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


Review of It Comes From the River by Rachel Bower
This book will live rent free in my mind for the foreseeable!
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Review of Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler
A tear jerker and must-read for fans of Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton.
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Review of Jackal by Erin. E Adams
An insidious psychological thriller set in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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Review of Please Fear Me by Jennifer Love
A triumph of a debut that I expect big things for in the literary prize world. Jennifer Love is one to watch for sure.
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Review of Placeholders by James Roseman
Explorations of inner thoughts and personal experiences which many of us will relate to such as loss, grief and hope.
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Review of Amphibian by Tyler Wetherall
Girlhood at it’s finest. Puberty is a metamorphosis and Sissy is changing. Her body is no longer her own but something reptilian...
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Review of Teddy by Emily Dunlay
If you’re looking for a holiday read or to be transported to another era, look no further.
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Copy of Review of Everyone I Know is Dying by Emily Slapper
Iris wants it all, but when she gets the promotion she’s worked so hard to achieve, she quits her job and descends into a depression...
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Review of Clinical Intimacy by Ewan Gass
This unique and thought-provoking novel delves into the sociology behind how we see ourselves vs how other see us...
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Review of The Nude by C. Michelle Lindley
The Nude is definitely one to suggest for your next buddy read / book club...
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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 Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands
Tom Newlands is an incredible new voice in Scottish literature...
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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 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 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 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 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 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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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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