Title: The Last Widow Author: Karin Slaughter Genre: Thriller Publication Date: July 2020 Publisher: Harper Collins Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: It begins with an abduction. The routine of a family shopping trip is shattered when Michelle Spivey is snatched as she leaves the mall with her young daughter. The police search for her, her partner … Continue reading The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter – Book Review
Tag: Fiction review
Sister Stardust by Jane Green – Blog Tour Review
Title: Sister Stardust Author: Jane Green Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hanover Square Press, Harper Collins Publication Date: 28th April 2022 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: In her first novel inspired by a true story, Sunday Times Bestseller Jane Green re-imagines the life of troubled icon Talitha Getty in this transporting story from a forgotten chapter of … Continue reading Sister Stardust by Jane Green – Blog Tour Review
Shadow Girls by Carol Birch – Blog Tour Review
Title: Shadow Girls Author: Carol Birch Genre: Suspense, Fiction Publisher: Head of Zeus Publication Date: 14th April 2022 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Manchester, 1960s. Sally, a cynical fifteen-year-old schoolgirl, is much too clever for her own good. When partnered with her best friend, Pamela – a mouthy girl who no-one else much likes – Sally finds … Continue reading Shadow Girls by Carol Birch – Blog Tour Review
None of This is Serious by Catherine Prasifka – Blog Tour Review
Title: None of This is Serious Author: Catherine Prasifka Genre: Fiction, Literary Fiction Publisher: Canongate Publication Date: 7th April 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Dublin student life is ending for Sophie and her friends. They’ve got everything figured out, and Sophie feels left behind as they all start to go their separate ways. She’s overshadowed … Continue reading None of This is Serious by Catherine Prasifka – Blog Tour Review
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi – Blog Tour Review
Title: Sparks Like Stars Author: Nadia Hashimi Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 2nd March 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, … Continue reading Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi – Blog Tour Review
The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Embroidered Book Author: Kate Heartfield Genre: Historical Fantasy Publisher: Harper Voyager Publication Date: 17th February 2022 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: ‘Power is not something you are given. Power is something you take. When you are a woman, it is a little more difficult, that’s all’ 1768. Charlotte, daughter of the Habsburg Empress, arrives … Continue reading The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield – Blog Tour Review
A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp – Book Review
Title: A Very Nice Girl Author: Imogen Crimp Genre: Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Anna is struggling to afford life in London as she trains to be a singer. During the day, she vies to succeed against her course mates with their discreet but inexhaustible streams of cultural … Continue reading A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp – Book Review
The Comfort of Monsters by Willa C. Richards – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Comfort of Monsters Author: Willa C. Richards Genre: Crime/Mystery Publisher: Point Blank Publication Date: 13th January 2022 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: In the summer of 1991, teen Dee McBride vanished in the city of Milwaukee. It was the summer the Journal Sentinel dubbed ‘the deadliest . . . in the history of Milwaukee.’ Serial killer … Continue reading The Comfort of Monsters by Willa C. Richards – Blog Tour Review
Wahala by Nikki May – Blog Tour Review
Title: Wahala Author: Nikki May Genre: Fiction Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 6th January 2022 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Ronke, Simi, Boo are three mixed-race friends living in London. They have the gift of two cultures, Nigerian and English. Not all of them choose to see it that way. Everyday racism has never held them back, … Continue reading Wahala by Nikki May – Blog Tour Review
Blackout by Simon Scarrow – Blog Tour – Book Review
Title: Blackout Author: Simon Scarrow Genre: Historical Thriller / Crime Publisher: Headline Publication Date: 16th September 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia in the capital is intensified by a rigidly enforced blackout that plunges the city into oppressive darkness every night, … Continue reading Blackout by Simon Scarrow – Blog Tour – Book Review