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 – 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 …

Book Review – Wild And Wicked Things by Francesca May

Pages: 417 Published: 29th March 2022 Genre: Historical Fantasy Trigger warnings: Domestic abuse, injury detail On Crow Island, people whisper, real magic lurks just below the surface. Neither real magic nor faux magic interests Annie Mason. Not after it stole her future. She’s only on the island to settle her late father’s estate and, hopefully, reconnect with her long-absent …

Book Review – Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee

Pages: 382 Published: 22nd April 2021 Genre: Historical Fiction Trigger warnings: Animal death/cruelty, suicide, allusions to rape, misogyny Lancashire, 1620. Young Sarah Haworth and her family live as outcasts. They are 'cunning folk', feared by the local villagers by day, but called upon under cover of darkness for healing balms and spells. Against the odds, love blossoms when Sarah …

Top 10 Books I Read In 2022

Hello everyone, I hope you have all had a wonderful holiday season. Today I am sharing my final post of the year and it is time for THE list - the top 10 books I have read in 2022! While I have had fewer five-star reads than in previous years, it feels like I have …

The Best Settings I Read In 2022

Hello everyone, One of the absolute gems of reading is that it can transport you to absolutely anywhere in the world - or to a different world entirely, courtesy of its setting. As well as being something fun, exciting, and potentially new, it allows you to really immerse yourself in a different culture or experience …

Blog Tour Spotlight – Fracture by Elyse Hoffman

Hello everyone, It is my turn on the blog tour for Fracture by Elyse Hoffman, a hard-hitting book set in the Second World War and containing a forbidden romance. I was drawn to this one by its fascinating concept and it is very fast paced, so you will fly through it in double quick time! Thank you …

Top Five Beautiful Covers I Held In 2022

Hello everyone, Who does not like a beautiful book cover? Sometimes they are one of the reasons why we decide to buy a particular book, but it is even better when they turn out to be a great read. My favourite covers are often ones with intricate patterns and attention to detail, while I also …

Book Review – The Dictionary Of Lost Words by Pip Williams

Pages: 416 Published: 31st March 2020 Genre: Historical Fiction Trigger warnings: Misogyny, sexual content Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood at her father's feet as he and his team gather words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. One day, she sees a slip of paper containing a forgotten word flutter to the …

Book Review – The House Of Fortune by Jessie Burton

Pages: 400 Published: 7th July 2022 Genre: Historical Fiction Trigger warnings: Racism, sexual content Thea Brandt is turning eighteen, and is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms. At the theatre, Walter, the love of her life, awaits her, but at home in the house on the Herengracht, winter has set in - her father Otto and Aunt Nella …