Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for the advance copy I received in return for my honest review. DI Kim Stone is back! If you thought Silent Scream was good, then you’re in for a massive treat because somehow Angela Marsons has managed to do the impossible: the second in the DI Kim Stone series... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – The Lost Child by Ann Troup
Thank you to NetGalley for sending me this book in return for my honest review. The idea on which this book is based is by no means a new one: a child disappears, is presumed dead, but then unexpectedly returns many years later. However, Ann Troup presents a thoroughly refreshing view on the original concept.... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – The Happy Hour Choir by Sally Kilpatrick
Thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this book in return for my honest review. Beulah Land is the shamed daughter of a preacher. Cast out from her family and community for being pregnant at the age of 16, she lives with her beloved (but prickly) piano teacher Ginger. Beulah has made a life for... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – Welcome to Wherever You Are by John Marrs
Thank you to Tracy Fenton of THE Book Club (Facebook), for the ARC I received in return for my honest review. Take a bow John Marrs, because with this book you surely take your place amongst the top storytellers currently out there! After his brilliant debut ‘The Wronged Sons’, this much aniticipated second novel certainly... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – Black Wood by S.J.I. Holliday
This was THE Book Club’s (Facebook) April Book of The Month (BOTM) – a new concept where everyone who wants to, reads a pre-selected book (which members vote on). They then have 4 weeks in which to read the book, and then there is an online discussion together with the author. This is a dark... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – The Lie by C.L. Taylor
I couldn’t wait to read this book, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. I couldn’t put it down, and read it within 48 hours! Jane Hughes is living what could be referred to as a ‘small’ life in a quiet region of Wales. She loves her job in an animal sanctuary, and is enjoying what could... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes by Anna McPartlin
I don’t know how to begin to describe this book that I loved so much, I’d give it 10 stars if I could!! So I’ll just dive in, shall I? I loved, loved, loved this book! Anna McPartlin writes with such warmth, wit and empathy that you feel like you’re being enveloped in the outstretched... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – Forsaken by J.D. Barker
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in return for my honest review. I had no idea what type of book this was, so with a very open mind, I plunged in. How thrilled I was at the early mention of Stephen King’s Needful Things! It took me right back to my... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – Recipes for Melissa by Teresa Driscoll
Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the advance copy I received for my honest review. When Melissa was just 8 years old, her mother Eleanor died of breast cancer. Knowing that she wouldn’t be around to watch her daughter grow up, and to share with her the wisdom that is so often passed down... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – The Faerie Tree by Jane Cable
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in return for my honest review. I was drawn to this book by the promise of something a little bit magical. Both the title and cover hint at this, but somehow the magic doesn’t evolve quite as I’d hoped. The story is one of loss, grief,... Continue Reading →