Category: Book Reviews

Book Review – The Collected Regrets Of Clover by Mikki Brammer

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Pages: 320Published: 9th May 2023Genre: General FictionContent warnings: Grief/themes of death From the day she watched her kindergarten teacher drop dead during a dramatic telling of Peter Rabbit , Clover Brooks has felt a stronger connection with the dying than she has with the living. After the beloved grandfather who raised her dies alone while she is traveling, Clover … Continue reading Book Review – The Collected Regrets Of Clover by Mikki Brammer

Book Review – King Of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

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Pages: 511Published: 29th January 2019Genre: Young Adult FantasyContent warnings: Injury detail, misogyny The boy king. The war hero. The prince with a demon curled inside his heart. Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. The people of Ravka don't know what he endured in their bloody civil war and he intends to keep it that way. … Continue reading Book Review – King Of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Book Review – Demon by Matt Wesolowski

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Pages: 276Published: 20th November 2021Genre: CrimeContent warnings: Child murder, animal death/cruelty, injury detail, suicide Scott King’s podcast investigates the 1995 cold case of a demon possession in a rural Yorkshire village, where a 12-year-old boy was murdered in cold blood by two children. Book six in the chilling, award-winning Six Stories series. In 1995, the picture-perfect village of Ussalthwaite … Continue reading Book Review – Demon by Matt Wesolowski

Book Review – Sleep by C.L. Taylor

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Pages: 349Published: 18th March 2019Genre: Mystery/ThrillerContent warnings: PTSD, domestic abuse All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty… To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of … Continue reading Book Review – Sleep by C.L. Taylor

Book Review – The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe

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Pages: 353Published: 26th January 2021Genre: Young Adult ThrillerContent Warnings: Domestic/Psychological abuse, sexual assault, injury detail Nora O’Malley’s been a lot of girls. As the daughter of a con-artist who targets criminal men, she grew up as her mother’s protégé. But when mother fell for the mark instead of conning him, Nora pulled the ultimate con: escape. For five years … Continue reading Book Review – The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe

Book Review – The Shape Of Darkness by Laura Purcell

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Pages: 398Published: 21st January 2021Genre: Historical Fiction/Gothic HorrorContent warnings: Injury detail, child death As the age of the photograph dawns in Victorian Bath, silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep her business afloat. Still recovering from a serious illness herself, making enough money to support her elderly mother and her orphaned nephew Cedric has never been easy, but then … Continue reading Book Review – The Shape Of Darkness by Laura Purcell

Book Review – Blackberry & Wild Rose by Sonia Velton

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Pages: 399Published: 10th January 2019Genre: Historical FictionContent warnings: Misogyny This was another book I read with Pauliina @ The Bookaholic Dreamer, and it gave us lots to discuss along the way! When Esther Thorel, the wife of a Huguenot silk-weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel she thinks she is doing God’s will. Sara is not convinced being a … Continue reading Book Review – Blackberry & Wild Rose by Sonia Velton

Book Review – Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Pages: 365Published: 27th May 2021Genre: General FictionContent warnings: Drug use, strong sexual references, alcohol dependency Malibu: August, 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hudson, one a championship surfer, the other … Continue reading Book Review – Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Book Review – The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

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Pages: 343Published: 2nd January 2018Genre: Psychological ThrillerContent Warnings: Domestic violence/abuse, sexual references, miscarriage When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement - a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. You … Continue reading Book Review – The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Book Review – The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

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Pages: 383Published: 12th May 2020Genre: Young Adult Contemporary/RomanceContent warnings: Racism/micro-aggressions, homophobia When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants - as long as she isn’t herself. Because Muslim girls aren’t lesbians. Nishat doesn’t want to hide who she is, but she also doesn’t want to lose her relationship with her family. And … Continue reading Book Review – The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar