I’ve always been fascinated by moral ambiguity, by the secrets each of us hold and by the lies we are prepared to tell. For me, these are always the most intriguing stories to read and watch.

Slow and careful, this story unravels around us, whispering the secrets it holds. With every page we learn more about Shannon and Victoria, the friendship that holds them together and the world they dream about.

She lets no one close to her, fighting hard to never allow herself to feel that loss again until Aleksandr walks into her life with his awful zodiac birth chart.

This book is a tender, coming-of-age novel that will make you smile and cry (take it from someone who may or may not have ugly cried multiple times on the train to work).

A tender and heart aching story of growing up, grief and girlhood.

A brilliant romantasy, brimming with adventure. Edern and Ari are incredible, fighting to save the country they love and the people they love.

If you read one book this summer, it has to be this one. Friendship, romance and comedy play out on the page in beautiful harmony, warming my heart with each sentence.

A wonderful book full of sharp humour and a female lead who will keep the reader on their toes at every turn.

There’s a new sci-fi romance on the scene and I loved it, can we get book two in The Imperial Broadcasts STAT, please?!

I hope that they will have felt immersed in these musical worlds, whether that’s the early chapters at conservatory, or on the road in a tour bus.

My debut novel experience surprises people and, to be honest, it still surprises me.

Grief flows. It changes shape. I don’t believe it ever leaves us, nor should we want it to.

If you can imagine Jane Austen’s Emma but set in a tech company in New York City, you’ve got a good idea of the vibe of the book.

Written with refreshingly frank, darkly comic dialogue and Cumbrian dialect, I grew really attached to this story and would love to read more by this author, an impressive new voice in literature.

A deeply moving and evocative debut of young Black women navigating their education and freedom. A coming of age story for the ages! A triumph of a novel.

Malc’s Boy is an experimental novel in the vein of French autofiction with a Cumbrian setting.

An electric look into the lengths adolesent girls will go to for the promise of a bright future despite the dangers of a world which is out to get them.

This isn’t a light read, but it’s an incredibly affecting one. If you’re drawn to character-driven stories that examine toxic love, power, and emotional growth with unflinching honesty, Bitter Sweet will stay with you long after the final page.

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...

A heartfelt book for anyone who has ever felt like they didn’t belong...