Title: What Kind of Girl Author: Alyssa Sheinmel Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Little Brown UK Publication Date: 6th February 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: 'He said we'd go to the same college, that we'd live in the same dorm, that we'd end up working in the same city after graduation. Doesn't every girl dream that … Continue reading What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel – Review
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The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Review
Title: The Mercies Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan, Picador Publication Date: 7th February 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a reckless storm. As Maren Magnusdatter watches, forty fishermen, including her father and brother, are lost … Continue reading The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Review
The Woods by Vanessa Savage – Review
Title: The Woods Author: Vanessa Savage Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Little Brown UK Publication Date: 23rd January 2020 Cover: Summary: There's a lot from Tess's childhood that she would rather forget. The family who moved next door and brought chaos to their quiet lives. The two local girls who were murdered, their killer never found. In … Continue reading The Woods by Vanessa Savage – Review
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha – Review
Title: Your House Will Pay Author: Steph Cha Genre: Fiction Publisher: Faber & Faber Publication Date: 16th January 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Two families. One desperate to remember, the other to forget. Will the truth burn them both? Grace Park and Shawn Mathews share a city – Los Angeles - but seemingly little else. … Continue reading Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha – Review
Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton – ARC Review
Title: Three Hours Author: Rosamund Lupton Genre: Fiction Publisher: Viking, Penguin Books Publication Date: 9th January 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds. It is a morning's lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods. It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown … Continue reading Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton – ARC Review
How To Be Perfect by Holly Wainwright – Review
Title: How To Be Perfect Author: Holly Wainwright Genre: Fiction Publisher: Legend Press Publication Date: 1st November 2019 Cover: Rating: 4/5 Summary: Elle is holed up in an exclusive retreat where women pay thousands to mimic her extreme lifestyle, or die trying. But who's bankrolling Elle's new empire? Abi just wants to marry her true … Continue reading How To Be Perfect by Holly Wainwright – Review
Postscript by Cecelia Ahern – Review
Title: Postscript Author: Cecelia Ahern Genre: Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Publication Date: 19 September 2019 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: It's been seven years since Holly Kennedy's husband died – six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new life. She’s proud of all the ways in which … Continue reading Postscript by Cecelia Ahern – Review
The Fountains Of Silence by Ruta Sepetys – ARC Review
Title: The Fountains of Silence Author: Ruta Sepetys Genre: Historical Fiction, YA Publisher: Penguin Random House UK Publication Date: 1st October 2019 Cover: Rating: 4/5 Summary: Madrid, 1957. Tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine while Spanish citizens are gripped by a dark secret. Daniel Matheson, the … Continue reading The Fountains Of Silence by Ruta Sepetys – ARC Review
Dead In The Water by Penny Farmer – Review
Title: Dead In The Water Author: Penny Farmer Genre: True Crime Publisher: Diversion Books Publication Date: 2nd April 2019 Cover: Rating: 4/5 Summary: In 1978, two tortured corpses—hooded, bound, and weighted down with engine parts—were found in the sea off Guatemala. Junior doctor Chris Farmer and his girlfriend, Peta Frampton, were still clinging to life … Continue reading Dead In The Water by Penny Farmer – Review
What You Did by Claire McGowan – Review
Title: What You Did Author: Claire McGowan Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Amazon Publishing UK Publication Date: 1st August 2019 Cover: Rating: 3/5 Summary: A vicious assault. A devastating accusation. Who should she trust, her husband or her best friend? It was supposed to be the perfect reunion: six university friends together again after twenty years. … Continue reading What You Did by Claire McGowan – Review
