Book Reviews

Book Review: Permanent Record by Mary H. K. Choi

With her first novel Emergency Contact, Mary H. K. Choi emerged as a strong new voice in YA/NA fiction, exploring that in-between time when you’re technically a... Read More...

Book Review: The Photographer of the Lost by Caroline Scott

It’s 1921, three years after the end of World War I. Edie, whose husband Francis is missing presumed dead, gets the shock of her life when she receives a pictur... Read More...

Comic Review: Books of Magic Volume 1 – Moveable Type

The Sandman Universe is a new world of stories of which Books Of Magic is just one part. Based on Neil Gaiman’s creations, writer Kat Howard and illustrator Tom... Read More...

Book Review: The End of the World Survivors Club by Adrian J Walker

It’s over a year since I read Adrian J Walker’s The End of the World Running Club and no other post-apocalyptic book has stuck with me as much as this one did, ... Read More...

Not your average All Hallows’ Eve reads: 6 books to put you in the Halloween spirit

Halloween is creeping up on us and the season for spooky, spine-tingling stories is here. Time to light some candles, curl up under a blanket and settle down wi... Read More...

Book Review: Happiness, As Such by Natalia Ginzburg

Michele has gone missing. His father is dying. His mother is frantic. His sisters are fatigued. And there’s a woman on their doorstep with a baby who might be h... Read More...

Book Review: Into The Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo

As the cold, dark autumn nights draw in, we all need some bookish magic to escape into. For some that might be heart-fluttering romance or complicated family dr... Read More...

Book Review: In The House In The Dark Of The Woods by Laird Hunt

A woman walks into the woods to collect berries for her husband and son. It’s warm and she’s tired, so she decides to have a little nap. Upon awaking, she finds... Read More...

October reading: 8 of the best new books to read this month

From heart-warming YA and emotional historical tales to gripping suspense and supernatural thrills, we've got your October reading covered with our round-up of ... Read More...

Book Review: Supernova by Kass Morgan

Last year, Kass Morgan released the first book in her new Light Years series, and while there was a lot to like about it, it did feel very much like the beginni... Read More...

Book Review: See All The Stars by Kit Frick

With two books published within months of each other this year, Kit Frick has officially arrived on the UK YA scene. Her debut, See All The Stars, is a suspense... Read More...

Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy

Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on... Read More...

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