Book Review: Witches Steeped In Gold by Ciannon Smart

The first book in Ciannon Smart’s Caribbean-inspired YA fantasy duology follows two witches who are forced into a deadly alliance in order to take down the woma... Read More...

April reads: 10 of the best new books published this month

Spring has officially sprung (despite the odd spell of snow) and lockdown is easing, which means one thing: physical bookshops are back. As bookworms across the... Read More...

Book Review: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

House of Hollow is a marked departure from Krystal Sutherland’s previous two YA contemporary novels, Our Chemical Hearts and A Semi Definitive List of Worst Nig... Read More...

Book Review: Tall Bones by Anna Bailey

When 17-year-old Emma reluctantly leaves her best friend Abigail at the Tall Bones party in the woods, she doesn’t expect it to be the last time she’ll ever see... Read More...

Book Review: Life After Truth by Ceridwen Dovey

Fifteen years after graduating from Harvard, five friends gather for their college reunion with a mix of anticipation and dread. On the cusp of middle age, the ... Read More...

Book Review: The Panic Years by Nell Frizzell

When I was just starting out as a writer, I would read Nell Frizzell’s articles on arts and culture and yearn for my writing to be as witty, candid and insightf... Read More...

Book Review: Dog Days by Ericka Waller

Dog Days, the debut novel from Brighton based author Ericka Waller, follows three characters struggling with life. There’s George, who, having thought he’d live... Read More...

March reads: 10 of the best new books published this month

The sun is shining, the daffodils are out, and we can – just about - wander across grass without losing our wellies to a muddy quagmire. Spring’s imminent arriv... Read More...

Book Review: Last One At The Party by Bethany Clift

The thought of reading about a devastating global pandemic, during an actual global pandemic, isn’t immediately appealing. When so many of us read to escape rea... Read More...

Book Review: The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

The first half of 2021 is full of sharp, edge-of-your-seat thrillers that keep readers guessing. One of the best this month is Sarah Pearse’s debut, The Sanator... Read More...

Book Review: Space Hopper by Helen Fisher

What would you do if you had the opportunity to travel back into the past and spend time with a lost loved one? Would you be strong-willed enough to resist such... Read More...

Book Review: The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell

Set against the atmospheric historical backdrop of Victorian Bath, Laura Purcell’s The Shape of Darkness centres on silhouette artist Agnes Darken who, still re... Read More...