Category: Women’s Fic – Chick-lit
13th Jan / 8 Comments
The Sister’s We Were by Wendy Willis Baldwin: While not a straight up romance, The Sister’s We Were is very much indeed a book about love, self-love, sibling love and the complexity of family love. Pearl, for the most part of her life has struggled with her weight, a product of […]
5th Jan / 9 Comments
The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale: Forced to flee to Dublin after news breaks out about her affair with her professor, Dorothy Dee Gale begins her journey anticipating the worst and hoping for the best after applying for the writing program at Trinity College.
19th Dec / 5 Comments
In The Good Part by Sophie Cousens, If we’re being honest with ourselves, hasn’t everyone had a moment where they just wish to skip over the tougher bits of life and get to the good part? Goodness knows Lucy Young has thought that enough over the past few years. Stuck […]
8th Dec / 6 Comments
In Love, Holly by Emily Stone, Feeling lonely during the holidays is nothing new to Holly since a tragic car accident caused her to be estranged from her family a few years ago. To cope with her grief, she’s become part of a club that writes letters to others who […]
8th Dec / 6 Comments
Guy’s Girl by Emma Noyes: Preferring the company of males, Ginny has some fairly clear boundaries about not stretching things too far when it comes to romantic involvement. Until of course she meets Aidan who she is incredibly attracted to and yet deeper still, feels a genuine connection with. And of […]
21st Oct / 6 Comments
Main Character Energy by Jamie Vernon: Poppy, lucky enough to have a fairy-godmother like Aunt who she is forced to meet secretly due to an eon long family feud, is not fortunate enough to have the self-belief she needs to pull herself out of her rut. Downtrodden, with poor self esteem, […]
13th Oct / 7 Comments
Don’t Froget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino: When Marilyn and Daniel skulk off at Synagogue to have a sneaky pash, they were unaware that their flirtatious boredom would have such dire consequences when they accidentally fall through the plate glass and land in front of the whole congregation.
23rd Aug / 8 Comments
The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove by Karen Hawkins: The Dove sisters’ are renowned for their special gifts, and when Ella discovers hers is cooking, or more specifically, cooking to stimulate the recollection of memory in others, she realises the hole in her heart since her fathers death can be soothed […]
13th Jul / 7 Comments
The Last Life Boat by Hazel Gaynor: Set brilliantly in the belly of World War II, we experience first hand what it means to survive as Alice finds her true purpose in service as a teacher and escort of children who are destined to flee war torn Europe.
7th Jul / 7 Comments
The 8th and final book of the Seven Sisters series Atlas – The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley was a bittersweet end to a fantastic adventure, written with love, care and warmth which finally shed light on Pa Salt’s true identity and his journey in adopting his 6 girls.