So, I have finally made a start on 'sponsored' books, in other words books sent to me by the author for free in return for an honest review. It was difficult to choose which one to begin with, but I ultimately settled on Naliyah, as I was taken by the Goodreads synopsis, and would act as … Continue reading Book Review – Naliyah by Shauna Kelley
I came up with the idea for this post after noticing a curious pattern in a lot of the books that I have read during the last few months: The same character names keep appearing, almost from book to book. So I have mainly been reading domestic or psychological thrillers, which means that most characters … Continue reading The Same Names
Pages: 400Published: 28th July 2016Genre: Thriller I decided to give this book a go after reading the synopsis on the back of the cover, where it also said that it would be an ideal read for fans of Clare Mackintosh and C.L. Taylor. That's not wrong. I found it to be a very enjoyable and … Continue reading Book Review – No Turning Back by Tracy Buchanan
Pages: 400Published: 8th March 2018Genre: Crime Those of you who have occasionally read this blog or chanced upon my Twitter feed will probably know that this was probably my most anticipated book of 2018. Ever since reading her remarkable debut novel, I Let You Go, anything written by Clare Mackintosh has gone straight to the top … Continue reading Book Review – Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
Pages: 336Published: 6th April 2017Genre: Psychological Thriller What Is It About? Narrator Zoe Morley and her husband Ollie have an adopted daughter called Evie, and a young son named Ben. They live a mostly comfortable and happy life, but then Evie begins to receive gifts from somebody purporting to be her real father. Zoe is … Continue reading Book Review – The Stolen Child by Sanjida Kay
Pages: 288Published: 5th June 2014Genre: General Fiction This is another book I came across in the library and decided it was worth a read. It took me a few weeks to get round to starting on it, but thanks to its relatively short length and with a little help from all the snow we've had … Continue reading Book Review – The Living by Lean Cullinan
A few days ago I finished reading An Abundance of Katherines, the third book I have read by John Green. It took me a long time to actually get started on his work, but ever since I have he has become one of my top authors. Whenever I read a book by John Green, it acts … Continue reading Author Analysis – John Green
Pages: 368Published: 7th January 2016Genre: Thriller One word to describe this book? Wow. I picked it up almost randomly from a library one day, thinking that it simply looked like the kind of book that I normally like to read. It turned out (for me, at least), to be the very definition of a thriller; … Continue reading Book Review – Dead Secret by Ava McCarthy
This book was right near the top of my TBR list. All the reviews I had seen for it were positive, and it had the look of a riveting, truly edge-of-the-seat domestic thriller, so I had pretty high expectations when I began to read it at the start of this week. Did it meet my … Continue reading Book Review – Friend Request by Laura Marshall
Pages: 390Published: 4th June 2015Genre: Psychological Thriller What Is It About? Professional photographer Tess has just moved to the United States with her American husband Greg, who had been offered a job as a leading paediatric surgeon in Boston. She is pregnant, and her son Joe, from a previous relationship, has moved with them. Greg … Continue reading Book Review – The Other Child by Lucy Atkins
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