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Book talk - Medea by Rosie Hewlett

    '' Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, nor hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd' -   William Congreve Pre-order it here: Medea by Rosie Hewlett ( UK Hardcopy ) available 21 March 2024  _____________________________________________________________________________________________ From an unmissable new voice comes the powerful and epic story of mythology's darkest heroine. Shunned. Persecuted . Tormented. Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned by her mother, and persecuted and tormented by her brother and father.           All because of a unique and dangerous talent: witchcraft. Fierce. P owerful. Sorceress.  But when a dashing young hero, Jason, arrives to claim the famed Golden Fleece that her father fiercely protects, Medea sees her opportunity for escape. Her offer to help Jason overcome the trials set by her father sets in motion a journey that will test every ounce of her strength,
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Book talk - Seven Exes by Lucy Vine

  *Free copy received from publisher S even Exes. Seven Missed Chances. Who was the one who got away? Esther is nearing thirty, with a great job and a flat she shares with her two best friends, Bibi and Louise. But her life is missing that special someone.  Tired of being single and sick of bad date after bad date, she thinks she’s found the answer to her romance problem in an old women's magazine. According to the magazine’s dating column, there are seven archetypes a woman will date before finding Mr. Right. It all seems silly at first, until Esther realizes she has exactly seven exes that match the The First Love, The Work Mistake, The Overlap, The Friend with Benefits, The Missed Chance, The Bastard, and The Serious One. Is it so hard to believe that perhaps one of them is The One?  Deciding she must have left her true love in the reject pile, Esther contacts each of her old boyfriends. But finding her soulmate isn’t as simple as she hoped it would be. Madness, mayhem, laughs,

Book talk - Review of This Charming Man By C.K. McDonnell

  V ampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester . Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet life. And definitely not the people of Manchester, because there is nothing more irksome than being murdered by an allegory run amok. Somebody needs to sort this out fast before all Hell really breaks loose - step forward the staff of The Stranger Times. It's not like they don't have enough to be dealing with. Assistant Editor Hannah has come back from getting messily divorced to discover that someone is trying to kidnap a member of their staff and while editor Vincent Banecroft would be delighted to see the back of any of his team, he doesn't like people touching his stuff - it's the principle of the thing. Throw in a precarious plumbing situation, gam

Book talk - Review of Is This It? By Hannah Tovey

  Ivy and Mia have been best friends since the fun, messy, hungover years of their twenties.Ten years later, Mia has it all - the man, the house, the career. Ivy is skint, single, and scared that she isn't a 'hot mess' any more - she's a walking disaster. But one night, Ivy switches her phone off, peels last night's drunken pizza off the sofa, and makes a list. A list that changes everything . . . The new Ivy has a proper job. She goes on fancy dates in wine bars. She's starting to think: maybe 'faking it till you make it' is easy? But then she meets Scott. Curly-haired, sarcastic Scott. Sh*t. _________________________________________________ Is This It came to me to just at the right time in my life. YES, it sounds awfully cliche to say, but it is true. I read the first few lines of the blurb and I was sold, just picture me standing in my kitchen shouting,  'wow, I need this'  I hadn't realised until I'd finished the book that this is

Book talk - Review of Perfect Timing by Owen Nicholls

  Musician Tom and comedian Jess have brilliant timing on stage - but soon after a chance encounter, they learn the hard way that, when it comes to love, timing isn't so easy... Perfect for fans of will -they-won't-they love stories, romantic comedies and Josie Silver. For Jess and Tom, timing is everything. For her, it's the moment she delivers the perfect punchline. For him, it's the heartbeat in the music he makes with his band. And from the night they meet, sharing the same stage at the Edinburgh Festival, their attraction is undeniable. At first, it seems their timing is as perfect in the wings as it is in front of a crowd. But as Jess and Tom's careers take off, the moment for true connection is always just out of reach. With fate pushing them together, only to pull them apart, will the timing ever be right? After all, when it comes to love, the timing has to be perfect. . . doesn't it? I kindly received an early copy through Netgalley and have since been

Book talk – Review of ‘The House Swap’ by Jo Lovett

Hello! Good news, as you know, this blog is coming back. It has been on hiatus since 2016 wow wow, life am I right? BUT it is finally coming back, so expect a whole lot of reconstructive work, but let us celebrate first , with a brand spanking new review. The House Swap was published this week Monday, 19 April 2021  Get it for Google books Apple ibooks  Kindle edition: I just wanted to start off by saying a huge thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for sending me this ARC. Cassie Adair, former lawyer turned children’s book author is living the dream - the island dream. From a private beach to farmyard animals, Cassie loves her peaceful island life. That is, until her shrill, but well-meaning agent wants Cassie’s new series of books to be set in London. London of all places! Cassie has to decide whether she is ready to trade her quaint island life for the bustling streets of the capital. Savvy venture capitalist James finds himself blind sighted one evening when, at the birthday of h

C.J Daugherty's ENDGAME (Night School #5) June 4th 2015 by Little Brown/Atom (UK)

BOW down to the QUEEN of  Young-adult suspense    Just 8 days and we'll finally have all the answers... 8 days until it all ends. Are you ready to let go? With only days left until the release of the final instalment in the Night School Series, I'm both excited and sad to see the series end.