My Review for A Forever Home at Honeybee Croft by Jessica Redland

This book is adorable. I fell in love with Poppy and Joel from the beginning, and I wasn't sure how they'd end up together, but I just knew they would. They clicked immediately and it was just so cute. Joel's daughter, Imogen, was a gem. I loved that she clicked with Poppy from the start, and, that isn't always an easy thing to do, but Imogen just knew that she wanted her Dad to be happy and Poppy was going to be the one who made that happen. Poppy's...

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My Review for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was December's choice for the classics book chat I'm in, #classiclitbookclub. Due to the time of year, a few of us decided to pass on this, but I still wanted to read it. My first Anne Brontë book and I loved it. It took me a good few weeks to finish it, and I read and listened to others in between, so yes, I took my time. With classics in particular I need to firstly be in the mood to read it, and secondly, concentrate...

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My Review for The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict

Cosy mysteries are really not my thing - they used to be - I used to read a lot of Agatha Raisin books, but I got bored and drifted to other things. However, this choice from #BookstaBritsBookClub may have persuaded me to try some more again, and for that I guess I have to thank Alexandra Benedict, author of The Christmas Jigsaw Murders.I really enjoyed this, Edie is a feisty octogenarian who sets crossword puzzles and is famous amongst crossword...

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My Review for The Christmas Killer by Alex Pine, read by Neet Mohan

This book grew on me the more I listened and as I got used to the narrator. I don't think it was intended as a cosy mystery, but I found it to be this, crossed with a thriller. It gave off cosy mystery vibes because all the murders take place in the small village of Kirkby Abbey, but a thriller as it's a Detective Inspector investigating, and not an amateur sleuth!I had so many theories throughout this book, as to who the killer might be, and I didn't...

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My Review for How Do I Tell You? by Nicola May

Nicola May has been one of my go-to authors for a few years now, so when I got the opportunity to read her new novel, How Do I Tell You? I was straight in there to join the blog tour.I rarely, if ever, read the synopsis of a book. I base my choices on author and/or book cover, and this was no exception. Suffice it to say I was surprised by the storyline, not in a bad way, it was just unexpected. Once I'd got my head around what was going on, I settled...

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My Review for Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

I've lost track of how many times I've read this book, and all I know is that Daphne du Maurier has been a favourite of mine since I was a teenager. So when Jamaica Inn was chosen as our January read for the classics chat I'm in, I couldn't wait to disappear again onto the wild Cornish moors!This is such a good story, and I'd forgotten a lot of what happened. I remembered the gist, the Inn in the middle of Bodmin Moor, the smuggling and the wrecks...

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My Review for Welcome to Pennycress Inn by Sarah Hope

Pennycress Inn is going to be another, thoroughly enjoyable series from Sarah Hope, and she is fast becoming a must-read author for me. Laura is our protagonist and I found her brave, independent and a woman who knows just what she wants. I loved her spirit, as she makes a new life for herself, taking on a new business challenge which proves a little - well a lot - more complex than she originally thought. I'm not sure that I'd have been as...

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My Review for Dark Times for the Clarks Factory Girls by May Ellis

Book three in The Clarks Factory Girls series from May Ellis and once again we are thrown into war-torn Somerset, and the lives of the men and women of Street, many of whom work in the Clarks shoe factory. Throughout the series, battles are being fought, on the frontline, but also in homes, where parents and children don't always see eye to eye!I love to read about the resilience of people, towns and villages, as they dealt with the horrors which...

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My Review for Forever Love at Wildflower Lock by Hannah Lynn

Forever Love at Wildflower Lock is the fourth book in this series, and Theo and Daisy are about to move forward in their relationship - or are they? Daisy is wondering where their relationship is going, why are Theo's parents so unwelcoming, and whatever would she do without her two besties, Claire and Bex? Both Theo and Daisy made some irritating decisions throughout the book and there were many times I just said out loud 'no, don't - why would...

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