The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher: Undoubtedly, historical romance always maintains this energy of magicalism that seems otherworldly, forgotten, emerging…a reference to a time when real things existed and perhaps real love was somehow more powerful than now. Post WWI France sees literary rebel Sylvia Beah travel to France to support […]
All That We Are by Mariah Stewart: As a door in Emma’s world simultaneously opens and closes wounds in her past, she leans on her best friends Maggie and Lydia to make sense of her past marriage and the affair she realises her husband had been having ten years after his […]
The Sandcastle Hurricane by Carolyn Brown is just another reason to love everything women’s fiction. I have loved everything that I have ever read by Carolyn Brown and was super excited to sit down to read this one. This is the story of Tabby, Ellie Mae and the amazing friends that […]
In Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan, Being a beekeeper like her father before her has kept Olivia McAfee going financially and emotionally since she divorced her abusive husband about a dozen years ago. She might not have envisioned bringing her beloved son Asher up in her […]
In The Winners by Fredrik Backman, It seems like the people of Beartown, Sweden, have finally just started moving on after a series of events two years ago led to violence, death, and many changes. One of which was a tentative truce with neighboring town Hed, their longtime rivals on […]
Take It From Me by Jamie Beck: Judgement is the harsh overlord that seems to disrupt normal life across all facets in this ditty, or at the very least, the overarching theme suggests as much. Moving to suburbia as a way of researching and hopefully saving her writing career, Harper is […]
This Might Be Too Personal by Alyssa Shelasky: Whilst a general plot was something a little challenging to hold onto until a third of the way through, this quasi biographical character-based narrative certainly punched within it’s weight. Initially, it was challenging to hold on to Alyssa, her New York chic life-style […]
Typecast by Andrea J. Stein: Settled back in her home town, granted 7 or so years ago, Callie definitely has mixed feelings about her A type personality sister Nina and family moving in whilst their house undergoes some renovation work. Feeling pretty comfortable in her job as a Pre-School Teacher, it […]
The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson: Shaped as a fairly stock-standard middle class English girl, Libby’s life plan goes pear shaped when boyfriend of 8 years Simon embraces his ‘self-discovery’ mission – aka, had an affair and kicked her out. Thinking temporarily, Libby is quickly ushered out by her judgmental […]
Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean: With a dash of self-deprecation and a smattering of alternative spirit, Mika in Real Life is a slow burn that needs a trigger warning. With her life seemingly falling apart again, Mika receives contact from her daughter Penny who she gave up for adoption […]