My Review for The Astrology House by Carinn Jade, read by Amanda Dolan, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Gilli Messer, Soneela Nankani, Allyson Ryan, Sura Siu and Carinn Jade

Let's dive into the mystery of Astrology.It's been a long while since I listened to this, so I did have to delve into a few reviews to remind myself, but then it all came flooding back. There are a lot of characters, and each one was narrated by someone different, so this helped massively. It didn't take me long to work out who was who, how people were linked, and their purpose to the story. As expected from the title, there is a huge focus...

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My Review for The Little Girl I Always Wanted by Anya Mora, read by Abigail Reno, Tara Novie, Kacy Combest and Christopher Craven

Missing girls but no bodies....This was an audiobook listen for me and made all the more enjoyable because of the four narrators, who really made the story their own. It became quite apparent from the beginning that the majority of this small community has had a strict religious upbringing and continues to follow their faith. The wife's role was to bring up the kids and look after the house, and absolutely everything has to be run past their husbands...

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My Review for The Existence of Amy by Lana Grace Riva

Told through the words of someone with severe OCD, anxiety and depression. This is an eye-opener.First, my sincere apologies to the author who kindly gifted me a copy of her book back in 2023, and I'm ashamed to say it's taken me two years to read it. Over commitment is my only excuse, but I am trying to do better this year!A short read, I found The Existence of Amy to be so informative, yet entertaining. None of us are fully aware of how another...

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My Review for The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

'In love, we find out who we want to be. In war, we find out who we are'.Historical fiction, particularly that set during World War II and inspired by true events, is my first love as a genre. The Nightingale is incredible. I cannot even begin to explain how this book made me feel. I was in awe of the two female protagonists, who both became a part of the Resistance in order to help others. Isabelle - the Nightingale - took many treacherous journeys...

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My Review for The House on Cold Creek Lane by Liz Alterman, read by Emily Ellet and Gail Shalan

Well, that was a dark ending!I'm flying through my audiobooks this year, and The House on Cold Creek Lane was another good one. I seem to be picking up the thriller audiobooks rather than the physical or digital copies, and I'm loving the immersiveness of them. A good narrator makes for an even better story, and Emily Ellet and Gail Shalan did a fantastic job of picking me up and depositing me into the lives of those who live or have lived on Cold...

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My Review for I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay, read by George Newbern and Johnathan McClain

So many plot twists that I didn't see coming!I'm pretty sure this was my first venture into Linwood Barclay's world, and I was hooked from the time I pressed play that first time, until I removed my AirPods after the final chapter and wondered to myself what I had just listened to!Tense and frantic, I was pulled this way and that as chapter after chapter brought more surprises and WTF moments. I felt for Richard, our protagonist, as he has to spend...

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My Review for The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, read by Bernadette Dunne

I think this will become a favourite...The Haunting of Hill House was one I listened to last October for #classiclitbookclub. I don't usually read or listen to horror, but this sent me down a rabbit hole of defining horror. According to Wikipedia, 'Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare an audience'. According to what I researched, Dracula, Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray can all be classified...

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My Review for Hannah and the Hitman by Vanessa Vale, read by Gail Shalan and Rock Engle

He loves the spice as much as she does.....For the first couple of chapters of this audiobook, I wasn't sure I was going to like it. I don't know why, I just didn't get that initial vibe, but, OMG, I am so glad I carried on with it. What a cute, spicy listen this was. First off, Jack loves books as much as Hannah does. Now I love my husband more than anything in the whole wide world, but sometimes I just want to tell him about what I'm reading, and...

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My Review for The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gilmore

Unusually, it's the woman who is the grump in this one....I'm a bit late with this review, but I did read it in December when I was feeling Christmassy! The Christmas Tree Farm is the third in the Dream Harbor series and I loved this one, although Cinnamon Bun is still my favourite!Kira is awesome. Despite her tetchy exterior, we soon discover that deep, deep down, beneath all the crotchetiness, she has a heart of gold, and she loves dogs so yep,...

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My Review for Beautiful Villain by Rebecca Kenney read by Ruby Cherise

Vampires and Jay Gatsby......I love The Great Gatsby, and when I saw the opportunity to listen to a retelling, with vampires no less, then I had to download it, grab my AirPods and head off into the garden with Jay and Daisy.Now I didn't particularly like Daisy's character in The Great Gatsby, but she was pretty cool in this one, a great girlfriend, awesome mate and pretty great cousin. I loved how vampires weren't the only paranormal aspect of Beautiful...

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My Review for The Drowners by David A. Anderson

'We're all sprinkled with crazy. Some of us are just better at hiding it.'You know those books that stay with you for a long time after you've read it? Well, I think this is going to be one of those. The Drowners was incredible, from start to finish. I never know what to expect from a new author, and I often open that first page with a certain amount of trepidation. I needn't have worried about this one though, I was hooked. Set in the early...

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My Review for Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister, read by Emilia Fox

My head is spinning, and my heart is racing with the fast-paced thrill of this book. I found Famous Last Words to be such an incredible book to listen to, it was so, so good. Full of a million twists and turns which were intricately woven into the plot, I couldn't keep up with what was happening, and I didn't want to. Not knowing what was coming next made each chapter more riveting than the last. The synopsis tells you all you need to know,...

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