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Book Review: Velvet Was The Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Many authors have a characteristic formula with their fiction. Be it swoony romance, spine-tingling chills…

Why Georgette Heyer’s books are the perfect comfort read for our times

One of the unexpected side effects of the pandemic lockdowns and restrictions has undoubtedly been…

Book Review: Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood

When I was a teenager, way back in the distant memory year of 2004, I…

Book Review: You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry

If you’re searching for the epitome of a summer novel, there really is no book…

Book Review: These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

Sometimes when you finish reading a novel that you’ve categorically devoured, there’s a temptation to…

Book Review: The Nine by Gwen Strauss

With her latest book, The Nine, children’s book author Gwen Strauss tells the little explored…

July reads: 8 of the best new books published this month

July might have got off to a stormy start weather wise, but the publishing calendar…

Book Review: Reputation by Lex Croucher

It feels strange to use the words Gossip Girl and Jane Austen in the same…

From magical middle grade to romantic coming-of-age tales: the best children’s and YA books to read this summer

Last month we shared our must-read adult fiction books for this summer. Now we’re taking…

Book Review: The Mismatch by Sara Jafari

Soraya Nazari is a twenty-one year old girl from an over-protective Muslim family. Having recently…

Book Review: The Boyband Murder Mystery by Ava Eldred

If you’ve ever doubted the positive impact a fandom can have, Ava Eldred’s debut YA…

24 must-read books for summer 2021

After a long, dreary winter spent cooped up inside, summer’s arrival can’t come soon enough.…