Amazon: It’s been seven years since Holly Kennedy’s husband died six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new… Read more “#bookreview Postscript by Cecelia Ahearn published by HarperCollinsUK”
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#bookreview The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman
Bookseller synopsis: For centuries, the Owens family has been cursed in matters of love. When beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the sound of the deathwatch beetle, she… Read more “#bookreview The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman”
#bookreview The Binding by Bridget Collins published by The Borough Press
Bookseller synopsis: Imagine you could erase grief.Imagine you could remove pain.Imagine you could hide the darkest, most horrifying secret.Forever. Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields… Read more “#bookreview The Binding by Bridget Collins published by The Borough Press”
#bookreview The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
Amazon: PARIS, 1939Odile Souchet is obsessed with books, and her new job at the American Library in Paris – with its thriving community of students, writers and… Read more “#bookreview The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles”
#bookreview Just my luck by Adele Parks published by HarperCollins
Amazon: It’s the stuff dreams are made of – a lottery win so big, it changes everything. For fifteen years, Lexi and Jake have played the same… Read more “#bookreview Just my luck by Adele Parks published by HarperCollins”
#bookreview Bone China by Laura Purcell published by Bloomsbury Plc
Amazon: Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft’s family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea… Read more “#bookreview Bone China by Laura Purcell published by Bloomsbury Plc”
#bookreview Requiem for a Knave by Laura Carlin published by Hodder & Stoughton
Amazon: After the death of his mother, young Alwin of Whittaker leaves the only home he has ever known to seek answers about his unknown father through… Read more “#bookreview Requiem for a Knave by Laura Carlin published by Hodder & Stoughton”
#review Slightly Foxed, Spring issue 2019, no.61 @FoxedQuarterly
Cover illustration by Faith Chevannes Although the fire isn’t lit today, Storm Freya is whistling about outside making it a perfect day for several pots of tea… Read more “#review Slightly Foxed, Spring issue 2019, no.61 @FoxedQuarterly”
#bookreview The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton published by Pan Macmillan @MantleBooks
My real name, no one remembers. The truth about that summer, no one else knows. In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by… Read more “#bookreview The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton published by Pan Macmillan @MantleBooks”
#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”