Pages: 451Published: 31st October 2019Genre: Historical FictionContent warnings: Injury detail, allusions to rape, child/baby death, grief This was my first buddy read of the year with Kriti, and this book gave us so much to talk about! After my review I shall include a few sections from our discussion (no spoilers), and in my next post I am going … Continue reading Book Review and Discussion – The Lost Ones by Anita Frank
Pages: 447Published: August 1938Genre: General Fiction/ClassicContent warnings: References to animal cruelty Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . . The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can … Continue reading Book Review – Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Hello everyone, It is my turn on the blog tour for the book which finished a magnificent seventh place in the Book Bloggers' Novel of the Year (BBNYA) 2020! Many congratulations! For some extra information, it was the highest placed out of the books I was allocated for the final, and the one I enjoyed … Continue reading Blog Tour – Calico Thunder Rides Again by T.A. Hernandez
Hello everyone, It is my turn on the blog tour for this latest instalment of Matt Wesolowski's frankly outstanding Six Stories series. Those of you who follow my blog will likely have seen me eulogise about the previous two books on several occasions, so I was beyond excited to receive an invite for this tour. Such is … Continue reading Blog Tour + Review – Deity by Matt Wesolowski
Pages: 323Published: 8th January 2019Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Drug references, sexual exploitation, sexual references This was my fourth book by Karen M. McManus in the space of just a little over two months, and once again my reading companion was Ellie. We were not kept guessing quite as much as the other ones, but it still led to … Continue reading Book Review – Two Can Keep A Secret by Karen M. McManus
Pages: 454Published: 19th September 2019Genre: General FictionContent warnings: Drugs, sexual content, mental health storyline One winter's afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. Connie is bold and alluring, a successful writer whose novel is being turned into a major Hollywood film. Elise follows Connie to LA, a city of … Continue reading Book Review – The Confession by Jessie Burton
Pages: 437Published: 17th November 2020Genre: Historical Fiction/FantasyContent warnings: Descriptions of gore/injury detail This was a buddy read with my friend Alexia. There was a bit of a wait before we could start, but boy was it worth it! I loved our detailed discussions and they made what was already a fabulous reading experience into an even better one. The … Continue reading Book Review – These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Pages: 403Published: 1st November 2018Genre: Mystery/CrimeContent warnings: Animal harm, sexual references This was a buddy read with my friend Gem. It was seventh one and while not our best, we still had some very fun discussions! Death lies between the lines. A dark story has been brought to terrifying life. Can the ending be rewritten in time? Clare Cassidy … Continue reading Book Review – The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
Pages: 372Published: 7th January 2020Genre: Young Adult ThrillerContent warnings: Child death, strong sexual references, cancer sub-plot This was a buddy read with my friend Ellie. We have now read both books in this series together and are about to start Karen M. McManus' standalone novel Two Can Keep A Secret. As always, the buddy read was a lot of fun! It … Continue reading Book Review – One Of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
Pages: 390Published: 17th March 2020Genre: Young Adult ThrillerContent warnings: Bullying including cyber-bullying, sexual references, suicide This was my second buddy read with Noly, and we had a wonderful time trying to make sense of the high stakes plot and guessing what was going to happen. Our reaction at the end was one of mutual shock and plenty of gasping … Continue reading Book Review – All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban
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