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


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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1 min read


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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2 min read


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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1 min read


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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1 min read


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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1 min read


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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1 min read


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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1 min read


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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1 min read


Review of The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey
Three generations of Irish women all have their own past when it comes to their relationship with faith, freedom and the changing...
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1 min read


Review of The Four by Ellie Keel
We were always The Four. From our very first day at High Realms.’ If you’re looking for a contemporary twist on a classical dark academia...
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1 min read


Review of Saltblood by Francesca De Tores
Well... Wow... What can we say about Saltbood..? We LOVED IT! Saltblood is Francesca’s debut historical fiction novel which was inspired...
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2 min read


Review of The Borrowed Hills by Scott Preston
The Borrowed Hills is one of John Murrays’ leading 2024 titles and I can absolutely see why - the writing is exceptional, visceral,...
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1 min read


Review of The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
The idea of this book is so utterly fantastic I was sold in the first ten pages! Odile Ozanne lives in the valley of the Chemin des Pins....
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Review of England is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee
It’s not often you can say ‘I haven’t read anything like this before’ but here it’s true. Nicolas Padamsee has painted a portrait of...
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Review of All Us Sinners by Katy Massey
Set in late 1970s Leeds, this debut crime novel takes place against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Ripper murders. It’s the story of...
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1 min read


Review of The Chain by Chimene Suleyman
If you read one book this month, this year, let it be this one. Strap in and join the chain. This is a debut memoir that had me gripped...
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3 min read


Review of I’m F*cking Amazing by Anoushka Warden
As well as giving a voice to the chronically misunderstood condition of vaginismus, this debut is a raw, unflinching and genuinely...
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1 min read


Review of The Dark Within Them by Isabelle Kenyon
A psychological thriller which tests the faith of matrimony and how far you would go to cover up a secret. Faith healer Amber meets Chad...
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1 min read
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