Book Review – The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi

Pages: 400 Published: 21st September 2021 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy After Séverin's seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and Zofia must find their way through the snarled, haunted waterways of Venice, Italy to locate Séverin. Meanwhile, Séverin must balance the deranged whims of the Patriarch of the Fallen …

Book Review – The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh

Pages: 431 Published: 4th August 2022 Genre: Crime/Mystery On New Year’s Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His vacation homes on Mirror Lake are a success, and he’s generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbours. But by midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake. …

Blog Tour + Review – If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude

Hello everyone, At long last, this is my first blog tour of the year. A lot of the time when I receive news of an upcoming tour I choose to prioritise my existing TBR unless the book can seriously catch my attention straight away and make me fully commit to reading it - and that …

Book Review – The Whistling by Rebecca Netley

Pages: 377 Published: 14th October 2021 Genre: Historical Fiction Trigger warnings: Child death, sexual harassment Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome has taken the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scottish island of Skelthsea. Her charge, Mary, is a troubled child. Distracted and secretive, she hasn't uttered a word since the sudden death of her twin, …

Book Review – Heart Of The Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan

Pages: 457 Published: 10th November 2022 Genre: Fantasy Trigger warnings: Injury detail Just like the first book in this duology, I read this one with Pauliina @ The Bookaholic Dreamer. We have both loved these books throughout, and had the best time discussing them. After her perilous quest to free her mother, Xingyin thrives once more in the tranquility …

Book Review – Hope To Die by Cara Hunter

Pages: 409 Published: 21st July 2022 Genre: Crime Trigger warnings: Injury detail, baby death storyline When a body is found in a farmhouse in a gruesome state, DI Adam Fawley is one of the first on the scene. The murder leads Fawley to a convoluted investigation from the past, and a family torn apart by a devastating crime involving …

Book Review – The Book Of You by Claire Kendal

Pages: 361 Published: 3rd April 2014 Genre: Psychological Thriller Clarissa is becoming more and more frightened of her colleague, Rafe. He won’t leave her alone, and he refuses to take no for an answer. He is always there. Being selected for jury service is a relief. The courtroom is a safe haven, a place where Rafe can’t …

Book Review – The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Pages: 368 Published: 30th August 2022 Genre: Young Adult Mystery Trigger warnings: Suicide references To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it …

Book Review And Discussion – The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Pages: 297 Published: 1st November 2022 Genre: General/Literary Fiction Trigger warnings: Grief, sexual references, drugs This was a buddy read with my friend Kriti @ Armed With A Book, and we both enjoyed this book and discussed it at length. Spoiler-free extracts of our discussion can be found after my review. Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, hoping …

Book Review – Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong

Pages: 507 Published: 27th September 2022 Genre: Historical Fiction/Fantasy Trigger warnings: Injury detail It’s 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging—and allows her to heal …