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


Review of Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin
I adored this read. From cover to cover, I could not put it down. If you lap up Irish fiction in the same way, this is an unmissable debut.
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Review of Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly
With lyrical, observational style prose that drew me in from the first page, this is a short debut that packs a punch.
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1 min read
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Review of Overspill by Charlotte Paradise
Sara is 25 and has never used a tampon without having a panic attack and when she starts dating Miles, its not long before her struggles around sex come to the fore.
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Review of Mere by Danielle Giles
A dark story set in the dark ages, perfect for fans of folk tales.
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Review of All The Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman
‘The missing boy is ten-year-old Alfie Risby, and to be perfectly honest with you, he’s a little shit...’
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Review of Fair Play by Louise Hegarty
With a cast of characters including a butler, gardener and a housekeeper, suspicion begins to glow and the claustrophobic atmosphere begins to take it’s toll in this taut locked-room mystery...
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Review of Where Shadows Meet by Patrice Caldwell
Where Shadows Meet is a delicious queer romantasy which features vampires AND Gods - and of course the humans entangled up in the immortality and curses.
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Review of The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler
Agatha Christie meets F. Scott Fitzgerald in this utterly captivating tale, where not everything that sparkles is gold.
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Review of This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara
This is the first in a duology, and to be perfectly honest, I need book two STAT!
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Review of Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh
At the age of seventeen where sexual experiences are like currency exchanged between the boys on the football field, John is trying to soak in all that’s there in his small Irish hometown before going away to college. It’s the summer before the rest of his life...
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Review of Deliverywoman by Eva Wyles
A razor sharp, perceptive and spectacular debut collection of short stories set primarily in New Zealand. With observations of human behaviour, connection and experiences...
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1 min read
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Review of Work Trip by Chloe Ford
For fans of Mhairi McFarlane and Sally Thorne, Work Trip is the workplace enemies to lovers a rom-com you don’t want to miss!
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2 min read
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Review of A Beautiful Lack of Consequence by Monika Radojevic
A striking and experimental collection of 30 short stories and flash fictions, interspersed with palette cleansers.
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1 min read
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Review of I Make My Own Fun by Hannah Beer
Through multi-media clippings from forums and articles, it was a fully immersive experience.
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Review of Luminous by Silvia Park
A very accomplished debut from a sophisticated writer who’s going to be huge in the sci-fi genre.
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Review of Ibis by Justin Haynes
I was engrossed in a time and place I haven’t read much about before and Justin Haynes was a wonderful writer to introduce me to it.
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Review of There’s Nothing Left For You Here by Allegra Solomon
Here comes your next favourite short story collection.
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Review of 33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen
The storyline of 33 Place Brugmann will touch your heart and transport you back in time.
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Review of Bad Blood by Sarah Hornsley
Imagine being given your first murder case, only to realise that the suspect of a double homicide is your childhood sweetheart...
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Review of Summer in the City by Alex Aster
I really can’t encourage you enough to pick up a copy of this beautifully written, fizzing with chemistry and joy romcom...
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2 min read
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