Given the connections between E L James and the Twilight Saga (The Fifty Shades series was originally published as Twilight fan fiction online featuring Edward and Bella) it was probably inevitable that the books would be republished from Christian Grey’s point of view. Unlike Stephenie Meyer’s abandoned Midnight Sun project this is the second of…
Book Review: The Lost Girls – Sarah Painter ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Edinburgh student, Rose MacLeod, has been losing time for as long as she can remember. Days and weeks just disappear, leaving her with terrifying gaps in her memory. Now she is seeing disturbing visions; waking nightmares of violence and death. Around the world young women like her are being killed and Rose appears to have…
Book Review: What Happens in France – Carol Wyer ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Bryony Masters has been looking for her sister Hannah for years. Hannah ran away from home at sixteen and hasn’t been seen since. When their father has a stroke and becomes dangerously ill Bryony decides that she needs to pull out all the stops and make a last ditch attempt to find Hannah. So when…
Book Review: The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury – Marc Levy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Marc Levy is the most read French author alive today with nineteen novels to his name so it is a little surprising that this is the first time his books have crossed my path. On paper it really isn’t my kind of book. A winding story set in the years immediately following the second world…
Book Review: Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow – Lucy Worsley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
If you’ve been watching – and enjoying – the recent dramatisation of Queen Victoria’s life starring Jenna Coleman this might well be the book for you. Worsley has brought a fresh and engaging aspect to both her television documentaries and her publications. Previous biographies of the monarch have tended to be a bit dry and…
Book Review: Watching You – Lisa Jewell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A small community in Bristol, Melville Heights, is the very epitome of British village life. Although it is part of a larger metropolitan area it feels like a small enclave where everyone knows everyone else. It’s a well to do neighborhood with lawyers and doctors and more recently the elite head teacher who has come…
Book Review: Friends Like These – Sarah Alderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It feels like a lifetime ago when actress Myanna Buring introduced me to a new Young Adult book written by a friend of hers. That early pre-publication copy of Finding Lila has left me with a huge appreciation of all of Sarah Alderson’s books. A dramatic opening. A transcription of a 999 call on December…
Book Review: Into the Water – Paula Hawkins ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hawkins was the biggest author on the psychological thriller scene when The Girl on the Train hit bookshelves around the world in 2015. It must have been incredibly daunting launching the equivalent of the difficult second album with Into the Water. Jules is swamped by feelings of guilt. She ignored a crisis call from her…
Book Review: The Binding – Bridget Collins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Part fantasy and part historical drama The Binding is a real revelation. It is Collins’ first book for an adult audience. A twisting dark gothic tale it centres around Emmett Farmer. In the first part he is recovering from a mysterious illness and on reduced duties on the farm where he lives with his parents…
Book Review: Daisy Jones & The Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I have a confession to make. When I first got sent this book late last year I hated it. I received an early digital copy without the artwork and because of the structure and format of the book I found it incredibly hard to get my head round all of the characters and keep it…
Cover Reveal! Handle with Care…
Very pleased to be able to bring you the cover and an excerpt from Helena Hunting’s huge new book Handle with Care. Some of you may have been reading Helena’s hockey series that began with Pucked. NOTE: This is an unedited excerpt and is subject to change. I’m startled out of my thoughts when my…
Book Review: Stories I Only Tell My Friends – Rob Lowe *****
I was fortunate to be in the audience at the Royal Festival Hall in London when Rob Lowe brought this book to life on the stage. It was such a great show that I immediately bought the book to read about the stories that he didn’t want to tell us in a mixed live audience!…
