Title: High Tide Author: Livia Franchini Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 5th November 2026 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Summer, 1992. Peter, a promising young artist, vanishes off the coast of Tuscany. Ten days later, his body washes ashore, bloated and unrecognisable. For one sweltering summer, his death grips the public imagination, before fading … Continue reading High Tide by Livia Franchini – Blog Tour Review
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The Weight of Angels by John Boyne – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Weight of Angels Author: John Boyne Genre: Historical/Speculative Fiction Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 1st October 2026 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: Can one rash decision prove the difference between a life well lived and a life destroyed? When the Marquis of Queensbury left his calling card at the Albemarle Club in February 1895, it … Continue reading The Weight of Angels by John Boyne – Blog Tour Review
The Princes of Pauper’s Pond by Lars Elling – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Princes of Pauper’s Pond Author: Lars Elling Translator: Don Bartlett Genre: Historical Literary Fiction Publisher: Orenda Books Publication Date: 24th September 2026 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: 1985. Nineteen-year-old Filip spends his days playing football, listening to music on his Walkman and drawing, searching for something he cannot yet name. He lives in a … Continue reading The Princes of Pauper’s Pond by Lars Elling – Blog Tour Review
The Boy by Mark Gyves – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Boy Author: Mark Gyves Genre: Crime Fiction Publisher: No Exit Press Publication Date: 24th September 2026 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: The Boy is a powerful novel of wasted talent, loss, greed and revenge – but also of discovered genius and life-affirming friendship. By turns terrifying, taut, humane and tender it tells the origin … Continue reading The Boy by Mark Gyves – Blog Tour Review
Pictures of You by Josh Malerman – Book Review
Title: Pictures of You Author: Josh Malerman Genre: Horror/Suspense Publisher: Tor Publication Date: 10th September 2026 Cover: Summary: After a magical night out on the town with her fiancée Jack, Emily wakes alone in a huge bed situated in a beautiful, well-lit room. But the pink ceiling, the mauve walls, and the deep, dark corners … Continue reading Pictures of You by Josh Malerman – Book Review
The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Pirate Queen Author: Ariel Lawhon Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Swift Press Publication Date: 10th September 2026 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Ireland, 1535. The sea is no place for a girl. Least of all Grace O’Malley, the only daughter of a powerful chieftain and the family’s best hope of securing a strong alliance through … Continue reading The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon – Blog Tour Review
Where Are The Kings by Donal Ryan – Blog Tour Review
Title: Where Are The Kings Author: Donal Ryan Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 13th August 2026 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: Something terrible has happened to Jack but no one seems to want to talk about it. His uncles can tell him about everything from quantum physics to how to hunt for deer, but … Continue reading Where Are The Kings by Donal Ryan – Blog Tour Review
Wasteland Girls by Anna Bailey – Blog Tour Review
Title: Wasteland Girls Author: Anna Bailey Genre: Short Stories Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 30th July 2026 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: These stunningly powerful stories explore the wildness and beauty of the American heartlands, a place where lives are lived on the margins, but also where there is dignity, hope, revenge and restitution. In 'Long Way … Continue reading Wasteland Girls by Anna Bailey – Blog Tour Review
Outside by Charlotte Levin – Book Review
Title: Outside Author: Charlotte Levin Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publisher: Oneworld, Magpie Publication Date: 6th August 2026 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: She’s locked the door to the world. Is love strong enough to open it? Following a tragic incident, rising-star Beatrice is struggling. Having retreated from life entirely, she finds herself unable to leave the house. With … Continue reading Outside by Charlotte Levin – Book Review
Buyer Beware by Catherine Ryan Howard – Blog Tour Review
Title: Buyer Beware Author: Catherine Ryan Howard Genre: Thriller/Suspense Publisher: Bantam Publication Date: 16th July 2026 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: If these walls could talk, they’d scream… When Ellie moves into 1 Delaney Row, all she has to her name is the house, a small suitcase and the terrible secrets she’s desperate to keep. But … Continue reading Buyer Beware by Catherine Ryan Howard – Blog Tour Review
