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Hello and happy Friday, readers! I can’t believe I forgot to post this rave review for ‘Malibu Rising’! You’ve probably all read it by now but here goes anyway! I am a sucker for anything set in the 80s - probably because I was an 80s baby (literally for a week, mind you) but I … Continue reading ‘Malibu Rising’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Happy Friday, my wonderful readers, Well, well, well, unfortunately, ‘Uglies’ by Scott Westerfield was definitely not for me… This dystopian adventure is set in a world where everyone is born ‘ugly’ until they are made ‘pretty’ at the age of 16. It follows Tally, who can’t wait to become pretty, until she meets Shay, a … Continue reading ‘Uglies’ by Scott Westerfield
I have an announcement, readers! Here is my first 5 star review of the year! Finally! 🙌 I have been waiting for a book to absolutely knock my socks off and here it is - a Christmas gift my oh-so-wonderful boy chose for me himself (and yes, plenty of comments have been made about why … Continue reading ‘Final Girls’ by Riley Sager
Hello my beautiful readers, Today I have a ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review to share with you. Now, I don’t usually do half stars, but here is why I was a bit torn with this one... The novel centres around Lottie, a newly-married archivist who’s just moved to Rome to live with her husband, and Nina, the murdered … Continue reading ‘Two Women in Rome’ by Elizabeth Buchan
Well, well, well readers, what have I just read? I have one question having finished this book: what on earth just happened?! The story starts off with such promise! Noemi is sent to visit her newly-married cousin, who lives in an isolated manor with her new husband’s British family and is claiming the house is … Continue reading ‘Mexican Gothic’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Good evening, splendid readers! Today’s review is the YA time travelling journey from Lauren James: ‘The Next Together’. I chose to surround it, hopefully fittingly, with my Grandad’s beloved Readers’ Digest history books. Think ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ combined with ‘One Day’ - a love story with elements of comedy and tragedy told across multiple … Continue reading ‘The Next Together’ by Lauren James
Good evening and happy four day weekend, my lovely readers! Many moons ago, I wrote my dissertation on powerful children presented as monsters in Stephen King’s “Carrie”, “The Shining” and “Firestarter” - I now want to redraft it with “The Institute” as an added factor! In fact, I might! Not much else to do in … Continue reading ‘The Institute’ by Stephen King
Hello readers! Would you look at this glorious weather we’re having? I thought there was no better time to pen my most recent book review than sat out in the sun with a gin. So here goes... I was gifted this book by Tandem Collective and Borough Press and, whilst I’m very grateful for all … Continue reading ‘Adults’ by Emma Jane Unsworth
Hello readers, I have a lovely treat for you! It’s publication week for this beaut and I am so grateful to Readers First for this advance readers copy! Vaughan tells the intriguing and somewhat infuriating story of Ada, who, after losing her father and stately home at a young age, spends her life desperately trying … Continue reading ‘The Favour’ by Laura Vaughan
Happy month of love, dear readers, What would you do for love? 💙💛💚 In ‘Delirium’ by Lauren Oliver, love is considered a disease that everyone must be vaccinated against at the age of 16. Lena, our protagonist can’t wait for hers, until she meets Alex, a rebel from outside her community, who has never been … Continue reading ‘Delirium’ by Lauren Oliver
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