All Reviews

  • Seven Summers – Paige Toon

    Seven Summers by Paige Toon – A Coastal Tale of Love and Loss Set against Cornwall’s hauntingly beautiful, often mist-wrapped coast, Seven Summers is a story steeped in love, grief, longing, and the quiet burdens we carry. It’s one of those reads that reveals the layers of raw emotion and taps into the quiet ache…

  • The Cleaner – Mary Watson

    The Cleaner is a story about Esme, a young woman fleeing the poverty and tragedy of her life in an undisclosed country (though South America is strongly hinted at). She arrives in Ireland not just looking for work, but seeking answers to a family mystery. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn that her brother,…

  • Hello Trouble – Kelsie Hoss

    The latest book in the Hello Series. An emotionally rich slow-burn romance that doesn’t just tug the heartstrings – it tunes them to real life’s messy, tender notes. Sometimes, a romance novel doesn’t just serve you chemistry and banter; it offers reflection, quiet growth, and emotional resonance. Hello Trouble by Kelsie Hoss is exactly that…

  • The Fixer Upper – Phoebe MacLeod

    What happens when your dream flatshare with your best friend turns into a comedy of errors, emotional blind spots, and awkward encounters with the neighbours? If you’re expecting a straightforward rom-com, prepare for a story that takes a slightly different, and surprisingly charming, path. The Fixer Upper by Phoebe MacLeod is billed as a rom-com,…

  • Fearless – Lauren Roberts

    What happens when a promising story built on danger, forbidden love, and rebellion begins to collapse under the weight of its own ambition? In Fearless, the final book in the Powerless trilogy (fourth, if you count the novella Powerful), that very question is answered – not always satisfyingly. Fearless brings the story of Paedyn Grey…

  • Into the Storm – Cecelia Ahern

    On a storm-ravaged December night, Dr. Enya Pickering makes a split-second decision that will shatter her carefully constructed life. Stopping to help a teenage hit-and-run victim, she has no idea that this single act of compassion will awaken buried trauma, unravel her sense of reality, and send her spiralling into the depths of grief and…

  • Why Humans Avoid War

    Why Humans Avoid War by Daniel Pascap My rating: 5 of 5 stars Humans have a long history, much of it grim. To progress as a species, and indeed to survive, they needed to become better. And so they grew. But can any species with roots so deeply entwined in bloodlust and violence ever truly…

  • Reckless – Lauren Roberts

      Reckless by Lauren RobertsMy rating: 2 of 5 stars Forced to hide for the right to live. Forced to flee from a predator sworn to end their very existence. After successfully hiding in plain sight for so long and then holding their own amongst the elites of their society life should finally have improved…

  • Review: Edge of Disaster

    Edge of Disaster by Thomas Puck My rating: 4 of 5 stars Friends are there for each other. Friends for more than a decade have had each other’s backs. Friends who have saved each other’s lives have a bond forged in destiny. So, if such a friend asks you for a favour and offers to…