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


Review of The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
If you loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry then do we have the book for you! Jennie Godfrey’s heartwarming debut, The List of...
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Review of Ours by Phillip B. Williams
Spanning decades from the 1800s to as far as the late 1900s, Ours tells the story of the antebellum US from a different standpoint. At...
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Review of Pity by Andrew McMillan
Set in Barnsley, Pity tells the story of three generations of men and their relationship with the history of where they were born. We...
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Review of Remember, Remember by Elle Machray
Well, this 176 page novella packed one hell of a literary punch and I adored every single page of it! Remember, Remember transports us to...
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Review of Bear Season by Gemma Fairclough
Well, this 176 page novella packed one hell of a literary punch and I adored every single page of it! PhD student Jade Hunter has gone...
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Review of Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander
The haunting memories of Scarlet Christmas are at the front of Charlotte Colbert’s mind as it edges towards the ten year anniversary of...
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Review of Anna O by Matthew Blake
Resignation syndrome is a hypothesized condition that induces a state of reduced consciousness and may occur during and/or after a...
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Review of Green Dot by Madeleine Gray
Dolly Alderton fans will love the debut novel from Madeleine Gray, especially if you adored Good Material! Green Dot follows Hera who is...
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Review of The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
Set in Malaya during the Second World War, this novel follows the destruction and ruin of the country, narrating the atrocities of child...
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Review of Nothing Serious by Emma Medrano
This contemporary novels explores the connection between two women who feel like they have no one else to talk to. Nicki is in her...
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Review of The Beholders by Hester Musson
June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of the River Thames, suspected to be the beloved missing child of the widely...
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Review of Here in the Dark by Alexis Solowski
Here in the Dark by Alexis Solowski is a dark literary thriller which incorporates aspects of the theatre and death, entwined around each...
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Review of Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody
Cosmopolitan has named Kate Brody’s Rabbit Hole as one of ‘the 20 best books to look forward to in 2024’. This book is a deliciously dark...
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Review of The House of Broken Bricks by Fiona Williams
The House of Broken Bricks is Faber’s leading 2024 debut, exploring the complexity of grief, identity, and internal family dynamics....
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Review of The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers
The City of Stardust follows the Everly family. Each family has their secrets, but do they have their very own magical curses?! The curse...
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Review of Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
Who doesn’t love a fantasy debut, entwined around a murder mystery on a cruise with wonderful characters? Voyage of the Damned is my...
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Review of Hard By a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
This debut is set in Eastern Europe, crossing the diverse landscape of the country of Georgia from the bustling city of Tbilisi to the...
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Review of Piglet by Lottie Hazell
We never know the real name of our protagonist in this story, we know her only by a cruel and unshakeable childhood nickname - ‘Piglet’....
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Review of The History of my Sexuality by Tobi Lakmaker
This is a novel about Sofie, a young woman living in the Netherlands who doesn’t feel quite right. Through telling the history of her...
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Review of Casual Cruelties by Alison Irving
A domestic suspense novel for fans of B. A. Paris and Caroline England. Laura lives in Northern Ireland with her husband, James, the...
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Review of The Liberators by E.J. Koh
This book presents an intergenerational family story at key points in Korean history. We initially meet young couple Insuk and Sungho,...
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