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


Review of The Revels by Stacey Thomas
The Revels is set in 1645, a time where the fear of witchcraft and the sport of witch-hunting was at its peak after King James I became...
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Review of Kala by Colin Walsh
The hottest mystery of the summer: who killed Kala? In the small Irish town of Kinlough, three friends Helen, Mush and Joe reunite after...
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Review of In Such Tremendous Heat by Kehinde Fadipe
In the bask of Singapore's stifling heat, this novel follows three Nigerian women - Dara, Amaka and Lillian - who meet one evening at a...
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Review of Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments by Hema Sukumar
An enjoyable summer read from an exciting new author, Hema Sukumar brings us into the lives of three people who live in the same...
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Review of Okay Days by Jenny Mustard
A love story like no other, this novel is masterful in detailing what it's like to navigate messy relationships and finding a home in the...
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Review of Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabess
Our story opens on the night of Obama's election. Our protagonist, Jess, is delighted with the result, yet our soon-to-be romantic...
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Review of The Nursery by Szilvia Molnar
The Nursery is an intoxicating psychological novel which revolves around one woman's experience of the birth of her first child,...
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Review of Sylvia by Maithreyi Karnoor
Sylvia is unlike anything I’ve read before; a piece of beautiful prose punctuated by moments of poetry and dictated by a narrative that...
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Review of The Girls of Summer by Katie Bishop
This scorching, sun-soaked debut is the book of the summer. Written in a dual timeline, the novel explores the coming of age story of...
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Review of This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs
As a singer myself, I’m always interested in authors that bring the world of music into their storytelling. Books that come to mind are...
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Review of Temper by Phoebe Walker
Phoebe Walker's debut follows an unnamed young woman who's recently moved to the Netherlands with her husband. While he's out at his new...
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Review of Rosewater by Liv Little
With the recent sad news of gal-dem, the magazine that championed people of colour from marginalised genders, closing its doors, this...
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Review of Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson
Nora Hughes is a 20-something editorial assistant; underappreciated, overworked and underpaid. When Parsons Press starts making cuts, she...
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Review of None of This is Serious by Catherine Prasifka
None of This is Serious is set in Dublin and follows recent graduate Sophie as she navigates life after university. Sophie's friends all...
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Review of When Things are Alive They Hum by Hannah Bent
his is the story of two sisters. First, Harper, a writer with an endless appreciation for life, living with what she calls the 'Up...
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Review of Can I Stray by Jenna Adams
This is a story told in 3 acts. In act one, we meet Brooke at 14 and Matt at 17. They are cast side by side as Romeo and Juliet and their...
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Review of New Animal by Ella Baxter
Amelia loves her job as a beautician at her family's funeral home, but this is the only thing about herself that she is sure of....
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Review of Paul by Daisy LaFarge
Set across various destinations in the South of France, Lafarge’s atmospheric prose makes reading this debut novel feel like a holiday....
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