm (h) - 15th August 2006
Jennifer Roberson - The Novels of Tiger and Del Volume 2 (f) - 13th June 2006
Joe Hill - 20th Century Ghosts (h/ss) - 13th June 2006
Kathryn Sullivan - Talking to Trees (f) - 30th May 2006
C.S.I. N.Y. - Blood on the Sun by Stuart M. Kaminsky (tv/crime) - 30th May 2006
Jim Butcher - Storm Front (df) - 30th May 2006
Simon R. Green - Something from the Nightside (df) - 30th May 2006
Joseph Laudati - In Darkness It Dwells (f) - 18th May 2006
Karen Koehler - The Blackburn and Scarletti Mysteries, Volume 1 (df) - 18th May 2006
Jennifer Roberson - The Novels of Tiger and Del Volume 1 (f) - 18th May 2006
Susan Squires - The Burning (df) - 18th May 2006
Quentaris - The Murderers' Apprentice - by Pamela Freeman (f/ya) - 18th May 2006
Quentaris - The Cat Dreamer - by Isobelle Carmody (f/ya) - 10th May 2006
Tee Morris - Legacy of Morevi (f) - 10th May 2006
Michael William Molden - To Save My Father's Soul (f/main) - 8th May 2006
John Passarella - Kindred Spirit (h) - 8th May 2006
Michael Paine - The Night School (h) - 26th April 2006
Julie Kenner - Carpe Demon (df/com) - 26th April 2006
Mari Mancusi - Boys That Bite (df/ya) - 26th April 2006
Alias - Vigilance by Paul Ruditis (tv) - 11th April 2006
Rachel Caine's Chill Factor (df) - 10th March 2006
Ramsey Campbell - Secret Stories (h) - 10th March 2006
Joshua Palmatier - The Skewed Throne (f) - 10th March 2006
Ed. Danielle Ackley-McPhail - No Longer Dreams (sf/f/h/ss) - 10th March 2006
Shirley Damsgaard - Witch Way to Murder (df) - 1st March 2006
Dean Koontz's The Door to December (h) - 1st March 2006
Rachel Caine's Windfall (df) - 1st March 2006
Brendan Connell - The Translation of Father Torturo (h/f) - 28th February 2006
Scarlett Dean - The Academy (h) - 28th February 2006
Jeanette Cottrell - The Shadebinder's Oath (f) - 27th February 2006
A.J. Orde (Sheri S. Tepper) - Jason Lynx: Death for Old Times' Sake (mys) - 19th January 2006
Maggie Gee - The Ice People (sf) - 19th January 2006
Orson Scott Card - Lost Boys (h) - 12th January 2006
Dan Brown - Angels and Demons (sf-ish) - 10th January 2006
Quentaris - The Mind Master - by John Heffernan (f/ya) - 9th January 2006
Joreid McFate - The Demon Plague (f) - 9th January 2006
Christopher Golden & Rick Hautala - Burning Bones (thriller/ya) - 9th January 2006
Fiona Patton - The Silver Lake (f) - 9th January 2006
Star Trek: Voyager - Chryslis by David Niall Wilson (tv/sf) - 8th January 2006
Quentaris - Treasure Hunters of Quentaris - by Margo Lanagan (f/ya) - 8th January 2006
Mike Segretto - How to Smash Everyone to Pieces (h) - 8th January 2006
Liza Conrad - High School Bites (df/ya/chick-lit) - 8th January 2006
Rachel Caine - Heat Stroke (df) - 8th January 2006
Janine Cross - Touched by Venom (f) - 8th January 2006
Rachel Caine - Ill Wind (df) - 20th December 2005
Star Trek: Voyager - String Theory II: Fusion by Kirsten Beyer (tv/sf) - 20th December 2005
Alias - Two of a Kind? by Greg Cox (tv) - 13th November 2005
Alias - Faina by Rudy Gaborno & Chris Hollier (tv) - 13th November 2005
