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


Review of The Summer Dare by Joanna Dodd
The Summer Dare is a domestic thriller which will cast it’s psychological spell on you from page one!
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Review of Above Us the Sea by Ania Card
This unlikely trio are rocked by an indescribable tragedy, forming the basis for Card’s story which explores themes of sexuality, love, loss
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Review of Daughters of the Nile by Zahra Barri
This strong debut explores the lives of a family of women spanning three generations...
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Review of Things Don’t Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter
this storyline keeps you on your toes from beginning to end, a perfect summer page-turner...
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Review of Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands
Tom Newlands is an incredible new voice in Scottish literature...
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Review of Experienced by Kate Young
I can’t recommend this gorgeous, Nora Ephron-inspired romcom enough.
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Review of Spoilt Creatures by Amy Twigg
a coming-of-age novel entwined around female rage, sisterhood and obsession
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Review of Gender Theory by Madeline Docherty
this dizzying, dazzling debut explores what it’s like being a young woman finding herself through her sexuality, body and friendships
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Review of Lord of the Empty Isles by Jules Arbeaux
Looking for a science fiction romance novel with themes of LGBTQIA+, found family and vengeance?
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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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