The Academy Three Stars This is a strange book. Ostensibly it’s the story of a young woman, Karia Daly who is sent to a super-strict academy of higher education in order to study journalism. However, there’s something slightly otherworldly about the whole set-up that is never really addressed. There are occasional references to magic in…
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Book Review – The Assassin and the Soldier by Carly Morgan
The Assassin and the Soldier Four Stars There’s more than a touch of The Hunger Games about The Assassin and the Soldier and that’s no bad thing. Especially when it is done as well as this. This dystopian story would make a cracking Young Adult Fiction book were it not for the frequent steamy sex…
Book Review – Summer Storm by Marie Hall
Marshal Storm. Firm but fair. Five Stars! Marie Hall’s beautifully written Western is a delight to read. I loved it. Protagonists Marshal Chase Storm and Summer Rain are both intelligent, passionate, honourable and incredibly stubborn individuals. So naturally they butt heads for quite a lot of this book. Given that barely a chapter in…
Book Review – The Lies of Lord John by Fiona Munroe
Only marriage to a lady of fortune can save him Four Stars I do love a historical heroine with modern sensibilities and Margaret Bell the heroine of The Lies of Lord John is a wonderful example of just that. Accustomed to a rather negligent upbringing from an indulgent uncle, she has always enjoyed far more…
Book Review – Freedom in Submission by Alexandra Noir
“I don’t mind you hitting me,” she said simply, hoping it would be enough to make him truly see her. Four Stars Freedom inSubmission takes place in seventeenth century Massachusetts during the time of the Salem Witch Trials. Before things take a bit of turn towards the kinky, the story paints an absorbing and accurate…
Book Review – King of Hearts by Carolyn Faulkner
Look at that smoulder. Four Stars Carolyn Faulkner’s ‘King of Hearts’ is a delightfully old-fashioned love story set in the 1970s. Lettie is a journalist who snags a highly sought-after interview with Alek, King of the country of Kyenn. Almost as soon as she gets there, Lettie is caught up in a violent attempted insurrection….
Book Review – Awakening by Zoe Asher
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Book Review – Good Luck Daddy by Rayanna Jamison and Allysa Hart
Want to know more about the book review star rating system? Or find out what other books I’ve reviewed? Check out this page here. Wait a minute, I’m sure the book said he was a ginger! Five Stars! I always seem to be slow up on the uptake when it comes to stuff. Never…
Book Review – His Little Spy by Finley Brown
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Book Review – Making the Rules by Ashe Barker
Want to know more about the book review star rating system? Or find out what other books I’ve reviewed? Check out this page here. Do your shirt up, Mister. You’ll catch a chill. Ashe Barker’s Making the Rules would be just perfect as a BBC television drama. Something classy like Broadchurch or Happy Valley. It…