Title: Darling Author: Rachel Edwards Genre: Suspense, Thriller, Drama Publisher: 4th Estate, Harper Collins Summary: from Goodreads Lola doesn’t particularly want a new stepmother. Especially not one who has come out of nowhere and only been with her dad for three months. And – she’s not racist or anything – but since when did her … Continue reading Darling by Rachel Edwards – Review
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Ember Burning by Jennifer Alsever – Review
Title: Ember Burning Author: Jennifer Alsever Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Sawatch Publishing Summary: from Goodreads Senior year was supposed to be great--that's what Ember's friend Maddie promised at the beginning of the year. Instead, Ember TrouvE spends the year drifting in and out of life like a ghost, haunted by her parents' recent, tragic death. … Continue reading Ember Burning by Jennifer Alsever – Review
Top Ten Tuesday: Books With My Favourite Colour on the Cover
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. My favourite colour changes quite frequently but at the moment (and quite … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books With My Favourite Colour on the Cover
The World of Lore, Volume 2: Wicked Mortals by Aaron Mahnke – Review
Title: The World of Lore, Volume 2: Wicked Mortals Author: Aaron Mahnke Genre: Non-fiction, short stories Publisher: Wildfire, Headline, published 29th May 2018 Summary: A chilling, lavishly illustrated who's-who of the most despicable people ever to walk the earth, featuring both rare and best-loved stories from the hit podcast Lore, now an online streaming series. Here … Continue reading The World of Lore, Volume 2: Wicked Mortals by Aaron Mahnke – Review
Kill The Angel by Sandrone Dazieri – Review
Title: Kill The Angel Author: Sandrone Dazieri Genre: Crime/Thriller Publisher: Simon & Schuster, out 3rd May 2018 Summary: from Goodreads A high-speed train from Milan draws into the station in Rome, and an horrific discovery in one carriage rocks the city. Preliminary investigations are put in the hands of Deputy Police Commissioner Colomba Caselli. The … Continue reading Kill The Angel by Sandrone Dazieri – Review
Circe by Madeline Miller – Review
Title: Circe Author: Madeline Miller Genre: Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, out now Summary: From Goodreads In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals … Continue reading Circe by Madeline Miller – Review
Ponti by Sharlene Teo – Review
Title: Ponti Author: Sharlene Teo Genre: General Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan in April 2018 Summary: From Goodreads 2003, Singapore. Friendless and fatherless, sixteen-year-old Szu lives in the shadow of her mother Amisa, once a beautiful actress and now a hack medium performing séances with her sister in a rusty house. When Szu meets the privileged, … Continue reading Ponti by Sharlene Teo – Review
Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall – Review
Title : Our Kind of Cruelty Author : Araminta Hall Genre : Psychological Thriller Publisher : Random House UK, Cornerstone Century on 3rd May 2018 Summary : From Goodreads This is a love story. Mike’s love story. Mike Hayes fought his way out of a brutal childhood and into a quiet, if lonely life, before … Continue reading Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall – Review
Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser – Blog Tour – Review
Title: Not That I Could Tell Author: Jessica Strawser Genre: Drama, Mystery Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, out now Summary: from Goodreads When a group of neighborhood women gathers, wine in hand, around a fire pit where their backyards meet one Saturday night, most of them are just ecstatic to have discovered that their baby monitors … Continue reading Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser – Blog Tour – Review
In Search Of Us by Ava Dellaira – Review
Title: In Search Of Us Author: Ava Dellaira Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Hot Key Books Summary: from Goodreads The author of the beloved Love Letters to the Dead returns with a parallel story of a mother and daughter each at age seventeen. Marilyn's tale recounts the summer she fell in love and set out on … Continue reading In Search Of Us by Ava Dellaira – Review
