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Review Archive
Here you can find all of our past book reviews.


Review of An Idle Woman by Wendy Parkins
England, 1838. Finding her strength and voice during a time when women were seen as the property of men...
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Review of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
Agatha Christie if she wrote sci-fi/supernatural fiction
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Review of The Grief Doctor by Jack Anderson
a gripping, tension-filled thriller that is clever, claustrophobic and suspicion-filled, giving me all the best Shutter Island vibes
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Review of The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron
everything that I was craving in an action fantasy: kick-ass female pirates, found family, revenge, and sapphic romance
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Review of Freakslaw by Jane Flett
If you’re a fan of books that evoke terror, fascination and suspense then this is the one for you!
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Review of Supplication by Nour Abi-Nakhoul
If you’re a fan of literary horror, similar to William Friend’s Black Mamba, I feel that this book is the one for you.
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Review of Fifty Minutes by Carla Jenkins
Twenty-year-old Dani is ready to get her life on track. Her Dad’s died, her eating disorder is controlling her life and all she wants is...
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Review of Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna
A sweltering weekend in London. A whale is stuck in the Thames. Time is running out for pregnant Maggie to tell her best friend Phil that...
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Review of Takeout Sushi by Christopher Green
This debut is a collection of illustrated slice-of-life short stories mostly set in Japan. This was a really refreshing read for me as I...
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Review of Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald
Banjo and Finlay haven’t seen each other in three years. Banjo is in another foster placement and despite getting into a fight on his...
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Review of Lost in the Garden by Adam S. Leslie
Don’t go to Almanby.’ I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to read this utterly bonkers debut! When you come across a story that...
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Review of The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
The Coast Road is set in County Donegal in 1994 and follows the lives of two women, Colette Crowley and Izzy Keaveney. On the surface...
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Review of My First Book by Honor Levy
This is a deliciously chaotic collection of short stories that capture the essence of the internet generation. Honor Levy’s narrative...
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Review of Sluts by Beth Ashley
I want to press this book into the hands of every young person. A couple of years ago, we reviewed Losing It: Sex Education for the 21st...
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Review of Cross the Line by Simone Soltani
A spicy (and macaron-sweet) brother’s-best-friend romance WITH Formula 1 incorporated?! Yes PLEASE! Cross the Line is the sit in the back...
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Review of Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang
Within these walls exist a force that allows the hidden parts of people to be seen’ I absolutely devoured Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang and...
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Review of The Deadly Spark by Roxie Key
Roxie Key takes us to Brighton, where multiple cases of deadly fires are starting to occur and our protagonist DC Eve Starling is on high...
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Review of Enchanted Islands by Laura Coffey
I must first say that the hardback copy of this book is absolutely beautiful. Each chapter transports us somewhere new and is bookended...
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Review of The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr
Sometimes finding your place in the world is the greatest puzzle of all... The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers will be one of the most...
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Review of Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor
Set on a fictional island off the coast of Wales we follow Manod, a young woman who is considering her future and how she wishes to shape...
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Review of Dark Island by Daniel Aubrey
One of my favourite things is when a debut author absolutely knocks it out of the park with their first novel AND that novel is the first...
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