Synopsis: In gorgeous Hopley village snow is falling and twinkly lights are going up but Holly Hanwell feels anything but Christmassy… It’s meant to be the most… Read more “#bookreview The Little Christmas House by Tracy Rees”
#bookreview The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex published by Picador
Bookseller synopsis: They say we’ll never know what happened to those men. They say the sea keeps its secrets . . . ‘A mystery, a love story and… Read more “#bookreview The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex published by Picador”
#bookreview The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
Synopsis Come home, if you remember.The postcard has been held at the sorting office for ninety-one years, waiting to be delivered to Joe Tournier. On the front… Read more “#bookreview The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley”
#bookreview The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola published by Orion early 2022
Synopsis: Paris, 1750. In the midst of an icy winter, as birds fall frozen from the sky, chambermaid Madeleine Chastel arrives at the home of the city’s… Read more “#bookreview The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola published by Orion early 2022”
#bookreview Burntcoat by Sarah Hall
Bookseller synopsis: You were the last one here before I closed the door of Burntcoat, before we all shut our doors. In the bedroom above her immense… Read more “#bookreview Burntcoat by Sarah Hall”
#bookreview Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr published by Harper Collins
Bookseller synopsis: Bound together by a single ancient text, the unforgettable characters of Cloud Cuckoo Land are dreamers and outsiders figuring out the world around them: thirteen-year-old Anna and… Read more “#bookreview Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr published by Harper Collins”
#bookreview The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke
Bookseller synopsis: Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse. A lighthouse that has weathered more than storms. Mysterious and terrible events… Read more “#bookreview The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke”
#bookreview Fledgling by Lucy Hope
Bookseller synopsis: A dark, gothic adventure set in the Bavarian forest, with angels and owls and magic and a boy who isn’t all that he seems to… Read more “#bookreview Fledgling by Lucy Hope”
#bookreview The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern published by Harvill Secker on 5 November 2019
Amazon: Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a strange book hidden in the library stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced… Read more “#bookreview The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern published by Harvill Secker on 5 November 2019”
#bookreview Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver published by Head of Zeus
Bookseller synopsis: In Edwardian Suffolk, a manor house stands alone in a lost corner of the Fens: a glinting wilderness of water whose whispering reeds guard ancient secrets. Maud is a… Read more “#bookreview Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver published by Head of Zeus”
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