Synopsis via Amazon: In a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather for New Year. The beautiful one The golden couple The volatile… Read more “#bookreview The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley published by HarperCollins”
#bookreview Blackberry and Wild Rose by Sonia Velton published by Quercus
Synopsis via Amazon: A rich historical debut set among the Huguenot silk weavers of Spitalfields in the late 18th century. WHEN ESTHER THOREL, the wife of a… Read more “#bookreview Blackberry and Wild Rose by Sonia Velton published by Quercus”
#bookreview Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield published by Doubleday
Amazon: A dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open on an… Read more “#bookreview Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield published by Doubleday”
#bookreview A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness published by Headline
It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches. A world of witches, daemons and vampires. A… Read more “#bookreview A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness published by Headline”
#bookreview The Power by Naomi Alderman published by Penguin Random House UK
Amazon blurb: All over the world women are discovering they have the power. With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain – even death. … Read more “#bookreview The Power by Naomi Alderman published by Penguin Random House UK”
#bookreview The truths and triumphs of Grace Atherton by Anstey Harris published by Simon and Schuster
Amazon: Between the simple melody of running her violin shop and the full-blown orchestra of her romantic interludes in Paris with David, her devoted partner of eight years, Grace… Read more “#bookreview The truths and triumphs of Grace Atherton by Anstey Harris published by Simon and Schuster”
#review Slightly Foxed, Winter issue 2018, no.60 @FoxedQuarterly
The Fox illustration by Chris Wormell Light the fire and settle into your deeply inviting, old and battered armchair with a pot of tea which you are… Read more “#review Slightly Foxed, Winter issue 2018, no.60 @FoxedQuarterly”
#bookreview Melmoth by Sarah Perry published by Serpents Tail
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#bookreview Legendary by Stephanie Garber published by Hodder & Stoughton
Amazon: The stunning, internationally bestselling sequel to Caraval ‘Extravagantly imaginative and enchanting . . . Pure magic and escapism’ Cecelia Ahern After being swept up in the… Read more “#bookreview Legendary by Stephanie Garber published by Hodder & Stoughton”
#bookreview The Mermaid by Christina Henry published by Titan
Amazon blurb: Once there was a fisherman who lived on a cold and rocky coast and was never able to convince any woman to come away and… Read more “#bookreview The Mermaid by Christina Henry published by Titan”
