Category: Book reviews

A Twisty Mystery

I love a bit of mystery and The Dark Days at the Beach Hotel by Francesca Capaldi delivers a great read with lots of twists and turns from a wonderful cast of characters. Helen Bygrove and her husband are going…

Keep Your Friends Close

If you enjoy a twisty turny thriller you are going to absolutely love this book.  Keep Your Friends Close by Joanne Ryan is a skillfully written thriller, that examines ordinary people and how instances in time can change everything. Best…

What happens if Twins are separated?

I read voraciously. I consume books at two to three a week, and sometimes even faster.  The Good Twin is a gripping thriller that had me totally consumed.  I started, and then couldn’t stop. Without giving too much away, let…

A delightful Romcom that made me seriously nostalgic

I did, Did I – by the wonderful Luna Hayes is a debut romance novel set in my native South Africa.  This wondeful cute story about Hannah and Siris who bond over a shared love of Pizza and more. Hannah…

Child for Sale

I read Child for Sale by Pam Howes like a voraciously hungry person because I felt compelled.  Stories and shows about the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland always break my heart, but I feel like I have to watch them, and…

Keep Her Secret – If you Dare

It’s a funny thing reading to be scared, to be thrilled and to be uncomfortable, but I do love a psychological thriller.  I think it is the fact that what happens in a book like Keep Her Secret by best…

Where Waters Meet – and woman learn

Travel between the pages of this wonderful book – Where Waters Meet, which is an epic saga of two woman, a mother and daughter.  I promise you will be transported back in time and across continents reading this wonderful English…

We all deserve a bit of happiness

Every book I read evokes a different set of emotions and this book, The Matchmaker by Catherine Walsh was pure delight.  I read it over two days and enjoyed it so much.  It is a fun read, that explores the…

We all have shadows in our lives

I was asked to be part of a book tour for debut author, Nicole T Smith, and even before reading the blurb I said yes.  Why?  Because one day (hopefully soon) I will be in the same position and I…

Strong women survive

I love a book that looks at things from a different perspective.  I have read loads fo WWII fiction and it still surprises and delights me when an author takes a different view of things.  This history we know, but…

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