Finishing high school is an emotional time, particularly when you’re parting with people you’ve been seeing everyday for most of your life. For the first time, you have a choice of what you want to do in life, where you want to study, if you choose to study, work, travel or do nothing at all. This […]
Snow Like Ashes started out on rough footing for me. It took me a while to warm to Meira, due to her immaturity and rash decision-making. There was also the love triangle which it launches into straight away, with Meira having unrequited feelings for her best friend and future Winterian King, and then becoming betrothed […]
Not If I See You First was an eye-opener when it came to blind characters. Although she can’t see, Parker doesn’t need anyone’s help or pity, and she has her guard up when it comes to letting others in. After being in a car accident that resulted in losing her sight and mother, and then […]
When the whole blogosphere tells me that I will love a book, I tend to approach it with wariness. That’s what happened with Passenger – with the the hype leading me to be extremely wary about the book. The start of Passenger is exciting and fast paced, but it slows down to a staggering pace as Etta starts time […]
I am a massive fan of Sherlock the TV show. It’s probably my favourite TV show ever. I’m also a big fan of the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (even though I’ve only read a couple of the short stories and two of the novels). Therefore, A Study in Charlotte seemed like […]
So we recently read Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club together, and thought it’d be fun to discuss it together! Read on to find out what we thought about this regency paranormal book and find out our ‘inside joke’ about tentacles… Jeann: So it took me ages to get into Lady Helen, but I’m […]
Happy release day to the regency supernatural fantasy, Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club! Today I welcome Alison Goodman to the blog, to talk to about her writing process and inspiration for the book! What research went into creating the regency period for Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club? You should see my workroom: […]
I’m conflicted about Demon Road. On one hand, I really liked the supernatural creatures and the anti-hero main character, on the other, the characters really annoyed me which resulted in my struggling to finish the book. Therefore, this is going to be a tough review. What I liked Supernatural setting. When I first read the blurb, I thought it […]