Genre: Fantasy, Short Story Publisher: Lore and Lyre Published: 27th July 2021 Format: Audiobook Narrator: Penny Scott-Andrews Length: 16 minutes, 3 seconds Synopsis A fun and enchanting modern fairytale. When a strange man puts in a strange request at the bakery where she works, Riley must go on a mini-adventure to find one unusual ingredient. Along the way,…… Continue reading Book Review: True Loaf by Austen Johnson
Hello everyone! I am so excited to be taking part in The Beast Hunters blog tour! This is a brilliant fantasy novel by Christer Lende with a stunning cover design by Anne Glenn. Genre: Fantasy Pages: 240 Publisher: Hashtag Press Published: 18th November 2021 Series: The Beasthunter of Ashbourne #1 Format: Paperback Trigger warnings: Physical…… Continue reading Blog Tour & Book Review: The Beast Hunters by Christer Lende
Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Published: 18th May 2017 Format: Audiobook Length: 11 hours and 36 mins Trigger warnings: click here Child abuse Self harm Sexual assault Physical and emotional abuse Alcoholism Depression Suicide attempt Synopsis Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for…… Continue reading Book Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Grammy Award–nominated, platinum-selling musician Halsey is heralded as one of the most compelling voices of her generation. In I Would Leave Me If I Could, she reveals never-before-seen poetry of longing, love, and the nuances of bipolar disorder. I hope you’ll stay. I hope you’ll stay. But I would leave me too, if I could. Trigger…… Continue reading Review: I Would Leave Me If I Could by Halsey
Rosie McLeod, pub proprietor and a gifted herbalist of local renown, is thirty-nine and holding, but only just. The talons of her fortieth birthday are in her back and her bloody, bloody husband hasn’t laid a lustful hand on her for months. Rosie sets out to discover if her husband is having an affair, using…… Continue reading Book Review: Love Potions and Other Calamities by Charlie Laidlaw
Hello everyone! Back in the summer, I joined the City Girl Network as a content writer for their magazine. It’s been a lot of fun and if you are a city girl I recommend joining the network! CGN is made up of a collective of local communities within cities throughout the UK, Europe and USA.…… Continue reading Book Review: What Would Boudicca Do? By Elizabeth Foley and Beth Coates
I have a heart for every year I’ve been alive. There are seventeen hidden in the sand of my bedroom. Every so often, I claw through the shingle just to check they’re still there. Buried deep and bloody. Princess Lira is siren royalty and revered across the sea until she is cursed into humanity by the…… Continue reading Book Review: To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
Synopsis When Korede’s dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what’s expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This’ll be the third boyfriend Ayoola’s dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to…… Continue reading Book Review: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Synopsis Frances Janvier spends most of her time studying. Everyone knows Aled Last as that quiet boy who gets straight As. You probably think that they are going to fall in love or something. Since he is a boy and she is a girl. They don’t. They make a podcast. In a world determined to…… Continue reading Book Review: Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
Synopsis There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on Earth… Emma Maria Rossini appears to be the luckiest girl in the world. She’s the daughter of a beautiful and loving mother, and her father is one of the most famous film actors of his generation. She’s also the granddaughter…… Continue reading Book Review: The Space Between Time by Charlie Laidlaw
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