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


Review of Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Shark Heart is a gorgeously spellbinding novel that will have you swept away within the crashing waves of a truly well-constructed...
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Review of The Situationship by Taylor-Dior Rumble
Distraught after her crush comes back from America with a surprise girlfriend, Tia is hurled back into the dating scene as she navigates...
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Review of The Dance Deception by Becky Ward
I have to say this was quite the salacious number! If you're looking for something to get you excited (and a little hot under the collar)...
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Review of The Old Haunts by Allan Radcliffe
Allan Radcliffe is a celebrated journalist and has written award-winning short stories, so I was very much looking forward to his debut...
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Review of Lazy City by Rachel Connolly
Rachel Connolly is another debut writer springing out of the absolutely heaving Irish literary scene (probably my favourite literary...
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Review of How (Not) to Have an Arranged Marriage by Dr Amir Khan
This debut rom com is a hilarious and honest look into modern day arranged marriages. Through multiple perspectives, the story follows a...
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Review of Bad Influence: Reflections on a Life Lived Online by Oenone Forbat
Having built a career online, influencer Oenone Forbat candidly discloses the highs and lows of exposing her life for the the judgement...
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Review of Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclare
For fans of Luster, Queenie and Insatiable, comes a debut with equally sexy and chaotic vibes. Sugar, Baby is a novel that follows Agnes...
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Review of Queuing for the Queen by Sweta Rana
Queuing for the Queen is set across twenty four hours, with a cast of characters who all meet while waiting in the line to show their...
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Review of Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman
Fans of We Were Liars will absolutely love Ella Berman's debut novel, Before We Were Innocent. It's a perfect-for-summer unputdownable...
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Review of The Housekeepers by Alex Hay
When Oceans 8 meets Downton Abbey, you get The Housekeepers. This bingeworthy debut novel breathes a lease of fresh air into the...
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Review of Attention Seekers by Emma Brankin
Emma Brankin's debut is a brilliantly composed collection of short stories on attention seekers. There's a quirky group of characters...
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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 Talking at Night by Claire Daverley
Probably my favourite debut so far this year, Talking at Night is the stunning new novel from Claire Daverley. Lovers of Sally Rooney,...
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Review of This Ragged Grace by Octavia Bright
This Ragged Grace is a beautifully written memoir traversing Octavia Bright's experience with alcoholism and her father's decline into...
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Review of Don't Swipe Right by L. M. Chilton
Gwen finds herself single and miserable at her best friend's bachelor party, but her obsession with dating apps is going to change...
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Review of The Burnings by Naomi Kelsey
It's 1589. We are transported to North Beswick where the paranoia of King James VI has women burned at the stake when a man cries...
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