Mike Segretto - The Bride of Trash (h) - 13th November 2005
E.E. Knight - Dragon Champion (f) - 13th November 2005
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q-Squared by Peter David (sf/tv) - 2nd November 2005
Christopher Golden - Skin Deep (mys) - 2nd November 2005
Nick Pollotta - Doomsday Exam (sf/h/com) - 1st November 2005
Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel's Dart (f) - 31st October 2005
Alias - Colateral Damage by Pierce Askegren (tv) - 31st October 2005
John H. Baillie - Midnight's Delight (ss/df) - 21st October 2005
Linda O. Johnston - Not a Moment Too Soon (rom/para) - 9th October 2005
A.J. Orde (Sheri S. Tepper) - Jason Lynx: A Long Time Dead (mys) - 9th October 2005
Ian Cameron Esslemont - Night of Knives (f) - 5th October 2005
Star Trek: Voyager - String Theory I: Cohesion by Jeffrey Lang (tv/sf) - 5th October 2005
K.L. Nappier - Voyagers (df) - 2nd October 2005
Jane Johnson (as Jude Fisher) - Rose of the World (f) - 2nd October 2005
Ed. Allen Ashley - The Elastic Book of Numbers (sf/f/h/ss) - 28th September 2005
Mary C. Fairbanks - Dragon Tales (f/ss) - 19th September 2005
Matt Dinniman - Trailer Park Fairy Tales (df/ss) - 19th September 2005
C.S.I. N.Y. - Dead of Winter by Stuart M. Kaminsky (tv/crime) - 19th September 2005


Older Reviews
Dan Brown - The DaVinci Code (sf-ish)
Dan Brown - Deception Point (sf-ish)
Dan Brown - Digital Fortress (sf-ish)
Ramsey Campbell - The Darkest Part of the Woods (h)
Ramsey Campbell - The Overnight (h)
Ramsey Campbell - Told by the Dead (h)
Scarlett Dean - Destiny's Call (h)
Scarlett Dean - Unfinished Business (h)
Christopher Golden - The Nimble Man (df)
Christopher Golden - Of Saints and Shadows (df)
Barb & J.C. Hendee's Dhampir (df)
Barb & J.C. Hendee's Thief of Lives (df)
Jane Johnson (as Jude Fisher) - Sorcery Rising (f)
Jane Johnson (as Jude Fisher) - Wild Magic (f)
E.E. Knight - Way of the Wolf (h/sf)
E.E. Knight - Choice of the Cat (h/sf)
K.L. Nappier - Full Wolf Moon (df)
B.J. Oliphant (Sheri S. Tepper) - Shirley McClintock: Dead in the Scrub (1)
B.J. Oliphant (Sheri S. Tepper) - Shirley McClintock: Deservedly Dead (1)
B.J. Oliphant (Sheri S. Tepper) - Shirley McClintock: Death Served up Cold (1)
B.J. Oliphant (Sheri S. Tepper) - Shirley McClintock: A Ceremonial Death (1)
A.J. Orde (Sheri S. Tepper) - Jason Lynx: A Little Neighbourhood Murder (mys)
Quentaris - Quentaris in Flames (f/ya)
Quentaris - Swords of Quentaris (1)
Quentaris - The Revognase (1)
Quentaris - The Perfect Princess (1)
Quentaris - Beneath Quentaris (1)
Quentaris - Slaves of Quentaris (1)
Quentaris - Stones of Quentaris (1)
Quentaris - Dragonlords of Quentaris (1)
Quentaris - Angel Fever (1)
Quentaris - The Plague of Quentaris (1)
Quentaris - Rifts Through Quentaris (1)
Quentaris - Princess of Shadows (1)
Sheri S. Tepper - The Companions (1)
Sheri S. Tepper - Raising the Stones (1)
Sheri S. Tepper - Singer from the Sea (1)
Sheri S. Tepper - Six Moon Dance (1)
Sheri S. Tepper - Still Life (as E.E. Horlak) (1)
Sheri S. Tepper - The Visitor (1)