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.

 

I was asked by NetGalley to review this book.

I am late to the table for Cathy Kelly but so glad I have now been introduced to this author.

The story begins with six people being invited to a retreat in Corfu Greece, run by a television therapist called Rose.

Rose has been out of TV for about 5 years so this is a big thing for Rose and her future - she needs to help the six by facing secrets and move forward positively, but Rose secrets could be exposed as she helps the six. The reader can feel for these six and Rose as the face their problems, move on with their lives. There is hope, the ability to move forward and second chances in life too

Beautifully written and a really lovely read. Due for publication 26 February - this will be a great sunbed read this summer.

 

I was asked to review this book by NetGalley - oh my goodness this has to be the authors most disturbing book yet. Haunting, disturbing and really unsettling gave me nightmares.

Jane twenty five years ago - had a terrible scary happening in a house which she fled. Fast forward twnty five years and in her now back garden she spots a white dog and needs to return it to its owners -shockingly she is standing in front of the very house she fled somw twenty five years ago!!

Jane and her stepson then try to unravel the truth - the young girl and white dog and look at what would have happened to Jane had she stayed in the said house!!

A scary story

Not due for publication until 2 July 2026- just in time for the summer holidays.

I could not put this book down and read to the terrifying end.

 

I was asked by NetGalley to review this children's book, which I did over Twixmas.

A really interesting story - told from Stanley and Martha perspective.

It is the aftermath of World War 1, the village has lost so many boys and men in the trenches, whilst those who came back are damaged.

1918- a terrible time with men not returning, women struggling, and then to cap it off - the Spanish flu which infected around one-third of the global population and causing an estimated 50 to 100 million deaths. What did not help was men returning from the front had been subjected to terrible conditions, people at home could not afford medical attention ( years before the NHS would be born). The flu essentially had a high mortality rate for young people.

Stanley and Martha social standing is poles apart but the flu brings them together - Martha from a well to do background and Stanley from the village. Martha's Grandfather was concerned for the church stain glass windows and if the Germans would bomb the church, so he did the panes, he is dead and the village males who helped to take the panes down and hide these are lying on the western front. So no one knows where they are.

Stanley is convinced that the stain glass will save his mother - who has the deadly flu and save the village. Then Stanley comes down with the flu also.

The quest is on for Martha to try to locate the panes and bring the village together.

Martha learns valuable lessons, but will she find the stain glass that the village so badly needs.

A really well written story that keeps the reader guessing, showing just how wrong people can be with social standing and prejudices.

Thank you NetGalley and Firefly Press for letting me read before publication. 

Recommended read and due for publication February 5 2026.