Tag: 2024

Book Review – Hani And Ishu’s Guide To Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

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Pages: 341Published: 25th May 2021Genre: Young Adult ContemporaryContent warnings: Biphobia, microaggressions Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan - she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can’t be bi if she’s only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that … Continue reading Book Review – Hani And Ishu’s Guide To Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

Book Review – Tales Of The Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan

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Illustrated by: Kelly ChongPages: 150Published: 6th February 2024Genre: Fantasy Tales from the Celestial Kingdom collects nine spellbinding stories - two previously published, seven original, including the epilogue to the duology - set in the enchanting world of Sue Lynn Tan’s stunning debut. Filled with magic and mythology, friendship and love, these stories intertwine through the past, present, and future … Continue reading Book Review – Tales Of The Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan

Book Review – The One by John Marrs

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Pages: 405Published: 15th July 2016Genre: Dystopian ThrillerContent warnings: Violence/injury detail, strong sexual references, misogyny, cancer subplot A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you’ll be matched with your perfect partner the one you are genetically made for. That’s the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced … Continue reading Book Review – The One by John Marrs

Book Review – The Shadow Friend by Alex North

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Pages: 357Published: 7th July 2020Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Injury detail, coercive control, gaslighting Twenty-five years ago, Paul's friend Charlie Crabtree brutally killed their classmate - and then vanished without a trace. Paul's never forgiven himself for his part in what happened. He's never gone back home. Until his elderly mother has a fall. It's finally time to stop running. It's … Continue reading Book Review – The Shadow Friend by Alex North

Blog Tour Spotlight – Red Runs The Witch’s Thread by Victoria Williamson

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Hello everyone, It is time to showcase another of Victoria Williamson's books as I take my turn on this blog tour for her Gothic novella Red Runs The Witch's Thread. If you love atmospheric historical fiction with an unreliable narrator, then this is definitely something you might want to consider picking up! In addition, it is … Continue reading Blog Tour Spotlight – Red Runs The Witch’s Thread by Victoria Williamson

Book Review – Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

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Pages: 354Published: 9th May 2023Genre: Mythological FictionContent warnings: Sexism, violence Princess, Warrior, Lover, Hero When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis, Atalanta grows … Continue reading Book Review – Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

Book Review – The Last Thing To Burn by Will Dean

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Pages: 239Published: 21st January 2021Genre: ThrillerContent warnings: Human trafficking, rape, physical/psychological abuse He is her husband. She is his captive. Her husband calls her Jane. That is not her name. She lives in a small farm cottage, surrounded by vast, open fields. Everywhere she looks, there is space. But she is trapped. No one knows how she got to … Continue reading Book Review – The Last Thing To Burn by Will Dean