‘Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black’ by Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick and Alexis Deacon

I read this because it was partly written by Marcus Sedgwick, he writes YA fiction and is always very good.

This book is a slight detour from his normal stuff, as it was for me. The title was a big clue – not my normal read – but always good to have a go of something different.

Teaming up with his brother Julian and artist Alexis Deacon, this novel brings together prose, poetry and illustration as it follows the story of two brothers in WWII.

It was all a bit too dreamlike and strange for me. The ‘real’ parts were brilliantly written, just too much of the weird stuff for me.

‘Elvis in London’ by Alice Beneyto

Not good this one.

It follows Eddie, who wins a talent competition impersonating Elvis Presley. Although, the win wasn’t really a surprise: he is the reincarnated Elvis Presley. It’s just that he is too afraid to tell anyone.

It wasn’t a great read, but I saw it out until the end.