Gripping

 

I was asked by Net Galley to review this book, I honestly could not put this down and read to the thundering end. The past and present were intertwinned 

Told from two character perspective-  a teenage girl and a Detective Inspector oh holiday with their 9 year old son. 

What i took form this was a real urgency from the start- I so wanted to know what was happening and piecing together the investigation as the author drip feeds this which is addictive.

Really good story And due for publication July 23 2026

oming of age good YA book

 

I was asked by NetGalley to review this really interesting story.

I read this in one sitting, this was such a beautifully written story. I would recommend this to teenagers as I could resonate with this and growing up with happiness, as well as total confusion and pain all wrapped up in one.

This is a comimg of age book with connections to classical music and music exams 

Totally honest and such a good read recommended and due for publication July 23 2026.

Beautifully Written

 

I was asked by NetGalley to review this book

This is a beautiful story of love, loss and heartbreak. 

This is science fiction and concerns a couple and just what lengths they are prepared to do to heal. They are at the end of such a lot but yet they are on the verge of discovery.  Wow what a reflective experience and so well researched too. Recommended - but there is a wait the publication date is September 1st 2026

Totally Addictive with lots of twists

 

I  was asked to review by NetGalley wow this was dark accademia. 

I was hooked form page 1 I really could not put this down and there were so many twists in this story. 

The story is set in the present day iwithin the a Catholic girls boarding school in Yorkshire. The school is facing uncertainty of a merger with a boys school or closure. There is a dual timeline set in the 1990s. This is the setting for easily biuulied pupils and essentially how they coped in the school. This sound like two stories but there is connections and it is shocking, addictive and a great story..

There is a bit to wait for publication July 9th 2026. Recommended read.

Beautiful and Emotional

 

I was asked by NetGalley to review this really intriguing story with a dual timeline set in the 1930/40s and in the present.

This was such an intriguinly beautifully written story. 

Set in the days of Colonial Singapore where Dorothy is with her parents - father working for a rubber company. life is good and privilaged - with socialising and the lavish Raffles hotel. Everyone thinks Singapore will be safe as the war continues at home - Singapore will not fall.  Evacuations take place will the family be safe?

Annabel - her grandmother passes away - she has no idea she had been in Singapore. 

Then a trip to Singapore to uncover the truth and why her Grandmother never spoke of this or that she had ever been anywhere apart from England.

Well researched and due for publication February 26th 2026

Thought Provoking

 

I was asked to review this by NetGalley 

I read this today on a "snow day" 

Wow this is so well written and took me on this journey through time and space - to show how stories shape our lives- from religion to what media we consume. This seemed to me before reading that this would be super high brow but no this was so readable, thought provoking- I was mesmorised.

I learnt this book was the sequel to Into the Woods - so I will be ordering this today. 

Such a recommended book and not long to wait due for publication 29 January 2026.

 

I was asked to review this beautifully written book by the publishers via NetGalley 

Jiwon is grieving the death of her mother- she is given a chance the mystery Memory Bookshop and it is to relive the past but the there is a cavat and not without scarifice.

This is such a beautiful heartwarmimng story- it is also heartbreaking too.

We all try to hold onto the past and stuggle to move on but move on we have to despite grief.

Such a recommended read, due for publication 12 March 2026.