Title: Snowflake Author: Louise Nealon Genre: Fiction Publisher: Manilla Press Publication Date: 10th May 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Eighteen-year-old Debbie White lives on a dairy farm with her mother, Maeve, and her uncle, Billy. Billy sleeps out in a caravan in the garden with a bottle of whiskey and the stars overhead for company. … Continue reading Snowflake by Louise Nealon – Book Review
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May Reading Wrap-Up
Hello! I've actually had a really good reading month, I read 10 books which is a little more than usual for me and I've enjoyed all of them and absolutely loved a few! I had a really busy April on my university course so it was nice to have a bit more reading time in … Continue reading May Reading Wrap-Up
Heatstroke by Hazel Barkworth – Blog Tour Review
Title: Heatstroke Author: Hazel Barkworth Genre: Fiction Publisher: Headline Review Publication Date: 27th May 2021 (paperback) Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: This summer burns with secrets... It is too hot to sleep. To work. To be questioned time and again by the police. At the beginning of a stifling, sultry summer, everything shifts irrevocably when Lily … Continue reading Heatstroke by Hazel Barkworth – Blog Tour Review
The Pact by Sharon Bolton – Book Review
Title: The Pact Author: Sharon Bolton Genre: Thriller Publisher: Trapeze Publication Date: 27th May 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: A golden summer, and six talented friends are looking forward to the brightest of futures - until a daredevil game goes horribly wrong, and a woman and two children are killed. 18-year-old Megan takes the blame, … Continue reading The Pact by Sharon Bolton – Book Review
Self-Contained by Emma John – Blog Tour Review
Title: Self-Contained Author: Emma John Genre: Memoir Publisher: Cassell Publication Date: 6th May 2021 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: There is a piece of cod-wisdom regularly dispensed to single women: romance will arrive when you least expect it. I had assumed it would also make its own travel arrangements too. Emma John is in her 40s; … Continue reading Self-Contained by Emma John – Blog Tour Review
Coming Undone: A Memoir by Terri White – Book Review
Title: Coming Undone Author: Terri White Genre: Memoir Publisher: Canongate Publication Date: 15th April 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream - living in New York City, with a top job editing a major magazine. In reality, she was struggling with the trauma of an abusive … Continue reading Coming Undone: A Memoir by Terri White – Book Review
The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Metal Heart Author: Caroline Lea Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Michael Joseph Publication Date: 29th April 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Orkney, 1940. Five hundred Italian prisoners-of-war arrive to fortify these remote and windswept islands. Resentful islanders are fearful of the enemy in their midst, but not orphaned twin sisters Dorothy and Constance. Already … Continue reading The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea – Blog Tour Review
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint – Blog Tour Review
Title: Ariadne Author: Jennifer Saint Genre: Fiction Publisher: Wildfire Publication Date: 29th April 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur - Minos's … Continue reading Ariadne by Jennifer Saint – Blog Tour Review
Darke Matter by Rick Gekoski – Blog Tour Review
Title: Darke Matter Author: Rick Gekoski Genre: Fiction Publisher: Constable Publication Date: 14th May 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: James Darke is dreading the first family Christmas without his wife Suzy. Engulfed by grief, his grudging preparations are interrupted by a persistent knock at the door. Questions about the circumstances of his wife's death force … Continue reading Darke Matter by Rick Gekoski – Blog Tour Review
The Imposter by Anna Wharton – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Imposter Author: Anna Wharton Genre: Thriller Publisher: Mantle Publication Date: 1st April 2021 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: They say you can't choose your family . . . But what if they're wrong? Chloe lives a quiet life. Working as a newspaper archivist in the day and taking care of her nan in the … Continue reading The Imposter by Anna Wharton – Blog Tour Review
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