My Review for Take it Back by Kia Abdullah

⭐⭐⭐⭐ This has been sitting on my shelf for a while, and I finally had a few days free to read it. Kia Abdullah was recommended to me by a friend, and the author is such a great find. Take it Back is my first step into Kia Abdullah’s world, and what a rollercoaster of a world it is. Full of triggers such as rape, racism and discrimination, this book won’t be for everyone, but I was fully immersed from beginning to end. From one page to the next,...

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My Review for The Nursery by Sue Watson

⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was a weird one, sort of mystery and a thriller with some psychological stuff thrown in. I didn’t really like Emily. In fact, I didn’t really like any of the characters, apart from Mrs Peabody, who appears for about a nanosecond at one point.Emily ran away to Sidmouth in Devon twelve years ago, and she’s been hiding ever since, but what did she run from and why? It takes a talented author to write a story where none of the characters...

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My Review for The Lost Letters in Ireland by Susanne O'Leary

⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Lost Letters of Ireland is the fifth in the Starlight Cottage series, but only the second one I’ve read, and these can definitely be read as a stand-alone.Edwina is nearly forty and has come to a fork in the road that is her life. She’s just resigned from her job in the city and has recently broken up with a flashy boyfriend. So what does she do next?I loved reading about Edwina’s new project in Sandy Cove and the friends she makes along...

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My Review for The Woman Outside the Walls by Suzanne Goldring

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Never before have I read anything that will stay with me as much as The Woman Outside the Walls. Never before have I read a book where the protagonist was on the ‘wrong side’ and spent the rest of her life essentially running.This little old lady who cleans at the church, makes the most amazing cakes and is the ideal neighbour, has a history that she doesn’t want anyone to know about because she feels incredible fear and guilt.  Written...

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My Review for My Husband's Lover by Jess Ryder

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  What an awesome, captivating, page-tuner! I was hooked from about chapter 3 and you would find me with my nose between the covers at every opportunity. Full of subterfuge, lies and heart-stopping moments, My Husband’s Lover is my first foray into author Jess Ryder’s world, but it won’t be my last.Sophie and her Swimmers are off on a wild-water swimming experience in the depths of Scotland and one of them is there for an entirely different...

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My Review for Daughter of the Dawn by Marion Kummerow

⭐⭐⭐⭐ The last book in this series from Marion Kummerow and our final journey with Margarete and Stefan. Once again we are enveloped within the resistance world of the Second World War, as Margarete, disguised as a young German woman, Annegret Huber tries to help save as many Jews as she can from being transported to the Prisoner of War camps.The author takes us along with Margarete and Stefan as their relationship grows despite the hardships they...

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My Review for Christmas in the Little Irish Village by Michelle Vernal

 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The first book in a new series by Michelle Vernal and I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Shannon is heading back to her home village of Emerald Bay, just in time for Christmas, after a traumatic break-up and having to leave an apartment she can no longer afford.James is a visitor to Emerald Bay, but why is he so far from home, a few days from Christmas, and just what is his link to the village?Family, friends, a cosy pub and your Nan’s...

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My Review for The Perfect Mother by Matthew Farrell

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fast-paced, energetic and twisted. Three words to describe The Perfect Mother by Matthew Farrell. I really enjoyed reading this and raced through it in just a couple of days. It took me a few chapters to work out what was going on, as there are multiple timelines, and there were occasions when I couldn’t remember what was happening in each one. However, by the middle of the book, I’d sussed it out, and was excited to discover what was happening,...

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My Review for Santa, Please Bring Me a Boyfriend by Sophie Ranald

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved it, loved it, loved it! From start to finish, I was eager to find out whether Rowan would get her man. Rowan is miserable, she has a job with potential but currently isn’t enjoying, a stroppy teenage daughter, an ex who sometimes doesn’t want to be an ex and she has absolutely no money. However, she does have an amazing bunch of friends who think she’s special and they set about devising a way to cheer her up.I googled how much it...

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My Review for Christmas at Red Robin Cottage by Sue Roberts

⭐⭐⭐⭐ I can’t remember the last time that a book made me cry, but towards the end of this one there were definitely tears in my eyes, although I’m telling myself they were hormonal! Christmas at Red Robin Cottage is all about friends, family, lost loves and second chances, it’s warm, cosy and happy. I loved Sarah and Ellie and how they came together to work out, that usually it’s best not to have Mum and daughter secrets. I was hooked on...

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