Format: ebookRelease Date: January 20th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Historical – LiteraryGoodreads Rating: 1/5 Stars Thank you to publishers Faber & Faber for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley. A little history before diving into the review, specifically about the event that starts this book – in October 1966, a coal slag heap collapsed inContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe”
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Book Review: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
Format: PaperbackRelease Date: January 5th, 2000Age: AdultGenre: Romance – HistoricalGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars This book was so good until maybe the last third? Everything prior to Simon and Daphne getting caught in the garden is great, but unfortunately the book takes a downward turn from there and gets a bit messy. Do I still wantContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn”
Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 1
by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: October 23rd, 2012Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Finding myself run out of graphic novels and at a little bit of a loss as to what to pick up next, I eyed up my shelves and decided to do a re-read of what is, quite frankly, oneContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 1”
Book Review: The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten
Format: ebookRelease Date: March 7th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Lore is a spy and poison-runner, working for her adopted mothers. When a job goes wrong, her secret is exposed, and she finds herself caught by the Presque Mort. Lore has the power to wield Mortem, though unlike the Presque Mort, she’s not sanctionedContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten”
Book Review: Not That Bad – Edited by Roxane Gay
Format: PaperbackRelease Date: July 4th, 2019Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – EssaysGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars It goes without saying but I am going to say it anyway – this is a difficult book. Edited by Roxane Gay, this book is a collection of essays about various experiences of people impacted by rape culture. The essays show aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Not That Bad – Edited by Roxane Gay”
Book Review: My Own Worst Enemy by Lily Lindon
Format: ebook Release Date: June 8th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars Thank you to Aria for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley – views remain my own. This is one of those books that feel like it could have been a whole lot better if it was just that bit shorter.ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: My Own Worst Enemy by Lily Lindon”
Audiobook Review: She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus and Valentina OrtizPublisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UKAge: New AdultGenre: Contemporary – RomanceFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: April 14th, 2022Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars A really sweet sapphic romance, She Gets the Girl follows Alex and Molly, two vastly different girls who try to help each other in their respective love lives, only toContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick”
Book Review: No Ordinary Thursday by Anoop Judge
Format: ebook Release Date: August 1st, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary Goodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars I’ll put my hands up straight away and admit this wasn’t for me. It was a book I grabbed quite a while ago from ‘Amazon First Reads’, and as such I’ve been meaning to read it for a fair while. It cameContinueContinue reading “Book Review: No Ordinary Thursday by Anoop Judge”
Book Review: Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne
Format: ebook Release Date: January 18th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars Thank you to Headline Eternal for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley – views remain my own. This was really enjoyable. A very loose retelling of Pygmalion, Made in Manhattan features Violet – a Manhattan socialite who knows exactly howContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne”
Book Review: A Duke of a Time by Tamara Gill
Format: ebook Release Date: February 7th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Historical RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars This is one of those books I found myself really enjoying and getting into at certain points, only to then have something minor whip me out the story. The ‘issues’ might be particular to me, but this just scraped by with aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Duke of a Time by Tamara Gill”
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